Oh, yes. We have been seriously into every "bribe food" we can think of! If I can catch her tonight I'll force-feed her something- not traumatic, just rubbing some nutritious mush on the roof of her mouth- and we're getting a high-calorie nutritious supplement for her tomorrow.
I'm also contemplating what i can make for her that might appeal. She is very precious to me.
dunno if any of these will help, but here's some of my tricks:
- mix hot water with her normal kibble, make into a mash, feed warm - sprinkle catnip over the food if she likes catnip - try tuna from a can (in water, not oil) - see if you can find bonito flakes (usually can find at asian supermarkets or maybe a nice sushi restaurant might give you some) and crumble those over food - smear a wet type of food onto her paw a little at a time, see if she'll "clean" it off (not too much at once, else she'll just shake it off her foot) - beechnut brand human baby food, stage 1 comes in several versions of plain pureed meat that some cats will eat when nothing else works - KMR (kitten milk replacer) liquid, either force-fed plain from a syringe, or mixed into food to make a tasty gruel - use plain unflavored kid's pedialyte instead of water when making wet foods, restores more electrolytes than water will
if i can think of anything else, i'll let you know. good luck <3
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I'm also contemplating what i can make for her that might appeal. She is very precious to me.
Thanks so much for your good wishes!!!!
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be careful with the high calorie supplement things too, most of them are basically sugar, which depending on your kitty may or may not be ok.
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- mix hot water with her normal kibble, make into a mash, feed warm
- sprinkle catnip over the food if she likes catnip
- try tuna from a can (in water, not oil)
- see if you can find bonito flakes (usually can find at asian supermarkets or maybe a nice sushi restaurant might give you some) and crumble those over food
- smear a wet type of food onto her paw a little at a time, see if she'll "clean" it off (not too much at once, else she'll just shake it off her foot)
- beechnut brand human baby food, stage 1 comes in several versions of plain pureed meat that some cats will eat when nothing else works
- KMR (kitten milk replacer) liquid, either force-fed plain from a syringe, or mixed into food to make a tasty gruel
- use plain unflavored kid's pedialyte instead of water when making wet foods, restores more electrolytes than water will
if i can think of anything else, i'll let you know. good luck <3
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