First, I wanted to thank you for all of the advice you have given me over the past month since I have discovered your show, both from taking my calls, and through your book and website. I discovered your show by chance when I was flipping through the Sirius dial and as luck would have it came across CAT CHAT® on Martha Stewart Channel 112.
Tiger with THE CAT BIBLE
I actually take that as a sign from someone who really was looking of for me and my little one, Tiger. Since I adopted him as a stray kitten (his entire litter was dropped off to the police department where I work) in October 2007, I have been free-feeding him dry food, per vet advice. From you and your show, I have since learned that “kitty crack” is not good, and I needed to make a switch ASAP for the well-being of my new best friend. I decided to wait until I purchased your book to make the switch, as I wanted to read everything you had to say about it and to make sure I was prepared to make this transition for Tiger. Your book was not in stock at my local Barnes & Noble, but they happily ordered it for me, and less than a week later it was in my hands. This was last Wednesday. And now, I was prepared for the switch in my kitty’s diet.
Wednesday night, after talking to you on your show, I took all the dry food out of the house. Tiger was confused by this, as his bowl was now empty and he wasn’t going to be able to have his normal midnight snacks. Thursday, he resisted my attempts to give him the Fancy Feast Flaked Fish & Shrimp Feast canned food I bought per your website suggestion for transition. I would try giving him a tablespoon, but he’d smell it and walk away. Friday morning, after he didn’t eat all Thursday, he took a few bites. Friday evening, he took a few more bites, and then decided he was hungry enough to want more, so I put half a can into his dish and left it down for 20 minutes. He took some time to get adjusted to the new stuff in his bowl, and then started eating. He didn’t eat all of it, but enough to where I was happy he had something in his little stomach. Saturday, I gave him the Flaked Fish for breakfast, which he ate, again, not completely. So, for his second meal later in the day, I switched things up and gave him the “gourmet chicken feast”, which he seemed to like better. He ate more than he did all the previous meals since Thursday. Today (Sunday), I gave him the rest of the chicken meal, and he ate about 3/4 of what was in his bowl. So tonight’s meal, I decided to give him the Fancy Feast Elegant Medley brand that I had. Low and behold, he dove right into it and ate everything in his bowl, it was licked clean! SUCCESS!! Eventually, I’m going to try Weruva to see if he’ll eat it. But for right now, I’m so happy he’s found something that he actually likes!
I’m attaching a few pictures of Tiger, I hope you enjoy them. Again, thank you for everything. Me and my 21 month old with whiskers appreciate it more than words can describe.
Sincerely, Frank (and Tiger)
P.S. You’re going to be competing this Wednesday against a Red Sox vs. Yankees game, but guess what, I already have the DVR set to record the game so CAT CHAT gets my undivided attention from 8-9pm.
Frank
