How can I get my 1 year old cat to eat a balanced diet?
We have two animal rescue kitties who have been very finicky. I will tell you that eating nothing but chicken is not the best diet (although it could certainly be worse!) I just took a trip to PetSmart and picked up a large variety of kitten food. They do eat the Science Diet dry food, so they always have access to that, day and night, along with fresh water. They will eat that at night when they’re hungry. The wet food was the issue, as Science Diet recently changed their formula and the kitties stopped eating it. What I discovered is that these cats like anything that’s sliced and in gravy. They lick the bowl clean. I got a couple of pouches/cans of every decent quality food carried by the store and so far what they respond to best is the slices/chunks in gravy. I think the steps should be: 1. Put the chicken in a little gravy 2. Mix the chicken and gravy with a little chunky/sliced cat food in gravy… gradually increasing the amount of cat food vs. chicken/gravy over time 3. Pour t