STORING WET CAT FOOD

Question
I HAVE A 3 YEAR OLD GINGER CAT. SOMEDAYS HE EATS QUITE A BIT OF DRY FOOD AND WATER AND NO WET FOOD OR SOME DAYS HE EATS BOTH. HE WILL GO FOR AS MANY AS 3 DAYS WITHOUT EATING WET FOOD AT ALL. HE IS A PICKY EATER AND IVE  TRIED LOTS OF DIFFERENT FOODS ON HIM BUT I THINK HE LIKES THE SMALL CANS OF FANCY FEAST GRILLED. ANY FLAVOR. ONLY GRILLED.
I WAS THINKING OF STARTING HIM ON 9LIVES WET FOOD SINCE HE IS NOW GETTING BORED WITH THE FF. MY MOTHER FEEDS HER CATS 9LIVES AND IT WOULD BE FINANCIALLY EASIER IF I GAVE HIM THE SAME AS THEM.
 IS WET FOOD LIKE PEOPLE FOOD? DOES IT GO BAD IF NOT STORED IN THE REFRIGERATOR? SANDY DOES NOT EAT MUCH. ONLY HALF OF A BIG CAN SHOULD BE THE SAME AS A CAN OF THE FF. WILL IT GO BAD IF I DO NOT STORE IT IN THE REFRIGERATOR OR CAN I LEAVE HALF OF THE CAN OUT UNTIL THE AFTERNOON  AFTER I FEED HIM IN THE MORNING?

Answer
Hi Joanna,

Yes wet food is like people food and needs to be kept in the fridge.  YOu can buy snap on lids to close the cans after they're open.

Couple of things, the more you bow down to his food habits the pickier he will be.  Feed him whatever you think you should and he will get hungry enough to eat.  Fancy Feast and 9 lives aren't very good quality foods and while I realize that others are more expensive they will save you money in the long run on vet bills.  

Good Luck,

Natoma
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