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dandy7214-Jan-21 5:49
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OriginalGriff14-Jan-21 1:29
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Never easy.
There are two problems:
1) You feed him Brand C. He eats it while purring, scarfing it down like a cat possessed. Yay! You buy loads of the foul smelling stuff. He refuses to ever touch it again. Little git. I have boxes of Harringtons, after trying a couple of trial packs which fur-face couldn't get enough of. He'd rather starve for three or more days than eat it...
2) Their little digestive systems don't like change. If you switch too quickly, they can get diarrhea and / or vomiting which is both messy and unpleasant for everyone involved.

Do it slowly: ensure the new food is at room temperature to start with - cold food isn't as appealing to them, and hand feed them a little as a treat. Then start introducing the new food along with the old a little at a time, gradually increasing the ratio until the old food is pretty much homeopathic.

Currently Dij is on three foods: Adsa Tiger, Felix meaty, and Sheba Poultry, with the flavour and cycled so he gets a different flavour and brand each meal and he's been eating that (with the occasional Harringtons thrown in) for months now.
Another difference I did make back in July was to change his bowl for really shallow ones - about 2cm high rim - and make him a stand to hold them about 16cm off the floor so he can stand or sit to eat; he doesn't need to "lie down" or crouch.
After these changes he is now food obsessed: instead of wandering in for his lunch around 2 or 3 and leaving half of it he's yowling for food from around 10:30 and scarfing the lot down. He's also growing muscle mass and putting on a little weight (possibly length as well, though he's 10 this year so he shouldn't really be growing) and seems to be having a lot less problems keeping food down. Which is a relief!
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