Ashley and a Mafia cat

[vilakins]

I am so encouraged by the response to my last post; there are a lot more of you still here than I'd feared

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[linda_joyce]

My friend Jenny has the same problem with her youngest, and only female, cat a beautiful all black rescue called Sheba. ATM she is eating the most expensive cat food there is in the UK. It's called Sheba and she will only eat certain flavours of that. I love the photos of Ashley standing on her tail, you've got to keep your tail under control you know or the do things that will get you into trouble.%D

[vilakins]

I wish Ashley would consistently eat the Dine and Fancy Feast and various other brands I try her on (I'll have to see if they sell Sheba here) as then I wouldn't have to buy her vet-only special kibble for the rest of her life.

We thought she might be keeping her front paws off the cold kitchen floor, but she does it on carpet and outside too. Maybe it gives her a feeling of security to be so compact and orderly; I dunno!

[linda_joyce]

Yes fresh human grade boiled chicken and vegies would be cheaper than vet supplied food. When Sue was in her cat phase(11 of them at maximum)she fed them on pussie stew. A mix of rice veggies and boiled chicken necks which she could get from local chicken producers (she lives in the Breadbasket of Britain(East Anglia, Cambridgeshire and a couple of other counties whose names escape me now). Perhaps you could try something like that with Ashley with some sort of cheap animal protein, a fish perhaps.

[vilakins]

I do give her human-grade cooked chicken which is a lot cheaper than the vet stuff, and she generally eats it. Rice and veggies cats shouldn't have much of because they're carnivores, but that mix is great for dogs. Mum used to make something similar for hers.

[linda_joyce]

Sues cats were all fit and healthy on the mix as far as I remember but I do remember one of them moving out of her house and living down the road, she was never sure if it just wanted to be an only cat or that he preferred tinned cat food. The rice, or some times pasta, just added bulk to the meat and kept the cats slim.