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Cleo only eats wet food when there is also hard food or treats in the bowl as well. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is this a bad habit that needs to be broken? Otherwise she won't eat.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't think it's a bad habit - they just have a preference for how they like their dinner, and probably not a hard one to satisfy.

I deliberately give mine a meat/biscuit mix, both from dietary recommendation and also it slows them down a bit - there's three of them, and if given meat only, the quickest eater will scoff his in 5 seconds, then try and muscle in on his brother's dinners. If mixed up, they're all at their own bowls for a few minutes at least, before the inevitable swapping.

Maybe cut down on the treats, and save them for special bribery i.e. flea treatment, going to the vets, training etc.