Feeding cats

[martinw-48]

Recently we received some little tins of Tuna in Springwater which I hate and my girlfriend wouldn't eat even though she said she would.
I like Tuna in oil.
So I gave one to Buffy and for the first time ever we didn't have to throw out food.
She only licks the gravy off of anything we put in her bowl.
I told my girlfriend to buy Tuna in Springwater.
She bought Tuna mince for cats.
Once again had to throw out half eaten food.
I bought a couple of tins of Tuna in Springwater because they were on special and once again Buffy ate the whole lot.
I think it's better to give her what she'll eat but my girlfriend is determined to only buy cat food.
I can't afford to feed the cat. I've got my own expenses that I'm struggling to maintain.

[brerrabbit585]

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@zanadoo_56 wrote:

Tuna in spring water is OK for cats....but only as a treat. 

Because it is not a complete food (probably doesn't contain taurine and other vitamins and minerals cats need) it shouldn't be given to the cat too often.

Have you tried mixing some of the human food tuna with a cat OK tuna wet food to get Buffy to accept something new?  This is how I usually introduce something new to my cat. 

It also works for dry food.  I bought something new for my cat....and she hated it.  So I started giving her the new dry food mixed with her usual dry food.  She got used to the new stuff and in the end was happy to eat it without mixing it with something else.

You've got to be more cunning than your cat is, to get any co-operation!

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Taurine is found naturally in meat, fish and dairy products.  Cats survived for years before cat food was ever available!

[lionrose.7]

I only feed my cat cat food never human food.

Lilli is a snacker and I have dry food down for her at all times.

She runs in has a couple of mouth fulls and is off again 

At night I give her half a packet of wet food so she does not leave any.

She would do any thing for Whiskers treats which I give her a couple in the morning amd use them to get her inside for the night.

At the moment she really loves the Purina Fancy feast ones with beef/chicken with veggies 

[crikey*mate]

My next door neighbour's cat eats dog food. MY dog's food!

[zanadoo_56]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

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@zanadoo_56 wrote:

Tuna in spring water is OK for cats....but only as a treat. 

Because it is not a complete food (probably doesn't contain taurine and other vitamins and minerals cats need) it shouldn't be given to the cat too often.

Have you tried mixing some of the human food tuna with a cat OK tuna wet food to get Buffy to accept something new?  This is how I usually introduce something new to my cat. 

It also works for dry food.  I bought something new for my cat....and she hated it.  So I started giving her the new dry food mixed with her usual dry food.  She got used to the new stuff and in the end was happy to eat it without mixing it with something else.

You've got to be more cunning than your cat is, to get any co-operation!

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Taurine is found naturally in meat, fish and dairy products.  Cats survived for years before cat food was ever available!

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Human food is more processed and as we don't need taurine (it is produced naturally in our bodies) cat owners have no way of knowing how much taurine and other cat necessary vitamins etc are actually in human canned food.  That's why vets don't recommend canned tuna for humans as a complete cat meal.  I'm not posting this info as my opinion, it's a veterinary one.

The food cats ate for years before cat food of course did not have issues like losing taurine etc due to cooking or the canning process.

[zanadoo_56]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

I only feed my cat cat food never human food.

Lilli is a snacker and I have dry food down for her at all times.

She runs in has a couple of mouth fulls and is off again 

At night I give her half a packet of wet food so she does not leave any.

She would do any thing for Whiskers treats which I give her a couple in the morning amd use them to get her inside for the night.

At the moment she really loves the Purina Fancy feast ones with beef/chicken with veggies 

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Your cat isn't a small tabby/torbie with a white chin.....the twin of my cat....by any chance?

My cat is exactly the same in food habits.  She doesn't like human food, she grazes on dry food in the day and has wet food at night.  She loves the occasional treat, and Fancy Feast (actually all four varities) is her favourite dry food.

[lionrose.7]

[lionrose.7]

Not Tabby, Lilli is the evil Black Godess but I love her.

She will only let you touch her if she wants to, if not she will  give you the LOOK

[icyfroth]

Cats gotta eat.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2391223/Janet-Veal-56-gnawed-eaten-CATS-kitchen-floor-died....

[kopenhagen5]

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@lionrose.7 wrote:

Not Tabby, Lilli is the evil Black Godess but I love her.

She will only let you touch her if she wants to, if not she will  give you the LOOK

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Could be Cleopatra reincarnated. 

[bright.ton42]

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@brerrabbit585 wrote:

@ bright.ton, I don't think the fish in springwater has added salt, which is why I always buy sardines in springwater.

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Yes I stand corrected Brer I was thinking of tuna in brine.

Tuna in spring water is OK for cats....but only as a treat.

Because it is not a complete food (probably doesn't contain taurine and other vitamins and minerals cats need) it shouldn't be given to the cat too often.

 Yep kazumi already addressed in my earlier post.

Taurine is necessary and can actually be bought as a powder and sprinkled on the tuna.

But Martin have you considered mixing the tuna with cat food?   Very slowly.  So say 3/4 tuna with  1/4 cat food to begin with?

And another thought have your tried her on sardines, so nutritious too. 

Cats are cunning alright but we humans are the super breed and should be able to out cunning them.....(er, maybe lol)

Let's know how she goes?