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It seems the first mistake you guys, (cat owners), are making, is feeding them! Where's their incentive to go out and catch stuff, if you keep giving it to them on a plate? 
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A cat will learn to hunt food if its mother has taught it, during its kitten-hood. Looks like our cat got separated from its mother before this training happened, so it does not hunt its own food.
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I grew up with a farm next door. Around here, most farms have an abundant cat population.
They all quickly learn that they're either gonna eat what they're given (if they're that spoiled), or they're gonna have to hunt for their own food.
Cats have no business being fussy.
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Make the switch and stick to it. He will eventually start eating - no animal let themselves starve in presence of food.
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It really feels bad when the cat turns it face and goes away, as though saying "I DON'T WANT THIS".
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*facepalm* Ah, of course, you like cats. Ok then ignore my hint 
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Amarnath S wrote: It really feels bad when the cat turns it face and goes away, as though saying "I DON'T WANT THIS".
One of mine pretty much won't eat unless I'm in the room with her. "See, Daddy? I'm eating. Aren't I good kitty?"
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I have exactly the same situation. As soon as I leave the room, he immediately follows me. Sometimes I laugh at it, but sometimes it's annoying. 
modified 14-Jan-21 11:07am.
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My grandpa used to say (paraphrasing), in my 80+ years on this earth, I've never seen the skeleton of a cat next to a full bowl of food.
[Edit]
No, wait, I've got it wrong. He'd never seen the skeleton of a cat stuck in a tree.
Who knows. He's probably said both. It's definitely the sort of thing he believed in. He wasn't wrong.
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Is the current food a land based meat (cow), fowl (chicken, ducks, etc.) or seafood? Select foods from those same categories for the best results.
Other things to look for is does your cat like pate (paste) or chunked up food.
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Ocean fish. Have tried giving salmon, mackarel, etc., but none of them seem acceptable.
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Tried lobster or caviar ?
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Don't get such flavours in India.
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Amarnath S wrote: Note: In our house, we are vegetarians, and the only meaty stuff in our house is cat-food.
You know what they say about playing the "spot-the-vegetarian" game: Don't bother, because they won't miss any opportunity to point it out themselves.
I try to reject stereotypes, but I'm almost always proven wrong. In spite of myself.
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dandy72 wrote: because they won't miss any opportunity to point it out themselves.
I've noticed that as well, we'll be talking about something unrelated to food or health, but at some point they will bring up the fact that they are vegetarian. I then feel obligated to shift the discussion to juicy, medium rare porterhouse steaks or bacon.
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Nice. Personally I always say the cuter the animal, the tastier it is. It's amazing how some people can't handle that, or just take the comment for what it is.
The big movement right now is to get people off of meat, and eating bugs ("it's all the same proteins, and it's good for you!"). So you're going to deprive yourself to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions linked to farming, but you're going to keep feeding your pets what you're avoiding yourself. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense.
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A truly tasty animal will never go extinct.
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There's wisdom in that quote. 
As long as vegetarians don't take over. Then they're in trouble.
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I'm a vegetarian by proxy. I only eat animals that eat vegetables!
Hmm, is grass classed as a vegetable?
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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� Forogar � wrote: is grass classed as a vegetable?
I would say it is.
Panda burgers anyone? 
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I think it's a cry for help, a kind of Stockholm Syndrome. Especially in homes where ONE person decides WE are going to be vegetarians.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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My dogs like to eat the cat's food, and my cats like to eat the dog's food.
No issues here, thank goodness.
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I'm trying to avoid it altogether feeding her different kind of food each time, never using the same flavor and possibly brand twice in a row, both for wet food and for kibbles. So far it's working, and it becomes easy to discover what she absolutely doesn't like.
She's becoming tired of a particular brand she used to love but I discovered that mixing it with liquid snacks or vitaminic paste makes her very willing to eat it.
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It's been a long time since I had one of the charming beasts of my own. What I do recall, vividly, is their speaking to me about their food when they didn't like it. Actually, they'd turn around and emulate burring his/her 'droppings' in dirt (or litter box if that's how you roll).
Many years later, we had a pet Turtle (for 20 years). He had a weird fussiness about him. Generally, insisted upon life food (not just meat and we've been vegetarians since almost always). Even that wasn't always good enough. Unlike a cat, however, a reptile can refuse to eat (or even move on its own) for days and days. A battle of will when he was having his little hissy-fit (hissing, chirping, and near-purring are the few sounds he could make). I used to reminisces how we could wait our cat out and win . . .
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