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khysanth
Jun 10, 2009

Still love you, Homar

Julet Esqu posted:

My senior cat had a health scare this weekend and the emergency vet I was able to get him into (his normal vet wasn't able to see him) suspects he's starting to have kidney problems. She recommended I switch him over to wet food (no specific brand recommendations) to help get his water intake up.

Thing is, I tried to get him on wet food a couple of years ago and he doesn't like it. He just licks off whatever gravy he can get to and leaves the rest. I'm going to try again, but before I do, anybody have any tips on how to transition your cat to wet food if they just want kibble?

Other maybe/maybe not useful info:
He currently free-feeds CORE. His weight is fine, maybe a little low. He has a fountain that he's happy to drink out of. No problems peeing that I've seen; vet's thinking kidneys because of his bloodwork results.

Went through something similar with our old cat. Kidney problems are very common unfortunately in older cats.

We mixed the dry food into the wet and she would eat the wet to get at all the dry kibble.

Can also try different textures - pates, actual shredded meat (Tiki Cat brand) etc.

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