My cat won't eat anything but cat food!

You know, cats are certainly of their own opinions. Maggiepie knew a cat they called Wonder because they wondered where she came from, why she would ONLY drink water from the faucet at a certain drip speed, why she hated tuna and catnip... I have had a few cats that won't eat the soft cat treats, only the hard ones, like Temptations. I have to say, that I would LOVE to have a cat (or 10) that didn't want "people" food, it would mean we could eat with less nagging from the catnip gallery!

My daughter has a cat like that. She got her from the animal shelter, so she has probably only been fed cat food, which is sad. Think if you'd only ever been fed McDonald's meals and had no concept of a turkey dinner, for instance, or prime rib or lobsters, all good food.

It's good that he wants the cat food. Just be sure you are buying good cat food as there are so many out there that will not be good for him. I try to stay away from the tuna based foods as that will create problems. You might want to have a look here: www.TruthaboutPetFood.com

we cannot force the cat if he doesn't want to eat those things..cat food is alright too if that is what he wants,,it also has a lot of nutrients needed for him to be fit and healthy..or you can try not having anything but the chicken and fish..and see if he doesn't have anything to eat, no cat food..he will just eat those..

Little cats prefer mother food becuase they are too small and cannot eat those food which we give to them. It is quite natural. Anyway as a a cat lover you should take care of her with her needs. Now that is the thing what you have to do now.

Thumbs up! What a wonderful owner you are. There are people who post here who defend people who eat cats and think it's funny, refuse to buy flea medication for them and I am considering getting rid of my cat interest in my interests because I cannot stand reading the cruelty anymore, it's starting to affect my sleep. And here YOU are trying to FEED your cat good food. I cannot believe it, finally a decent human being. You made my night. Well, he does need the commercial food for the taurine and vitamins. But keep trying. I have some cats that like fish, others don't. Some will eat only chicken. I buy these packets of deli meat called Buddig for them as treats and none like the beef but love the other kinds. All cat's are different with different likes, keep trying you might stumble on something he likes. I give mine warm lactose free milk in the morning, they cannot digest lactose, maybe he would like that? Or try some shelled shrimp. Mine like canned Mackerel every once in a while. When I get Chinese they also like the part inside the Won tons and I buy them a meat appetizer like meat on a stick because here it doesn't have a lot of sauce on it. Good luck.

Hello Masihi. I don't understand why Your cat not wanting fish or chicken Is a problem. Years ago We fed our cat table scraps such as meat chicken or fish. I believe this led them to jumping on the counter and eating any thing left out to thaw out for supper. Later hen we got another cat we only fed her and her son cat food and they never did bother any thing left out on the counter. They never even got on the table. We gave them treas treated with hair ball treatment.

You're lucky! When I got my last kittens they would eat nothing but tinned sardines. Cost me a small fortune before I could get them to eat anything else!

Some cats can be very finnicky eaters indeed. i have a couple of cats that even have to smell their cat food before they will eat it. yet i have a couple of other cats that will eat anything they see. It is strange what a cat will or won't eat. Cats can be just as choosy as humans in some ways.

You can try mixing the treats in with your cats favorite food to get him used to them, that sometimes works. A 10 year old cat usually has made up their mind about how they want things though! With my cats I got them young and gave them a variety of food brands and treats all along so they aren't SO finicky but they definitely have their favorites.

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cat always have their own favorite food, it was dependence what you allways give to them, my own cat only like mixed fried food and rice only, because , from they young i only give that.

That's funny. I guess that's what you get. You can't teach an old dog (or in this case cat) new tricks.

your cat won't eat anything but cat foood? your cat is a cat. what is the issue here? if the cat wasn't eating cat food then perhaps i could see what you were getting at but i'm pretty confused about this. the title caught my interest.

Our cats have never had cat food. They eat meat, none of that tinned stuff with the horrible jelly. They would not even eat that I don't think. The only tinned food they get is tinned tuna. We buy the stuff that is sold for humans.

I think your cat don't want to eat fish or other meat you offer because it used to be treated only with cat food. Well, I don't have cat, but I have turtle.. :) Why don't you try mix some meat that you cut in dice with the cat treat? Or maybe in the beginning, start introduce meat by dip the meat into melted cat treat. Melt some cat treat, then dip the meat you want to feed into the melted cat treat. I did it with my turtles when I want to introduce vegetable.

Oh, he is 10 years old already so that it is hard to change his eating habit. I have a mother cat she doesn't like to eat cat food at all, she loves to eat meat and fish but Noo, 3 months old, she love to eat cat food so much... Sometime i am lazy to cook and feed them all cat food, but the mother cat doesn't eat it...then i have to cook again...