My cat prefers wet food. How can I get them to eat dry kibble?

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Oliver doesn't like dry food. I'm feeding him wet food in the morning and I left the dry food out for all day at mid day. When I came back home from school, he doesn't even touch it. I take him to the vet but he was very fine. I can't afford only wet food because it's too expensive. I don't want to mix wet and dry food because i want to make him satisfied that dry food alone is edible. I've tried to put some chicken broth, etc, and he eat it but only just a few bites. What should I do? Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 3 months and 15 days old | 9 lbs

C. Rathjens, DVM · Accepted Answer

This is a tricky situation. Some cats just have very strong preferences. You can try mixing the wet and dry and slowly fading out the wet over the course of 1-2 weeks. You can also try adding some hot water to the dry food and letting it sit for 10 minutes before offering it to Oliver (I will warn you that not many cats are fooled by this, but worth a try). Another idea is to experiment with different dry foods - he may just not like the one you have. Finally, you may have to wait for him to grow out of this. He's still very young. If none of the ideas above work, use coupons and big box stores to get wet food and keep trying with the dry every 2 weeks. Good luck!

My cat prefers wet food. How can I get them to eat dry kibble?

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