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So I never paid attention to what my cats were eating when I was growing up, because my mum feed the cats and bought the cat food. Since I got Violet I've really been looking at what goes into cat food, and I haven't been able to find a commercial cat food that doesn't contain all sorts of grains, vegetables, by-products, meals etc that I don't want to feed her, so I've recently started switching her over to a raw, prey model diet. (Before I started the switch she was on Nutrience kitten food.)

She's been really quick to transition (though I still have the crunchies out for the moment,) and she'll currently eat beef liver, raw eggs, whole chicken wings & necks (bone included) and gutted smelts. I tried her on some beef heart and kidney today and she seemed to be okay on them, though not totally enthusiastic.

I'll be getting her some whole feeder animals as soon as I find a place that does frozen ones locally or pick out a good company to order from online.

She gets fed twice a day, occasionally more if she doesn't eat a good portion during one of her regular feedings.

The cats at my mum's used to free feed on crunchies and then get wet food a couple of times a day, but Lili totally abused the free feeding and became excessively fat, and ruined it for everyone. Now they get fed a few times a day on Hill's Science Diet - r/d for the girls, cause they're both a little heavy, s/d and c/d for the boys, cause Bart has urinary issues.

What kind of diet do you feed your cats? What brands/recipes/combinations do you like? Why do you feed the diet you've chosen? Are your cats fussy eaters or are they willing to try new things?

Violet loves cheese, though I can't decide whether it's hilarious or sad to watch her try and get a flat slice of cheese off the floor. xp She doesn't get it too often, just when I'm making a sandwich or something for myself with cheese.

Minnie has those types of issues so we also switched them all to Science Diet C/D. That is in bowls in the kitchen and my parents bed room for them to eat when ever. We give them one can of 9lives wet food around 7:00pm Minnie gets about a third and the rest goes on a plate the black and whites share. We also give them treats of different types and flavors. Their favorite brands Temptations and Pounce cat treats.

We feed our cat Friskies wet food twice a day, I think. She used to be on dry food (some sort of Science Diet I think, but I'm not sure), but we found out she doesn't have any teeth on one side of her mouth, so we switched to wet so it would be easier for her to eat. I think she likes it better than the old stuff.

the shelter that i got mitts and grumbles from recommended science diet, so i never really used any other brand of cat food.

i give each of them 1/3 cup of the original dry food every morning. at night, they each get 1/4 can of the beef entree wet food. it doesn't seem like much to me, but they usually don't eat all their dry food. and if i give them more than 1/4 can of wet food, they don't eat it all.

after i moved to where i am now, i found that there's only one store in town that sells science diet. that store also sells these bonito flakes, which i've never heard of before. apparently, bonitos are these fish that get shaved into really thin flakes. mitts and grumbles love them.

whenever i make a dish that requires tuna, i give mitts and grumbles the tuna water. so whenever they hear me opening a can, they come running to the kitchen.