Taking Care of a Picky Cat: How Olga’s Eating Habits Have Changed – Nirantara

Hiya, I’m Christopher! Read my introduction to be taught additional about me and my silly Russian Blue cat, Olga.

When Olga was a kitten, she wasn’t as finicky and on a regular basis ran to the kitchen when she smelled my cooking. I gave her dry meals every day and moist meals quite a lot of situations per week, and I made the error of replicating my earlier cat’s consuming routine. Free feeding isn’t actually helpful for a lot of pets, nevertheless my Siamese cat certainly not grew to change into overweight when allowed to graze all day on kibble.

Free-Feeding Frenzy

I shouldn’t have free-fed Olga; her head was loads larger than her physique when she was youthful, and her abdomen was starting to catch up. When my veterinarian said she was a little bit of heavy for a kitten, I modified her consuming routine and solely gave her dry meals throughout the morning and moist meals throughout the evening.

It took quite a lot of months, and by the purpose she entered maturity, she not had a bulging abdomen. She loves moist meals nevertheless solely eats formulation with rooster or turkey. I discovered early on that seafood and beef weren’t type to her gut, and until not too way back, she favored dry meals.

Kibble Conundrum

She stopped consuming her kibble, and as soon as I attempted to introduce new producers repeatedly, she ate them for quite a lot of days until they made her vomit. I’ve tried limited-ingredient diets and too many producers to remember, nevertheless nothing seems to agree alongside together with her stomach. She solely tolerates moist meals, and I not give her treats.

I don’t know why, nevertheless she eats more when I’m in the same room. If I’m going exterior to replenish the birdfeeders after leaving a bowl of meals for her throughout the morning, she waits on the window until I return after which runs once more to her bowl to eat.

She doesn’t want to eat alone, and customarily, she leaves most of her meals uneaten and walks away. If I title her once more and tap on her bowl, she returns to her meals and devours it. Some canines and cats grow to be irritated or aggressive in case you stand too close to them or pet them on the once more after they’re consuming, nevertheless Olga prefers it. She eats all her meals now, nevertheless I nonetheless should encourage her.

Picky and Proud

Residing with a picky cat is annoying, nevertheless Olga is healthful. She doesn’t problem me as soon as I’m consuming and doesn’t devour worldwide objects, crops, or toxic chemical compounds. Being selective and indecisive may be a bonus for her. Since she has such a sensitive stomach, she may be a lot much less extra more likely to eat one factor harmful.

That’s not an announcement from someone with veterinary expertise, nevertheless it certainly applies to my stubborn cat. Sooner than dinner, she stares at me and whines if I check out her. She acts like a ravenous animal and tries to intimidate me by slamming the closet door or knocking my pen off my desk.

Her begging is relentless, nevertheless as hungry as she appears, she doesn’t eat all her meals besides I be a part of her throughout the kitchen. Olga is a freak of nature, nevertheless she’s an important cat.