Why won't she eat from her dish?????

[Tina]

Originally Posted by dandysmom

Leia, who has never been hungry a day in her life used to eat all her breakfast/lunch, etc. as soon as it appeared; since her two housemates went to the Bridge she prefers 4 small meals a day.....so of course that's what she gets.....

That sounds alot like Miw.....little and often! When we first got Mouse, Miw took a liking to the kitten dry food and would eat large amounts of it all day.....she got quite fat LOL! Then when Mouse got sick, Miw got even fatter because she wasn't getting enough exercise AND was eating vast amounts of higher fat kitten food. Now that Mouse has been feeling better, Miw is getting plenty of exercise (Mouse chases her around non-stop all day) so she's managed to lose the excess weight and is back to her little and often meals.

[Mags]

Have you tried giving her the dry food on a plate or saucer? Some cats find it difficult to pick up biscuits from a bowl as they tend to move around a lot.

[Kazz]

I used to feed my two on the rare ocasions they had dried food there meal on a piece of kitchen towel. Seemed to help them get a grip on it.

[angieh]

I have chuckled over this thread Tina but do so hope that you can "accommodate" Mousie's particular needs before you have to go back to work full time. It's not surprising really that she has you wrapped so well around her little paws - it's going to be a wrench in other ways for the two of you to be apart during the day. Good luck to you, Mousie and Miw!

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by Tina

That sounds alot like Miw.....little and often! When we first got Mouse, Miw took a liking to the kitten dry food and would eat large amounts of it all day.....she got quite fat LOL! Then when Mouse got sick, Miw got even fatter because she wasn't getting enough exercise AND was eating vast amounts of higher fat kitten food. Now that Mouse has been feeling better, Miw is getting plenty of exercise (Mouse chases her around non-stop all day) so she's managed to lose the excess weight and is back to her little and often meals.

The adults do love kitten food, don't they? When I got Dandy I got kitten food. He wouldn't eat it, edged Misty aside and ate her food; she was an agreeable cat and let him get away with it because she preferred his kitten food...she was already a stout cat, and became even stouter until we finished the supply!

[Phoenix]

Beauty like taking her wet food out of her bowl (mainly chicken she'll do this with), she'll then put it on the floor, lick it, pick it up, chew it, put it on the floor again, lick it, pick it up and chew it, put it on the floor again and lick it, then finally eat it!