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Tips
on Switching Cats to Fresh Foods:
Cats who
have eaten nothing but dry foods are often a challenge to
switch to fresh food. They are very opinionated and
imprint on food at an early age. Cats who eat other
foods (real meat, fruits, vegetables & cheese) will be
much easier to switch.
The "Slow and successful
method": move away from a dry food diet and toward
more canned food. Consider dry food to be a snack only,
not left out all the time. Mix 1/4 to 1/2 of a cube of
thawed Steve's Real Food into an entire can of canned food.
Work your way up slowly. Offer bits of other kinds of
fresh food that you are eating or mix Steve's with a little
canned tuna or sardines . They may refuse it at
first, but one day they won't. Cats of our acquaintance
have taken anywhere from 6 months to a year to totally switch, but
most are much faster once they realize they are getting real
food.
Cats also generally prefer their food
between room temperature and body temperature. You can
add warm water, or warm food in a baggie submerged in warm
water (do not microwave for more than 10 seconds). |