OT How do you make a cat eat?

I've tried a variety of flavors but nothing has worked, so far, except for the tuna. I'll stick with that until she decides she wants something else.

Alice

"Happiness is good health and a bad memory."

- Ingrid Bergman (1917-1982)

Absolutely! Anything you can get into her - that's the best medicine. Hope she improves soon. . In message , AliceW writes

Rasputin

We gave our little Tigger just a bit of tuna in water out of a can - perked him right up to eat the proper cat food. It worked - we give him a little treat of it now and again. Give it a try.

Sharon (N.B.)

Believe it or not a friend of mine has been feeding her elderly cat baby food chicken for more than a year now. The vet doesn't necessarily approve of such a long time on this, but the cat is doing okay and won't eat anything else!

Judy (from Massachusetts)

I don't know as this will help you out, but the one thing that my cats will break all the rules for is red lentils and rice. It is the only thing they will climb on the table and counters to get to. One day just before supper Stripey cat even climbed into a cupboard to get at it. Red Lentils are the ones that look like wee baby split peas only pink. They cook quickly, all you have to do is put them in a pot with about an equal volume of water, simmer them for 15 minutes, then add rice and water as usual for just the rice, stir it up well and just do as you would to cook the rice. They go right to bits so don't worry about that. It is easy on the teeth and good food for both man and beast.

NightMist

Hi Alice, I have a diabetic kitty. When she was first diagnosed I freaked. I took very literally that she had to eat a certain amount of food with her shot or she'd have adverse reactions to the insulin. I fed her the AD wet food mixed with water from a syringe so I could control exactly how much she got. It wasn't easy. I had to wrap her in a towel and hold her very tightly on my lap, but we both got better at it. I'd do it in a confined space like the bathroom with the door closed. If she thought she'd had enough, she'd shake her head and food would go flying all over the bathroom. She now eats from her bowl just before she gets her insulin shot but if she gets stubborn and doesn't want to eat, I feed her her food off my finger. Then she'll eat. I just make sure that she gets some food into her and she finishes up later when she's made her point. I'm very well trained. Best of luck in getting Scraps to eat. I suspect that the sore tooth has a lot to do with her problem. Donna in Bellevue happy slave of Raggy, the tortoiseshell kitty.

I hope the problem is solved, but just in case, Tuna. Debra in VA See my quilts at