Why Don T Cats Eat All Their Food. If you do want to try a different flavor or brand make the switch gradually and mix some of the old with the new food until he is only eating all new food. A new mom-dog cleans her pups up the same way a mom-cat cleans her kittens by eating their poop.
We are depriving our indoor cats of their innate need to. As in kittens upper respiratory infections can cause loss of appetite in adult cats. Another theory suggests that thanks to your cats innate survival instinct passed down from their wild ancestors they might be hoarding the food for later.
Since not eating causes the cats appetite to decline further and can soon cause physiological damage the best approach is surrender and change the food.
The two obvious reasons are probably the correct reasons. They found that dry food does nothing for tartar the cats tooth punctures and shatters the food before it ever rubs against the tooth. See if she starts eating again. Ive never had a cat do this.
