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This morning was The Great Debut of Wellness wet food...
...and it largely flopped!
I gave her the sliced chicken with gravy along with a bit of Fancy Feast Salmon Gravy Lovers mixed in with the hopes that the mix of old and new would help with any potential tummy upset that might result in a food switch. She ate off all the gravy from both, ate the salmon meaty bits, but largely left the Wellness chicken bits alone. :/ It wasn't until I put more Fancy Feast on top of the leftover Wellness meaty bits that she showed any interest in the Wellness meaty bits at all, and only when I was in the room sitting with her, watching her eat. Odd, that, but at least she ate about 2/3 to 3/4 of the Wellness meaty bits when I kept her company. She, like her two brothers from other mothers, is an odd duck. ;)
Seems as though Dorene, like her brother from another mother Lars, is A Gravy Lover, and not a fan of bigger sized meaty bits. :/ I did give Lars a tiny portion of the Wellness (we're talking maybe a half teaspoon to a whole teaspoon) and he LOVED IT--wolfed it down before it even had a chance to stain his wet fud bowl. ;) He then downloaded a not exactly solid one in the litter box soon thereafter. At least he left it in the litter box and not on our living room floor, thank Bast, but...yeah...I think even that little bit upset his tummy somewhat so I'm not sure if I'll give him a taste again tomorrow morning...
I've not ruled out the possibility that Dorene might have something weird going on with her mouth/teeth that's made her adverse to the kibble. It might also be part of why she didn't want to initially eat the larger Wellness meaty bits, too. I tried taking a looksee in her mouth this afternoon but she was having none of it. Hard to say--she's only two years old so I would think her mouth and teeth should be fine and she checked out fine with the vet back right before we took her home in February, so...who knows?
At a buck forty nine a small can, I'm decidedly not amused that she's not liking it better so far. :/ I just might have to give up the fight after a good College Try with the Wellness brand stuff I bought and go back to feeding her the Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers stuff that I know she'll eat with whole-hearted enthusiasm. Sigh. She's just plain weird! :/
...and it largely flopped!
I gave her the sliced chicken with gravy along with a bit of Fancy Feast Salmon Gravy Lovers mixed in with the hopes that the mix of old and new would help with any potential tummy upset that might result in a food switch. She ate off all the gravy from both, ate the salmon meaty bits, but largely left the Wellness chicken bits alone. :/ It wasn't until I put more Fancy Feast on top of the leftover Wellness meaty bits that she showed any interest in the Wellness meaty bits at all, and only when I was in the room sitting with her, watching her eat. Odd, that, but at least she ate about 2/3 to 3/4 of the Wellness meaty bits when I kept her company. She, like her two brothers from other mothers, is an odd duck. ;)
Seems as though Dorene, like her brother from another mother Lars, is A Gravy Lover, and not a fan of bigger sized meaty bits. :/ I did give Lars a tiny portion of the Wellness (we're talking maybe a half teaspoon to a whole teaspoon) and he LOVED IT--wolfed it down before it even had a chance to stain his wet fud bowl. ;) He then downloaded a not exactly solid one in the litter box soon thereafter. At least he left it in the litter box and not on our living room floor, thank Bast, but...yeah...I think even that little bit upset his tummy somewhat so I'm not sure if I'll give him a taste again tomorrow morning...
I've not ruled out the possibility that Dorene might have something weird going on with her mouth/teeth that's made her adverse to the kibble. It might also be part of why she didn't want to initially eat the larger Wellness meaty bits, too. I tried taking a looksee in her mouth this afternoon but she was having none of it. Hard to say--she's only two years old so I would think her mouth and teeth should be fine and she checked out fine with the vet back right before we took her home in February, so...who knows?
At a buck forty nine a small can, I'm decidedly not amused that she's not liking it better so far. :/ I just might have to give up the fight after a good College Try with the Wellness brand stuff I bought and go back to feeding her the Fancy Feast Gravy Lovers stuff that I know she'll eat with whole-hearted enthusiasm. Sigh. She's just plain weird! :/
