Friskies Shredded Wet is there an alternative?
Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by admin
Okay first let me say I KNOW this food sucks. Please read all the situation before answering I need a specif requirement for VERY picky dry addict.
I’ve been trying to switch my dry food addicted cat (FEMALE 1.5 YRS OLD) to wet for 2 months now. I’ve tried buying the good stuff Wellness and Blue Buffalo canned and she just refused anything wet. She also doesn’t like soft treats, ONLY hard. So I’ve tried chunk & pate, and all the various flavors (chicken, beef, turkey, fish). She refuses them all! I’ve wasted god knows how much money on all these cans, that’s not the issue really. I just figured she would never eat wet food. I’ve tried too many different HQ brands, flavors, and style to even count anymore. She also wont touch real tuna either.
So the other night I was opening a can of veggies for dinner and she heard the pop top. OMG she came in and Meow’d at me. I looked at her like WTF you can’t be serious. I picked her up and showed her she can’t eat veggies LOL, but it got me thinking maybe it was the Pop. Maybe now she’s ready after all this trial and error. I ran to the dollar store on a whim and bought this shit food for 50 cents LOL. This is the first and only time she’d even try it. It was SHREDDED chicken and salmon in GRAVY. This flavor I’ve offered B4 but nothing. The only difference is it’s SHREDDED and GRAVY is all I can figure. Of course she licked all the gravy until it was dry and then I mixed in her dry. Well now it’s been 2 days in a row and she’s still eating 1/2 a can a day. I’m happy but it’s not quality food:( Now I need to find a food that meets to needs SHREDDED or GRAVY. I feed her Wellness Indoor Health as her dry because of quality. On occasion I have tried Blue Buffalo Spa Select Indoor when I can’t make it to Petco for Wellness. I also provide her w/ a water fountain so her water intake is OK. I also read not to mix wet and dry and make sure whatever is left isn’t wet when I throw her dry in the bowl. I do however make her eat 1/2 the can a day. I can only feed her the wet first thing in the morning when her bowl is empty from the day before. So far it’s been working and tomorrow will be day 3.
So I do a google search for shredded wet cat food and low and behold nothing but Purina brand crap:(
The question is:
Does anyone feed their cat a higher quality wet food that is SHREDDED style? I need something that is SHREDDED style that I can feed her and trick her into eating better wet. Or maybe a HQ wet that comes in a GRAVY I’d even opt for that and see if I can trick her? Please I just would love to find a HQ wet that she’ll eat even if it cost me $1 a can. I don’t care about that! I just can’t afford to waste $6 on food she wont eat anymore. I’ve been down that road LOL. Thanks for any advice and food suggestions that include SHREDDED or GRAVY.
these are good options. I have read it can take some dry addicts more then a year even. It’s been two months of trial and error so this small step is at least boosting my hopes I can slowly break her. She’s still young and I’m worried about her health long term I read this section a lot and read all the horror stories about UTI and kidney problems. I just want her on wet. Thanks and I’ll be working at her pace and being patient I just wish it was as easy as snapping my finger LOL. I will also look into all the recommended food from Susan and Lgbud and I usually buy the tiny cans cause so far she wont eat any but this junk Friskies.
Have you tried AvoDerm Select Cuts? They only come in 3 flavors and 2 are fish based but they are chunky. Also, Merrick’s is chunky. You can also buy plain gravy at the pet stores and pour a little over the food. Or how about continuing feeding Friskies and very slowly mixing in higher quality cans of chunky. Then when she gets used to the high quality chunky, very slowly mix in the pate as most canned foods are pate style. As you probably know, some cats may take 1 hour and some may take up to 1 year to be completely switched over to a new food. You have to be as persistent as the cat. Don’t give up and good luck!
November 23rd, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I know everyone is intent on using the best "quality" food you can buy. One of my cats is a kidney failure cat for the last 3 yrs. We tried prescription diets..all of them. My cat would not eat.
In the end my vet said…and this is what i am telling you..lol
An unhappy cat that starves to death with high quality food in the bowl is of no value.
Another words be reasonable and give the cat what they like!
My cat eats 9 lives and fancy feast..he’s still a kidney disease cat but boy is he happy!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Try Merrick. They have canned food that has chunks and gravy.
http://www.merrickpetcare.com/store/canned_cat_food.php
I think Wellness cat food in the pouch is chunky too.
http://www.wellnesspetfood.com/cat_wellness_pouches_index.html
http://www.weruva.com/
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November 23rd, 2009 at 5:53 pm
I do not know of a high quality shredded/gravy style canned.
Even though the one your cat is now eating is not great, she is now eating canned food! I would continue with it for several days or more. Then, begin mixing in just a bit of some higher quality food. I’d start with just a spoonful of so per meal.
So you don’t waste money try smaller cans of Wellness. Likely flavors are chicken, chicken and herring, or turkey. Wellness is pate but the cat might learn to love it if you wean her onto it very very gradually over the course of a month or more.
If you are set against trying a pate again you do not have a lot of options. Some of the Merrick’s are soupy but not shredded.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Have you tried AvoDerm Select Cuts? They only come in 3 flavors and 2 are fish based but they are chunky. Also, Merrick’s is chunky. You can also buy plain gravy at the pet stores and pour a little over the food. Or how about continuing feeding Friskies and very slowly mixing in higher quality cans of chunky. Then when she gets used to the high quality chunky, very slowly mix in the pate as most canned foods are pate style. As you probably know, some cats may take 1 hour and some may take up to 1 year to be completely switched over to a new food. You have to be as persistent as the cat. Don’t give up and good luck!
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November 23rd, 2009 at 7:03 pm
It’s fine.My cats eat a good quality dry,but they eat Friskie’s and 9-Lives wet.They do not like the super – premium wet foods. I’ve had cats live into their 20s,so I must be doing something right.
If your cat is old,let her eat what she likes.At least she’s getting a great dry food.
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