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Old 06-08-2008, 06:06 PM
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Question Switching a young cat from kitten to adult food

Hi all i'm new on here, after spending a few days reading through the posts i've decided to register.

I would appreciate any advice anyone could give on switching my 11 month old cat from kitten food to adult food.

She is not a specific breed, i guess she is what you would call a 'moggy.' I had her at 3 months old from a friend who couldnt look after her anymore.

Since then i have been feeding her on Whiskas Kitten food and a seperate bowl of dry food.

I switched her dry food from kitten to adult go-cat a few months ago with no problems at all.

After reading up about it I have now however decided to switch her from Whiskas Kitten to adult Natures menu. I bought a 12x box of Natures menu last week and have been mixing a little of it with her kitten food to try and 'fool' her into eating it. She will not touch it, and it's driving me insane.

Is it because of the texture of the Natures Menu As it's more of a patte type food as opposed to the 'cubes' shes used to i think this might be the main reason she just refuses to even try it.

As much as i dont want to i'm seriously considering just going back to an adult version of the 'cube' whiskas type food shes used to as i'm pretty sure she would devour that with no problems.

I'm well aware cats are notoriously 'finicky' eaters, she gets absolutely no table scraps or anything like that, i'm starting to feel like i'm starving the cat as she will not give in

Should i buy a food with the kind of texture that she is already used to

Thanks in advance for any tips
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