Today was an unexpected magical morning for the Blondies again – they all ate raw food! Yesterday, we had a setback and I thought we would descend into a few days of kibble before they would be willing to eat raw, but no, they all ate raw this morning. So, there is no pattern. It’s sheer luck.
I was too busy going back and forth to replenish everyone’s bowls, so I didn’t take photos of them eating. When they eat raw, I always keep replenishing more until they have had their fill and walk away.
This is how to feed Riley – finger-feeding. On most days, she is willing to eat if I finger-feed her. On some days, I have to put the food into her mouth but she will willingly swallow it. She won’t eat by herself unless it’s kibble, of course. What a spoilt brat. It’s extremely rare when she is willing to eat any raw food from a bowl by herself and it is usually not much. I get her to eat more by finger-feeding so I do it twice a day. It doesn’t take long, though.
The dessert as a reward, of course.
For the Monsters too. Life is short, so I cannot have them looking in longingly when the Blondies get their reward and it isn’t fair to deny them of a reward especially when they are the most obedient of all our cats, right? This is RC’s Dental kibble for them. I don’t know if it works to clean their clean, but it claims to.
Juno and Riley also want a reward. Oh well…. Oh, I poured too much kibble for Juno there.
I hadn’t planned on starting Juno on any kibble, but I know eventually she will demand for it. It started when our vet told me to convert Juno’s diet to kibble because of her prolonged swollen lymph nodes. I know vets will always advise this because they worry about the contamination in uncooked (raw) food, most canned foods are just complementary snacks while kibble boasts of being complete foods containing all the essential nutrients. But to my understanding, kibble is ultra-processed and contains many additives and preservatives. Aren’t we humans repeatedly reminded about the dangers of ultra-processed foods and all the additives?
A friend also told me that a particular pet kibble manufacturer sponsor the vet courses not only in our local universities but all over the world! That is why this particular company has the top-selling kibble products in the whole world.
In any case, I use kibble only as a reward, dessert and snack. Not as a staple food. Or, it’s useful when anyone has had a bout of vomiting and nausea. That is when they need something totally different for a change of taste – sometimes kibble does the trick.
Otherwise, my preference would be (1) raw (2) cooked, and (3) kibble as a snack.
But of course, please consult your pet nutritionist for expert advice. Every cat’s needs might be different.