Of everything??

Some 'chunky' foods can be mashed up into a lumpy gravy they would sometimes eat, but pate-style food is the easiest -- I add a little water to mine and make it into a nice runny gravy they love to lap up!

so I try to stick with that.

The cats go for it.
“Makes its own sauce when you add water.” -Frank Zappa

That and the crunchy stuff

I have three cats total-- I must go through 5-6 cans of FF per day-- and it's not cheap.
(of course, nothing is)

Purina Cat Chow. Maybe if you fed them pate mixed with a little water and reduced the portions--1 can per meal divided 3 ways. If they don't eat all of it, keep reducing the portions until they do. Keep us posted.

deal with cats’ tendency 🙄 to be picky eaters!!

I’ve heard some great ideas—thank you, all

To be continued…

I liken it to kids licking the frosting off cupcakes.

…to make a slurry/thick soup with no chunks in it so they can just lap it up?

so I started mashing the chunks up in a bowl and adding water and more or less making a pâté — at which point I started getting pâté, along with a mixer, and I’d throw the pate and water in there and make, basically, a big batch of gravy!!

This ^ was a terribly-written sentence, but anyway, it worked for me and the kittehs!!

If your cats only like soft food, add water to soften the kibble and twirl the softened kibble in the food processor with a little tuna or cheese or cooked ground beef, whatever they like. It keeps for several days in the fridge.

Hope this helps.

They Mainly eat dry food, but one of the 3 will insist on me opening a can of Fancy Feast with gravy. The saving grace is that the insistent one tends to clean up the other’s bowls. If there is a bit left over the dog Rocky likes a little on his food.

None of the 3 will eat much pate. But try it like someone said with a little water and form a sort of slurry.

You gave me some great tips!!

I've had the same problem & discovered Friskies extra gravy pate. Compared to their regular pate the round "puck" of pate in the can is a bit smaller & there's extra gravy, so you get the same amount by weight.

Once you stir up the pate in all the gravy it's pretty soupy & my cats will finish it all. If I leave the pate in chunks & pour the gravy over it they will lap up all the gravy & leave chunks of pate behind.

Cats! You gotta love them.

https://www.chewy.com/friskies-extra-gravy-pate-chicken-in/dp/169471]

Thank you for taking the time to write a response. I have a number of things to try now, thanks to all you cat people out there.

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