If you’ve ever had to change the food of a fussy cat, don’t follow the usual advice, which is to phase it in gradually. If it’s mixed with something that they already like, of COURSE they’ll eat it, in the same way that I’d probably eat razor blades and asbestos if they were covered in cheese. But when the balance tips in the favour of the new food, then the bastard cats will change their minds, just as I would if there were more razor blades and asbestos than cheese.
Don’t ask us how we know this.
Fussy cats need something that they like enough to eat on its own and, merci à Dieu, when we served Louis Catorze with his new Orijen Original Cat, he was happy to tuck in. After putting away four servings back to back, with his bowl licked clean, not a scrap remaining (so maybe the pieces are softer on his creaky old fangs than Orijen Six Fish?), he went out to harass the local wildlife.
Then, when Catorze came back in, he had a further serving. He tried his luck for a sixth, too, but by that time his belly looked disconcertingly round, and Cat Daddy was scared that he would puke it all up, choke and then slip into a coma. So we left it at five.
(Incidentally, I’m not advocating serving a cat with as many servings as they want. This is a cat who has lost too much weight, and we are desperate to fatten him up.)
I’m grateful that Catorze hasn’t turned this into an ongoing food war. Let’s hope that he will be as accommodating when it comes to his medication.
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