How do I get my cat to eat a new brand of food?
Jack Lapidus asked:
I’ve been feeding her science diet food for about a year now and I just found out that apparently it’s crap food. I asked questions on here so I decided my solution would be Blue Buffalo. I can’t mix the Blue Buffalo food with the science diet because the stupid company changed their food (which my cat refuses to eat) and I ran out of the kind that my cat is used to. So how do I get my cat to eat the new food? She hasn’t eaten much lately.
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I’ve been feeding her science diet food for about a year now and I just found out that apparently it’s crap food. I asked questions on here so I decided my solution would be Blue Buffalo. I can’t mix the Blue Buffalo food with the science diet because the stupid company changed their food (which my cat refuses to eat) and I ran out of the kind that my cat is used to. So how do I get my cat to eat the new food? She hasn’t eaten much lately.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:26 pm
When she gets hungry enough, she’ll eat it.
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
if you can’t mix it, just put the new food down, if your cat gets hungry enough she will it it….
this is a little gross, but if it is dry cat food, what i did when i was younger, my cat wouldn’t eat, i showed her the bowl sat there with her, and took a piece while she was watching me and ate it. she starting eating right after that…
i know that is weird and gross, but it worked! lol
April 5th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
unfortunately, the only answer is what Rook said. When she gets hungry enough, she’ll eat it. If she won’t eat the Blue Buffalo on her own, try finding another type of food she likes and mixing it with that. Otherwise, all you can do is see if anyone has leftover science diet food for you to mix with the Blue Buffalo.
April 5th, 2009 at 6:19 pm
Too bad you ran out of the science diet b/c you could have gradually mixed in different cat food and then eventually just be able to give her a different brand.
There are sample 1lb bags of cat food at the store like purina health, or fancy feast, and some others, try and see if she likes something else better.
also, you can try and mix some wet food in with the new brand and put that in a few times.
my cats are picky eaters and once i changed them to purina and iams they won’t eat anything else. maybe your kitty wants to be a pain in the a$$ and make you spend a ton on her food
April 8th, 2009 at 5:21 pm
I have a cat of my own and we have made her switch foods I don’t how many times! But one thing I can say is that she liked whatever was her type of food. Now she is going on food made especially for her type of breed. If your cat is a specific type of breed go to a pet store and find a food for that type of breed. Another thing you can do is try canned food. Take a lot of different canned food you think your cat might like and feed her each one every day. Then find the one she likes the most. Feed her that one and you have yourself a food for your cat!
April 10th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
if she won’t eat it mixed, then i don’t think there is any other way to force her to eat it. she will eat it eventually, hopefully.
can i make a suggestion though? I would recommend Wellness, California Natural or Felidae, because some of my friends are cat owners and most of them have tried Blue Buffalo, and they all said there cat didn’t like it or she/he had problems after eating it, and the three i recommended, there cats loved at least one of them and had no problems.
April 11th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Wait, a Intelligent cat will not starve to death I bet when she is hungry she will eat.
April 12th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Ive never tried blue buffalo but I believe science diet is a good brand. If anything, try presciption diet.
Dont switch it outright or it will make them throw up or have diarrhea. YOu have to slowly start with giving the original food with a bit of the new for a week, then add a bit more, a bit more, etc. And then after a couple weeks you can give the cat the new stuff.