The Wholesome Foodie

This is what I had for breakfast:

And this is what my cats had:

Tasty looking right? Just kidding.

I know this is a human food blog, but I thought I would share the perils of finding an all-natural wet cat food that my cats would actually eat.

My they are picky eaters!

After spending many years feasting on “indoor” dry cat food, my vet declared it was time for them to switch to a light food that was preferably wet. You see, my cats were slowly gaining weight over the years. Also, being a male, Drempels (the orange one) needed to be eating wet food in order to keep his kidneys healthy. Apparently male cats can have severe urinary tract issues and wet food has the moisture they need to stay healthy.

The problem? Drempels HATES wet food with a passion. The only kind he would eat was tuna and we were told that tuna can actually increase risk of urinary crystal development. Argh. Has anyone heard of this?

So Dremps was placed on an all-natural, low grain, high protein light dry food that cost a fortune. Crumpet on the other hand, will eat wet food so getting her to switch was quite easy. Unfortunately, we found out the hard way that Crumpet could not eat any of the dry food Dremps was eating. A bout of bloody diarrhea taught us to never allow her to eat more than a few bites again.

So for the past few months we have been having to feed the cats separately, all the while watching Drempels continue to not lose any of the weight he had gained. Crumpet, on the other hand, lost about 4 lbs on her wet food diet and looks fabulous! You go girl!

Kyle and I have been determined to get Drempels to switch to wet. We love him very much and would hate to see him die early from urinary tract problems. Also, knowing cats are carnivores, I would prefer him to get off of the carb crap he shouldn’t be eating anyway. In addition, keeping the dry food away from Crumps has been a PITA and Dremps (used to having dry food laying around all day) spends most of his time crying for food in front of our pantry.

Guess what?! I think we are on our way to getting Dremps to permanently switch! Knowing he only will eat tuna flavored wet food, I decided to mix tuna wet food with the chicken kind that we have been giving to Crumps.

It worked!

Maybe it was because he was starving, or he had finally just given in, but Dremps ate away with vigor! Since then, Kyle and I have been slowly adding less and less tuna and more and more chicken. Also, we have still been giving him a little bit of his dry food so his gastrointestinal tract gets used to the switch.

This stuff works wonders!

Weruva cat food may be pricey ($1.69 for a big can) but it is worth it! We spent too long feeding our cats cheap crap and they gained unnecessary weight because of it. Also, I try to feed myself the best quality food I can, so why not my cats? I want them to be around for a long time. In my opinion, it is a good investment.

I love these kitties!