Cecilia
He suddenly isnt interested in cat food or cat biscuits at all, but will happily eat ham, cheese, fish even the dogs dinner. He just turns his nose up at his own bowl. ive tried various types and flavours of cat food, but he just walks away.
Florida
Well, your first choice of action is to have a visit to your local vet, just to be sure that there isnt anything wrong with him health-wise. Better to be safe then sorry, yeah? He IS 7 after all and that means he is considered a senior cat, which means more health troubles, especially teeth wise. If he has a loose or sore tooth, he wont bother trying to eat the hard, crunchy cat food and will instead resort to softer foods. And if he was eating cat food before and suddenly has stopped, there could be something wrong. Also, You didnt specify whether you have tried feeding him wet food. If you havent, I suggest Fancy Feast - Seafood Medley. Not the best kind, I know, but the seafood feast is in loaf style and it is quite fishy smelling. I dont suggest sliced, shaved or gravy style though. Most of the cats Ive known just lick the gravy. Until you can get him to the vet, I suggest that putting him up (with litter box, food and water) in a separate room for a couple days to monitor him would be best. Because honestly, do you watch him 24 hrs a day? Of course not.. You have to sleep sometime, right? Cats are nocturnal. Out in the wild, they hunt and eat at night, which is also true for household cats. So maybe he IS eating, but you just havent been able to catch him in the act. And if you dont see that he tried to eat, then a vet visit is needed. But I must remind you that people and dog food, even though it may seem tantalizing to a cat, isnt as good as cat food. Cat food is chock full of all the little things that are good for your kittys health. People/dog food is like junk food to a cat. So, dont give into him, no matter how much he begs. :) It just ruins his teeth even more. Good luck!
Detra
Put it this way, your cat will eat catfood if he is hungry. dont feed him anything else other than catfood if you only want him to eat catfood. cats arent stupid, if they think they can get away with it they will! put his bowl down and leave it, he will eat it in the end
Emilee
If you did not feed your cat these things, hunger will get the better of him and he will eat any type of food put to him, he will not starve to death
Reina
Sounds like he is a bit spoillt, i dont think you will change him now
Delia
Do not let your cat eat your food. You must nip this in the bud right away or you will have a BIG problem in the future. Give it cat food and starve it until it eats it.
Burl
Its a good question and i dont really have much idea, but maybe he just fancies a change?
Emiko
Because youre letting him. Put down his food, and thats all he gets. When he gets hungry enough and realizes he isnt getting anything else, hell eat.
Joshua
Put a little bit of ham, cheese or whatever in with the cat food, see if he eats it then. good luck
Annalee
There is no problem in that. But you have to consider that it might NOT be the food that is the problem, it might be a the bowl, if its plastic I wouldnt be suprised. It can also be that your cat just doesnt like CAT things it just probably just prefers DOG stuff, or other annimal foods!