State of the Lars: finicky bastard is finicky...

[lady_curmudgeon]

He's now decided to, one by one, reject his formerly favorite flavors of Gravy Lovers gushy food. The other day he vetoed the turkey, and today he rejected the chicken. At least he's still seeming to want to bother with the salmon, which is good, but...yeah.

I need a gravy/broth laden gushy fud as a vehicle to deploy the powdered probiotics and the powdered benefiber that he'll at least eat the gravy/broth off of. I tried Friskies but theirs is woefully low on gravy/sauce, making mixing the powder(s) in a bit difficult. I know either Friskies or Fancy Feast has a line of broth oriented gushy fuds that I'm going to look into later today, so that's my next line of attack.

Internet Cat Hivemind--any ideas for gravy/sauce/broth bountiful gushy fuds I can look for??? Any and all ideas are welcome, and damn the cost!

Otherwise he's doing about the same. Still not quite back to normal either in personality or in the downloads department, kinda maintaining a status quo of sorts in the middle ground of things. This leaves us both hopeful for further improvement and frustrated that it's not forthcoming more quickly.

Sigh. He *had* to reject the Gravy Lovers shit. He just *Had To*...

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[piroshki]

Dunno if it'll help, but when one of my mom's cats started on that "Fine, I just won't EAT any of those foods any more!" she found that mixing the powders into straight clam juice worked admirably, especially as you can mix the stuff in, dilute as much as needed, and then pour it over something else as needs be.

Of course it'll be your luck that the fuzzy little turd won't like clam juice, but still, it's worth a try..

[lady_curmudgeon]

Ah, the clam juice trick! I now remember you telling me of that one when I was having trouble with my beloved Jazz not eating her food. Didn't work for her, but it's worth a shot with Lars! The Meijer across the street sells bottles of it, and it's super cheap to boot so if it doesn't do the trick it's not like I'll be out a whole lot of coin...

Lars is pretty big on fishy tasting things, so this just might work...

Thanks for the reminder! :)

[piroshki]

If he's a fishy-fiend, there are all sorts of things you can substitute. There's all kinds of fish paste that has the consistency of mayonnaise; there's a good possibility something like that, he'd lick right off your finger.

Chicken stock can be used for those of the poultry persuasion; thicken it slightly (or seriously saturate his beloved kibbles in it) and mix the meds in. Beef stock can be used also; if you're not making your own be sure to get the low- or non-sodium variety. (If you are buying, make sure you get the Stouffers, and not the nameless variant - it's a bit more expensive, but you know for sure what's going into it.)

And, as a last-ditch effort, there's always meatloaf, complete with juices and added gravy. The only problem with people-food pre-made gravy is that it is horribly salty, so I'd recommend you make it without any added salt whatsoever, and then salt it when you put it on your own food. (This is, of course, assuming that you aren't Veggiesaurs, in which case I apologise for any insult I may have inadvertently offered.)

[lady_curmudgeon]

Great suggestions, all! Thank you! :) We're not at Absolute Desperation Stage Alpha just yet, but all of these ideas are definitely on the back burner for use if we might need them.

Today was A Good Day--tried Halo brand Spot's Stew turkey flavor. I thought the stew in its name implied it would be a gravy based one, but it was more like an incredibly thick gravy to a light and soupy pate' with meat and some actual veggies mixed in it. Last I knew of, Lars was not a huge fan of pate' style wet food, and never a fan of vegetable matter. No matter, I pressed on and mixed his probiotics and benefiber in with a bit of it anyway because the can was open and therefore might as well try it so I don't waste a good 2 bucks for nothing. He gobbled it down like a total champ, only leaving some of the veggie bits behind in his wake! :) Winner winner turkey dinner, I guess? ;) Hoping I'll have the same luck with the rest of the can...