Hi -
I am new here, and will introduce myself later. I know a few of you, but this is my first cat forum (normally frequent rats and dogs!).
Anyway - I am looking for some opinoins on feeding. I am adopting a cat once I head back to school (in about 2-3 weeks). Right now she is staying at work until I can take her. I am offering her some high quality foods, but she is fairly picky and isn't eating much! Of course the stress of the shelter isn't doing her any extra good, but still...
Once she is with me I will be transitioning her to raw- my dog is raw fed for over 1.5 years and I plan on having the cat on raw if at all possible. I am a tad worried, I admit, that she will be hard to switch over since she apparently DOESN't have that large an appetite (unlike her kitten, who ate everything, including the chicken neck, ground lamb, and half a chicken I offered him after my dog didn't finish it! - dont worry, he only nibbled!)
I have her on Solid Cold dry food right now at the shelter (instead of feeding science diet), and she is getting a random assortment of canned food, from Sold Gold, Wellness, Wysong, to Merrick. However, except for the Solid GOld Tuna, few of them peak her interest enough to have her finish a plate of it right then and there. She nibbles at the dry, that is about it. She is about a year old, spayed last month, and weighs in at between 6-7 lbs. Not underweight, certainly not overweight, but not well muscled either. Again, still in a cage at the shelter though. I am sure her appetite will go up once she has more exercise.
So - the main point - how many people on here feed raw and have successfully switched their cats over? What are you feeding (are you using RMBs?).
In terms of canned food - any suggestions on foods that are as "whole" as possible - the solid gold tuna is whole chunks of fish, and she loves that. I would prefer "chunky" food rather than the gruel-like consistency of many cat foods.
Thanks in advance for any help!
=Kim and Bowie (and that cat, currently called Frankie)
I am new here, and will introduce myself later. I know a few of you, but this is my first cat forum (normally frequent rats and dogs!).
Anyway - I am looking for some opinoins on feeding. I am adopting a cat once I head back to school (in about 2-3 weeks). Right now she is staying at work until I can take her. I am offering her some high quality foods, but she is fairly picky and isn't eating much! Of course the stress of the shelter isn't doing her any extra good, but still...
Once she is with me I will be transitioning her to raw- my dog is raw fed for over 1.5 years and I plan on having the cat on raw if at all possible. I am a tad worried, I admit, that she will be hard to switch over since she apparently DOESN't have that large an appetite (unlike her kitten, who ate everything, including the chicken neck, ground lamb, and half a chicken I offered him after my dog didn't finish it! - dont worry, he only nibbled!)
I have her on Solid Cold dry food right now at the shelter (instead of feeding science diet), and she is getting a random assortment of canned food, from Sold Gold, Wellness, Wysong, to Merrick. However, except for the Solid GOld Tuna, few of them peak her interest enough to have her finish a plate of it right then and there. She nibbles at the dry, that is about it. She is about a year old, spayed last month, and weighs in at between 6-7 lbs. Not underweight, certainly not overweight, but not well muscled either. Again, still in a cage at the shelter though. I am sure her appetite will go up once she has more exercise.
So - the main point - how many people on here feed raw and have successfully switched their cats over? What are you feeding (are you using RMBs?).
In terms of canned food - any suggestions on foods that are as "whole" as possible - the solid gold tuna is whole chunks of fish, and she loves that. I would prefer "chunky" food rather than the gruel-like consistency of many cat foods.
Thanks in advance for any help!
=Kim and Bowie (and that cat, currently called Frankie)