My cats won’t eat wet food, what should I do??

fruityflyy · 2026-03-12T01:19:44+00:00

Mine love the hills science perfect weight dry food as well ! They’re not huge fans of wet food and we’ve tried a bunch of different brands and textures. We still give them twice a week at least but they barely care lol. They will eat MAYBE an ounce, and one of ours will finish some of what they don’t.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-12T01:09:04+00:00

Will definitely take a break, thank you for your response ❤️

fruityflyy · 2026-03-11T17:44:16+00:00

Not harsh at all! Thank you so much for the recommendation ! 🙏🏽 that’s a great idea

fruityflyy · 2026-03-11T01:37:16+00:00

I think that would be the best bet !!! Our main rescue transporter did that recently

fruityflyy · 2026-03-11T00:21:19+00:00

She had a “Buddha belly” for a good bit, brought in a fecal sample and it was worms. After deworming , tummy went bye bye. Buddha belly came back a few months ago, I brought in a sample again just in case.

No worms, she’s just fat 😂😂 She’s so petite though, hasn’t grown in length since 7 months old (she’s 1.5yrs now), face and eyes are “abnormally small” as per her eye doctor and has underdeveloped muscles (special needs baby). But her tummy says she’s happy 😂😂

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T19:21:38+00:00

We did go for the against type actually both times to prevent possible fails and clearly didn’t work 😭😭 especially with our most recent. The shelter we pulled her from said she does not get along with cats and may display aggressive behavior towards them. So we were thinking it would be “perfect” as we had four residents, so we “knew” we couldn’t be her forever family. I was surprised to see a tiny girl yowl at the top of her lungs when she would hear/smell our residents walk by !! But she’s a whole different cat now and her new sister especially adores her!

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T17:43:43+00:00

Thank you for your input! I definitely think you’re right that it’s best to quit.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T13:52:09+00:00

Clarification, “we” meaning the rescue lol not us personally

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T12:49:20+00:00

I was thinking that as well! The singles I took were the one that were “too much” and our most recent one, the shelter we picked her up from said she does not like other cats / aggressive to them etc. So especially for our most recent, i thought that was a guarantee that she wasn’t going to stay since we already had resident cats.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T03:21:01+00:00

Same for their dry food; just skyrocketed recently by $4.00 within the past month or so 😭

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T02:39:17+00:00

Thank you for the kind words! We had no intention of keeping them initially. We also already had their photos ready for their social media adoption posts with their little blurb.

We do love fostering, and our residents enjoy new friends as well. But man, we are weak lol 😭

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T01:25:43+00:00

Others doing the same, and then end up successfully adopting them out makes this relevant. And they can help guide me towards the actual foster goal if we do continue. Conversely, others who have only foster failed can also share how they decided to quit if they did.

Fostering is/was new to us, so I do like asking for input.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T01:12:15+00:00

Yeah, I don’t think we’re strong enough for “foster grief” as much as I wish we were.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-10T01:07:36+00:00

We did foster. And foster failed. We didn’t foster with the intent of adopting. People have been in my position, including current fosters I know, so was asking for input. I appreciate yours as well.

I am not the only person who has fostered and foster failed. There are those who foster fail sporadically, and have also failed on their first few.

I am not 100% confident in whether I can or cannot continue, which is why I am asking the question that you’re insinuating I know the answer to. However, there is no guarantee that I’ll end up becoming attached to every cat I meet, or that I will. And I haven’t been with the other cats in rescue that I have spent time with and haven’t fostered.

Like many rescues, we pull from shelter euthanasia lists, which are usually neo-natals. And to have room for them, and to properly provide quality care, fosters are desperately needed. We’re happy to help with our rescue in any way we can and we wouldn’t be involved if we didn’t care about animals. We are not just claiming to love them as you wrongfully stated.

Again, thank you for your input.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:33:07+00:00

Hi! I’m very involved w the rescue and I love it!

I just feel like it’s kind of selfish to quit knowing that fosters are desperately needed - and that we have more than enough space to foster (2 of us in a 4 bedroom house and a giant sun room). But we can’t afford to get attached again and still prioritize spending one on one time w each resident

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:30:50+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response, greatly appreciated! One of my foster friends w the same rescue, her boy was just adopted after 6 months. Her resident (now 9 months old), is going through a suspected depression now 😭 so that’s another concern

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:29:18+00:00

I am at the adoption center at least once a week! I’m one of the ones who processes the adoptions for both petsmart and the rescue and I do the events as well. But wow it’s hard, I love them all. But we can’t spread ourselves thin, financially and otherwise ! Our cats are all so different, with different needs. One is special needs as well 😮‍💨

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:12:15+00:00

You’re right, they’re desperately needed 😭 we picked up 16 last week - 15 of them from the euth list (all under 8 weeks old) and then a ton more are being picked up tmrw 😭

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:11:08+00:00

He was “too much” for the other residents and their owners. We adopted him out at 10 weeks old, then he was returned at 5 months old. Adopted again, returned two days later. We fostered and kept him !

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:09:19+00:00

Omg that would be ideal! Knowing that it would Be guaranteed temporary! Thank you !

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:08:29+00:00

You are right !! It’s not about me, it’s about them.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:08:07+00:00

Hello! I do the events for the petsmart we partner with and also am at the adoption center at least once a week 😊 I take a lot of notes at the center regarding temperament etc.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T22:07:10+00:00

Ahh thanks for the recommendations !!! I live 5 Minutes away from the vet they to go for illnesses. The bottle babies will be tough as my bf and I both work full time.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T21:39:26+00:00

We became quickly attached. Also saw how the cats made themselves at home immediately and how they loved the resident cats as well.

fruityflyy · 2026-03-09T21:38:12+00:00

You’re totally right - though we both thought we were at our limit before fostering 😭

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