Hiya everyone

Just a quick question,i have been giving my cat a treat on a sunday of fresh chicken as we having sunday roast and maybe 1 day in the week i will give her a bit of sausage and now she wont eat normal cat food.

Do i just leave her starve and she will eat it when she is hungry or do i keep trying different food.

Do i have to stop giving her a treat now i she is being this fussy?

thanks for your advice in advance xxx

Hello,
When you give these treat whats the quantity of them , if its only a scrap it shoulndt affect eating habits, however if its enough to fill up on then I can understand why the cats being like this..

I would keep out some dry food (as it doesn't spoil so quickly) and then put wet food out as normal. perhaps in smaller portions.

Only leave it out for an hour or so at a time!

Sorry i'm not much help.... I've been blessed with unfussy cats

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Hi there

Your cat needs to eat every day, so don't starve her. Starving could lead to Hepatic Lipidosis (Feline Hepatic Lipidosis).

I'd suggest you stop giving her sausage, it's not good for her with the salt content. Then try giving different types of wet food until you find one she likes. The most important thing is that she eats something every day.

If you're giving her fresh (I assume raw) chicken as a treat, why not just make it a meal by adding some chicken liver and maybe a chicken wing? That's the best food you can give your cat and if she will eat that with no problems then I guess your only remaining problem would be to get her to start eating normal cat food again...

Have you tried the higher quality wet cat foods, such as HiLife or Applaws? Cats tend to like them better than dry food or the cheaper brands as they have more meat in them.

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Firstly NEVER starve a cat or kitten, their metabolisum is different from a dog and they need regular intake of food and nutirents for them to survive. Also being stubborn they normally break you before you break them!!

If she seems happy with eating fresh chicken etc why not continue this food regime and feed a raw diet?

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Thanks everyone, i wont starve her dont worry she is still eating dry cat food but didnt think it was enough for her, im going to try different types of cat food i think, to see if i can get her to eat some tin foods before i go down the avenue of raw food. xxx