How to accustom a cat to a different food?

So, there can be several reasons for changing food. 

The age of the animal. Kitten – a cat in its prime – an elderly cat. Each age has its own composition and its own calorie content. If you feed your pet with industrial feeds, then you can simply use different feeds of the same line. All major companies produce food for cats of different ages. The transition to another food in this version is the most problem-free.

Pregnancy and lactemia. A future or young cat mother needs to be fed well and correctly. Again, the manufacturers did everything for us, the owners, you just need to purchase what you are looking for at the pet store.

Sterilization. Since neutered cats are prone to weight gain, they need a low-calorie diet.

Diseases. Unfortunately, with age, and not only, our pets can get sick. The veterinarian will prescribe them a special diet, depending on the diagnosis. We have a good range of therapeutic feeds – there is plenty to choose from. Most importantly, do not buy “something from the stomach.” There are many types of therapeutic food, and only a specialist can recommend them.

How to change food?

First, decide what exactly you will feed your furry friend. Then purchase a sample food, in a small package. First, the cat may categorically refuse to eat it. Secondly, changing food can cause allergies.

You may be lucky: your Murka will eat the novelty as if nothing had happened. But it may also be that your Barsik will begin to suffer, meow plaintively and bypass the bowl on the tenth road, and not one day. Try to offer him a similar food, but from a different manufacturer. If the beast is especially stubborn, you will have to cheat: mix, mix, mix and feed. If the animal does not eat for a day, proceed: this is the limit. He has re-stubborn you, humble yourself and perform ritual dances.

Doctors do not advise a sharp transition to another food. Unless your pet is young, cheerful and has a tinned stomach. The standard transition to another diet is 10-12 days. New food is added to the old one little by little, focusing on the reaction of the cat’s body.

It is believed that the most difficult transition is from natural feeding to industrial feed and vice versa. It is produced according to the same algorithm. The only thing to remember is that natural feeding and table scraps are completely different things.