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I use a knife and chop the Pate so it’s not-just a glob, and then shape the bits into a cone shape like a volcano. My cats then bite into it from the top down. I have to reshape it several times (my older cat doesn’t like getting food on her nose or face).

They absolutely (4) of them love to eat their food this way.

 

Welcome to CF!

I use a knife and chop the Pate so it’s not-just a glob, and then shape the bits into a cone shape like a volcano. My cats the bite into it from the top down. I have to reshape it several times (my older cat doesn’t like getting food on her nose or face).

They absolutely (4) of them love to eat their food this way.

Thank you! This food's texture is really more like a mousse than pates I've used before. It's fluffy and really won't hold a shape. I go to his food often to try to fork it into peaks. I've been in the habit of feeding him a few small meals a day so he'd have less to throw up. If it's sat in his dish for more than two or three hours and gets a bit dry--and easier to make peaks with--he loses interest. Then of course he follows me around complaining loudly "Why don't you feed me? You never feed me! Why don't you feed me?"

He just really likes it a lot. Fresh.

I'll try freezing and molding it into little cones and seeing if he would eat it frozen?

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My cat never ate pate food well, but rather made a big mess of it all over the place and wasted it. My solution was, along with giving him non-pate food, to add enough water to the pate food to make it sort of soupy. Not too much, just enough for it to have the consistency of, say, applesauce. Now he eats pate food just fine as long as I do that.

I do have one thought in addition....and remember I am not a vet, so this is only an opinion. I doubt that it is truly necessary to feed him ONLY the anti-hairball food in order for it to work. If mixing a bit of chopped food in with the pate will get him to eat it, if I were you I would just do that.

 

My cat never ate pate food well, but rather made a big mess of it all over the place and wasted it. My solution was, along with giving him non-pate food, to add enough water to the pate food to make it sort of soupy. Not too much, just enough for it to have the consistency of, say, applesauce.

I believe this is key. Some cats get hairballs simply because they are not getting enough moisture to wash down any hair they injest.

 

My elderly cat Hunter has been vomiting daily, with apparent digestive issues, and hairballs, so after trying everything else and expensive vet visits, I'm now trying anti-hairball food (yes, along with brushing).

The only specialized hairball remedy wet food is pate, and here's the problem: Hunter struggles to eat it. He seems to love the taste but flattens it into the bowl with his tongue instead of scooping it into his mouth. It's not just him; I've had other cats who did the same thing with pate. One I had to feed a fork-full at a time but that was only for a few days.

He's always been fine with textured canned food, but our only option now is pate. I mixed it with textured food in the transition, which he enjoyed, but the instructions say he must now eat only the anti-hairball food (including the brand's dry pellet option) for eight weeks.

While he eats the dry food unenthusiastically, I'd like him to succeed with the pate, especially for the fluid benefits (not to mention I've bought a case of it). I’ve tried smashing the dry pellets into the wet food, but it didn’t help. He doesn't like it. I've thinned it into a gravy and he doesn't like that. He likes the pate. I try to push it up into little peaks but pretty soon they're smooshed back down again.

Does anyone have advice for getting a cat to eat pate when the issue isn’t pickiness? I can’t mix other foods due because he's not allowed anything else. Any help is appreciated!

Hello L. As long as Hunter is eating the pate, I'd say let him eat it the way he wants or needs to. And feeding him several small meals a day at regular intervals is a very good plan.

 

Try mixing the pate with warm water or a bit of broth.

 

This has already been suggested.

 

Rotisserie chicken ? My catz love it ( in limited quantities ) .

One roast chicken feeds two small kitties and their owner for at least four days . The gravy is delicious .

 

Some of those rotisserie chickens you buy have garlic which is toxic to cats.

 

The OP stated that the cat needs to eat a certain kind of medicinal cat food. Not rotisserie chicken!

It is always helpful to read all of the posts in a thread, especially the first one, before adding comments.

Rotisserie chicken is not good food for any cat, most especially one with digestive health problems.

 

And don't forget "whisker fatigue". Yes whisker fatigue. Apparently some cats don't like it when their whiskers brush against the side of the bowl when they're eating, so I use Corelle 6 inch bread&butter plates that are mostly flat with a little curve around the edge to keep the food in place, so their whisker trauma free! 😬

 

Interesting ! Whisker fatigue

 

Hi Lauriel,

One of our kitties had a good number of teeth pulled and couldn't eat kibble. We gave her pate mixed with a decent amount of water and she literally "drank" her food. You may have to adjust the consistency. It doesn't take a lot of water.

I don't know if that will work, but it's worth a try.

Wet food is a much better approximation of a cat's diet in the wild.

All the best to you and Hunter.

Joe