Edit: I was not asking for advice. You are not giving me new ideas. The boy is over 10 years old at this point, the transition to wet food has been attempted a couple times, with veterinary advice.

He was diagnosed with chronic kidney failure in december, when he stopped eating even dry food. He is now on a veterinary diet to extend and make the remainder of his life comfortable. As such even fewer options are available. The wet versions of the special foods were tried, but especially considering his condition, he must eat, and do so regularly.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I was not asking for advice. You are not giving me new ideas.

I tell you I feel this comment. Sums up my experience with Lemmy perfectly. Just unending unasked for advice. This whole website is basically made up of old guys at a bowling alley who try to teach everybody how to bowl against their will.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

"Are you at the solutions oriented stage or feelings oriented?"

[–] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

Try purée. It's the only kind my cat will eat. It's a texture thing. She doesn't know what to do with the big chunks in regular cat food.

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Have you tried a bunch of different brands? I've found that my younger cat will eat a mix of any wet with the dry food without any real preference, but my old cat will only eat 2 or 3 kinds of wet food from 2 manufacturers.

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 3 weeks ago

Go to a pet store and buy 5 or 10 single serving flavors of decent quality. Might be $10-15 for the experiment to land on something they like. Plan and accept that a lot of it will be thrown out. They also might love it, but not day 2 when refrigerated.