Hunger Strike Ends: Parties Compromise!
I don’t know what’s wrong with my cats. I swear!
Out of desperation last night I opened a can of chicken, drained it a little and put it on a plate. I mean, they were on day four of not eating and I couldn’t take it anymore. If they wouldn’t eat the raw food I was trying to feed them, maybe they’d at least eat some canned meat. (I refused to give them that grocery store kibble with it’s disease-ridden meat-part bits and who knows what else!)
At first, things looked good. The two of them huddled around the plate, tongues lapping at the meat.
Then, I realized…they were just licking up the chicken broth. They didn’t touch the tasty, tender chicken chunks!
So, I had to take Pugly to obedience training at the pet store that evening; I went early and did some bag read on Innova Evo products. During my research last week, Innova Evo was one of the top pet food products recommended next to feeding a raw diet because it’s formulated based on a raw diet — and no “by-products”! The cat foods are high protein and low carb which I’m kind of iffy about. I don’t necessarily agree with that line of thinking, but the good news is that they have a kibble version — Innova Evo Food for Cats and Kittens!
O.K. But would they eat it? That was the real test.
After obedience class (which Pugly did very well in, by the way), I went home and put about 1/2 cup in their cleaned out cat food bowl and set it down for them and waited.
It looked like kibble.
It smelled like kibble.
It felt like kibble.
It tasted like kibble.
It ate like kibble.
It passed the test.
Today they are eating the next-best-thing-to-raw-food-diet kibble. It’s not what I would choose for them, but this is what they want. They are not great hunters. They just want their kibble.
Meanwhile, I can sleep a little easier knowing that they aren’t eating the diseased parts of animals that humans wouldn’t eat or cardboard filler or somesuch.
It’s a compromise I guess.
Tags: Innova Evo, raw food diet, the cats, the puppy
