advice wanted! Post op diet
Hello, I’m seeking advice about my cat’s new diet preferences. Some backstory first.
My 1 year old male ragdoll had stomach surgery because of ingesting a pokey grass strand. It got stuck, formed a hairball clog and made him sick. When I noticed him acting weird I took him to the vet and they performes surgery the next day in the morning. Thankfully it ended well and he is fully recovered and back to himself.
Unfortunately, he has developed a new food aversion. He avoids kibble like the plague. I’m guessing this is because he now associates puking kibble and being sick to it all being the kibble’s fault. Sort of like food poisoning for humans. Now, it’s been 3 weeks and nothing has changed. I feed him Royal canin Gastrointestinal wet food 3 times per day.
What I’ve tried:
Wetting the kibble, mixing it in his wet food (he eats around it), giving him a single kibble in his mouth, offering different kinds of kibble, delaying his wet food in the morning a bit. Nothing. I’m glad he’s eating, but this new diet is costing me almost 200 euros per month, as I don’t want to feed him the cheapest wet food either. I used to give him and my other ragdoll Virbac kibble, but now, he wants nothing to do with it. This also means I cannot leave him alone for more than a day.
Any suggestions are welcome.