Wet Cat Food

Cats can be surprisingly particular about texture, and it is one of the most common reasons a cat seems to go off a food that has not actually changed in any other way. Sheba Fresh & Fine comes in gravy, while Felix As Good As It Looks and Sheba's Sauce Collection offer different consistencies worth trying if your cat is fussy.

If your cat has always preferred one texture, switching brand rarely helps as much as staying within that texture and trying a different flavour instead.

Pouches are convenient for single servings and waste less if your cat does not finish a portion, which matters with wet food that should not sit out too long. Hi Life Cat Tuna Loin in Sauce is a tinned option if you would rather buy in a format that keeps a little longer once opened and stored.

Multipacks work out more economical for a household with more than one cat, or a single cat that reliably finishes a pouch at each meal.

A shallow, wide bowl suits wet food better than a deep one, since some cats dislike their whiskers touching the sides — Moderna's flatter bowl designs are built with this in mind, and a cat that seems to paw food out of a bowl before eating it is often telling you exactly this.

Wash bowls between meals rather than topping up on top of the last one, since wet food spoils quickly once it is out of the fridge and a residue left behind can put a fussy cat off the next serving entirely.