Quote Originally Posted by Grace View Post
Canned food is also much better for her urinary system. Our Vet prefers that we feed the canned foods because it is significantly higher in moisture content. Cats, and people, need the water/fluids to keep everything working well.

If you are concerned she is not getting enough food - leave a bowl of the dry food out between meals of canned. If she gets hungry enough, she'll eat it.
She's definitely hungry on just one can kitten food (that's the small can) in the morning and one in the evening--she's very vocal about it! But then when I was feeding her two cans in the morning and two in the evening, she was still hungry. She is quite obsessed with eating her wet food. Sometimes she is so excited she will cry and talk while she's eating. I've kept a bowl of premium dry food out at all times, but she barely looks at it. One of the reasons I wish she'd at least snack on the dry food is that I'd hope it would take the edge off her appetite and just one can in AM and another PM make her less frantic about eating. I do understand the benefits of wet food, but I really want her to supplement her calorie intake with the dry.
You know that idea of "if she gets hungry enough she will eat it" seems logical, but Natasha has been proven to be very stubborn. She actually went over 48 hrs and still wouldn't eat the dry food. I did everything I could think of to make it enticing, like tossing a piece for her to chase like a bug, but she'd pick it up and then spit it out, stuffing a piece between her toes, sifting through it with my fingers.