Further to my "cat soup" thread...just why *do* cats leave the meaty bits? (or what passes for meat) Every owner will say the same...the gravy/jelly gets gobbled up,the rest dries up. Is it something in the food...a cunning plan by the manufacturers to make us buy more? I know enough studies are done to determine what cats...and dogs...will eat.
My cat does this as well. If it is a meat product she likes she eats it but if it is the cheaper one she licks the gravey and goes. We give her dry biscuits now but even then she picks out the ones she likes.
Most of our cats lick the gravy or jelly off first, a couple then eat the meat, a couple go back to the meat later. We feed dried food most of the time and several of them will only eat the smaller varieties. I think it's laziness!
I have to give Minnie a powder mixed into her food, since she was ill. I'm only giving her meat with gravy in the evening, so I mix it with that - she still licks off the gravy and leaves the meat. Mornings I give her biscuit which she munches happily - so I conclude that she is just a picky little madam!
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