I have 4 "non-bengal" indoor cats, so it's a TRICK to try to keep them eating what they are supposed to eat. :huh:
For my bengal girls Crescent and Victoria: Dry, cooked meat and baby food as follows:
I use a mixture of 2/3 Mazuri Small Exotic Feline Food and 1/3 Chicken soup for the Cat Lover's soul.
I cook turkey, chicken and trout for them (no added salt or spices) and that is our "bonding" treat, since my girls are very shy, and it was how I originally got them to come to me and give me kisses.
When I get LAZY -- I will occasionally give them a jar of Chicken, Turkey, or Veal *meat* human baby food. (They LOVE that stuff... it's how I trick them into taking pills. Put some baby food in a spoon, and stick the pill down inside the mixture... they get so excited over the baby food treat, they gobble it down before they realize there is a pill IN it !!
MY 4 DHS rescue boys, on the other hand... Science Diet Dry... the 2 older boys are on K/D ( I have a 14 year old, with high blood pressure, and an 8 year old who is just finicky -- it's what my vet suggests.) The younger boys kind of wander between the older guys K/D and the girls Mazuri mixture. (How do you stop THAT???) I even put it up high, (on my bureau and entertainment center) where the boys don't normally JUMP... and the girls scoop it out of the bowl, and scatter it on the floor, for the boys to eat off the carpet. (And YES it's a mess.. but my cats are my priority over my aggrivation at stepping on dry kibble
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Before I got my bengals, I had been giving the "younger boys" Science Diet Kitten -- and they all seem to love the size and texture of that brand (except the hairball control - which is larger - go figure)
Everyone gets the food I cook for our "evening meal" together. I've discovered they will snuggle up with me (yes all 6 of them) when I go to bed at night, if I've given them freshly cooked meat. I haven't seen any indication that it gives any of them stomach problems -- so I feel it must be working OK.
And to say my cats ( all six of them ) are SPOILED, I believe... is an UNDERSTATEMENT !!!
"fancidots"
LaVon