[MikaTallulah]

Originally Posted by Rescuemomma

Tried canned only - My 19 year old it's a battle to get her to eat any canned food, it took me 4 years to get her to eat a little of it, but she won't eat enough to maintain her weight - I tried taking dry away before, and she kept loosing weight no matter how frequently I offered the wet, so I had to give up and give her dry back. She's very stubborn and set in her ways!

The biggest objection I have to canned only, is when I've tried it before, I had alot of problems with looser stools (even after several weeks on it), very smelly stool, and anal gland problems. A couple of them also just couldn't seem to manage weight well without the dry food, and got kind of skinny with wet food alone. I find my cats do better if they get some dry as well. I've tried Tiki Cat, it's great food but my cats don't like the texture of it. It's a more "homestyle" food. Had the same problem with Weruva and a couple other really good brands of wet food.

Just checked the others - Firstmate isn't available here, looks like Happy Tails is only available in Canada, the TLC food looks VERY high grain, and I have one cat that doesn't tolerate anything with Rosemary in it - At $50/bag, I'm really not impressed by the ingredients, especially with the cost of the food! I also can't find any information on who makes it, or if they make it themself. I've tried Halo before - Won't feed it because it's owner is a huge supporter of PETA. Don't take me wrong, I'm all for ethical treatment of animals, but won't knowingly support extremest groups, and by feeding Halo, I feel that's exactly what I'm doing. The cause as many problems as they solve - Turning loose caged animals, killing those they pick up, I won't support any organization that thinks those are good ideas!

I feed dry with wet as a treat.

It sounds like you need a kitty intervention. I give up.

At least for now