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Expert: - 1/26/2011


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Not too long ago my mom and I bought a cat and unfortunately, the crunchies we bought him were too big for his little mouth so we bought him wet food while we searched for crunchies small enough for his mouth.
Now that we have found a good brand with small enough pieces, he keeps begging for the wet food. I have been trying to wean him off slowly (by only giving him two pouches a day then lowering that one then to once in a while). However, my mom thwarts all attempts I make by giving in every time he bitches. She doesn't believe that when he gets hungry, he'll eat the crunchies. What can I do to help wean our kitty when my mom is such a soft touch?

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Megan,

Another approach is to mix the wet food and the crunchies. You can, eventually get him on to the crunchies.  However, we avoid a diet of all crunchies as there are definite drawbacks.  So keeping him on a mixed wet food and crunchy diet may be best in the long run. You can leave some crunchies down for him, but I would not stop giving him the wet food, totally.

Best regards... Norm.  

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Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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