Just wondered how long people leave food down if their cats turn their noses up at it?

I have a whole cupboard full of Bozita and suddenly mine won't touch it. But if I change it for something else straight away surely they'll just learn that I'm a soft touch?

I don't understand how they can be apparently hungry but then ignore food... I had thought that mine would be less fussy as they were born on a building site, but no such luck!

It's very rare for all of my cats to suddenly decide they don't like the same food, hence it doesn't get left down long at all if one of them doesn't eat it because the others certainly would if they got a chance!

I've always found it's very important to vary their food. They usually have 4/5 brands rotating, and a few flavours within each brand. They have 4 meals a day, and if they have to have the same brand twice in a day, they certainly never have the same flavour. I usually have a few tins in the fridge at any one time, and with 3 cats, I have to stick to 200g tins as a maximum size because it would be hanging around too long otherwise.

If one of them goes off a particular brand, I tend not to offer it to that cat for about a week, and then try again. If they all go off a brand, I'll put it to the back of the food cupboard for a month or more, and mix it with one of their current favourites when I bring it back out. If there's something that they just pick at (rather than turning their noses up completely), I try to only serve it mixed with something else that they really love, and that seems to work.

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Good advice there

I have this problem too, many people that feed the better quality wet foods do too, shame really.

I have a ton of Smilia and Animonda carny in all different flavours lying in a cupboard because they won't eat it!!

Now they are going off of Bozita and i just bought Grau for a change and they won't go near it, had to throw 2 full tins in the bin which i hate doing.

I'm running out of ideas now and with a pregnant girl i am being forced to give in and feed them RC Babycat34 which they all eat with gusto!!

It's really annoying and frustrating but i don't know what else i can do.

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Thanks, will rotate from now on, they must just have got bored... They love Schmusy and Miamor for now, so the Bozita will just have to sit there until they decide they like it again! Actually I think they liked the Schmusy fish so much that they only want that and nothing else from now on