Won't eat out of a new bag of dry food!!

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Registered: 09-08-2004
Won't eat out of a new bag of dry food!!
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Sat, 03-05-2005 - 12:53am
Hey All! I am just posting to get some positive vibes. I have a very finicky cat and he was always extremely difficult to please. I feed him California Natural dry Rice and Chicken because 1. he won't eat anything else since the time I switched him from a bottle 2. he has allergies on most of the other brands anyway. Well, I just finished one bag of CN and I opened a new one. Normally, he'd eat it, but he won't touch it! He hasn't been eating for a couple of days now. I haven't been worried up to this point because I give him a small, cooked meal with boiled lean chicken and rice and some veggies in the evening after his medication, but it's almost 3 days now and he is walking after me and asking for food. He just won't eat that stuff. I opened a second new bag, but he won't eat that either! I am off tomorrow to try to find another batch with a different expiration date, even though this one is good until Dec 1, 2005. But, what if it won't work??? Any suggestions? He is SO stubborn! Btw., healthwise everything is good.
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 03-05-2005 - 6:56am

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Sat, 03-05-2005 - 10:22am

Hi Funnyandsunny. *Welcome* to Cats.


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Registered: 04-17-2004
Sun, 03-06-2005 - 6:29pm
i have the same problem with my girl. She won't eat a fresh bag of food. What i've done and successfully is to get two bags and as one of the bags gets low, start mixing new with old. I use a mix of 2/3rds old to 1/3rd new. If you miss an overlapping (like I've done in the past), my vet says give her up to 3 days to make an adjustment. She'll eventually cave and come to the food. If it goes beyond that, i am to bring her in. So far that's worked. Hope your kitty is healthy otherwise!!!
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Registered: 12-01-2003
Sun, 03-06-2005 - 6:58pm
I have taken food back before and was refunded my $$$


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