Conference misery::feline_v1

    Pepper loves it, but that doesn't mean it's good for her of course.
    I don't know what the ash/filler content is, but it looks fairly
    meaty.  It's the only other food she'll eat besides Fancy Feast
    and Amore.

    Karamaneh, like any good Siamese, likes to drive her parents crazy.
    The first time we bought Sheba, she adored (and nearly inhaled)
    it.  Now, she could care less.
    
    Rule #1:  Never try to predict the behavior of a cat.  That goes
    squared for Siamese.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    -1; when my neighbour attended to Omar while I was on holiday, she
    decided to give him a real treat. So she prepared the favourite
    food of all the cats she knew (she had a 7-cat household at that
    time and she met *many* cats in her life): cooked fish.
    
    Omar went to the plate, sniffed, backed out a bit, sniffed, looked
    around him a bit doubted - and proceeded, a bit releived to the
    plate with Whiskas.....
    
    I think Omar and Chanel rate Whiskas and Sheba equal. I bought it
    for a few weeks, but noticed it was not 'special' to them.
    Occasionally, I give them heart - that results in two growling
    predators....(though Omar'll look at me - 'Can you slice it in just
    a little bit smaller chunks?').
    
    I don't know about the health quality of Sheba though I think it'll
    be ok.
          
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    Tasha Marie loves Sheeba(except for the one with liver in it) but
    only gets it once in a while because of the cost.  Actually it
    probably works out better this way.  She insists on having constant
    variety with her food.
    
    

    I bought a can each for Charm and Niniane and they inhaled it.
    (It would seem that the worse it smells, the better they like it.)
    
    I give them canned food once a week for a "treat", they get IAMS
    dry the rest of the time.
    
    RE: Fish.  My husband cooked up salmon steaks the other night
        and gave some to each cat.  Niniane inhaled it (Niniane
        inhales rug fibers).  Charm ignored it - until Niniane 
        started eating Charm's fish.  Charm then became a raving
        salmon fan (after clobbering Niniane with her paw).
        Sigh,  Siamese......
    
    Mary-Michael

    I had a buy-one-get-one-free coupon so I figured what the heck.
    The cats loved it. As I remember, it was made by Kal-Kan, and Kal-Kan
    puts out one of the better foods.
    
    Deb

    
    Our cat, Kevin, turned his nose up at the 1st can of
    Sheba we gave him.  A few days later, when he was real
    hungry, we tried the 2nd can on him and he kept a safe
    distance from his dish and looked at us like "what are
    you guys trying to do to me!"
    
    He is not a finicky eater at all, but tends to like 9-lives
    and Friskies (all low ash offerings, of course).  Maybe
    Ed and I lucked out and just have a "meat and potatoes" type
    of buddy!
    
    Heather
    

    like one of the reply's in here i also have a buy one get one free
    coupon but heartland didn't carry it when i brought the coupon with
    me so we decided to get kal-kan because it was on sale 4 for 89
    cents, whata deal eh? but verne and shirl HATE it.  usually whatever
    kind i buy they will eat for a week and love it and then when i
    stock up on that particular kind of food (always a variety) they
    scratch the floor like crazy.  my mom was telling me that i could
    bring it back to them for something else but its such a far ride.
    i think i'm sticking with kitty cat food.  they don't have but 6
    varieties and mostly chicken and fish, but thats what they like
    and they always eat it, everytime.  i've never seen the cat food
    for more than 4 for a dollar.  cheap cats, a dream come true.
    

    I, too, had a coupon for "buy one get one free," but Brat wouldn't
    eat the stuff (beef).  I guess it's back to Amore.

    I use Kal Kan, but bought Sheba after reading this note.  I looked
    at the ingredients and they seem to be practically the same.  The
    nutritional value lists about the same also.  Though the cats ate
    it, they weren't thrilled about it.  It's not as moist as regular
    Kal Kan, it comes out like a block and you have to chop it up. 
    I'll stick with the regular Kal Kan.

    Sharon
    

    
    Dillan and Sammie would eat the stuff all day, every day if I could
    afford it.  In UK we can only buy it in small tubs (equivalent to
    a third of a normal size tin) and it costs around 38 pence a tub.
    
    The trouble is I have to be away from home sometimes and my boyfriend
    cannot bear the smell of tinned stuff (it makes him very sick) so
    I have to buy Sheba as its the only cat food he's ok with.  The
    boys think its a great compromise!!!
    
    Sharon
    

    Re .11 (Sharon):
    
    >Dillan and Sammie would eat the stuff all day, every day if I could
    >afford it.  In UK we can only buy it in small tubs (equivalent to
    >a third of a normal size tin) and it costs around 38 pence a tub.
     
    That's the way it's sold in at least this part of the U.S., too.
    Once opened, the stuff has to be dumped out and then either mashed
    or cut up.
    
    Karamaneh runs hot and cold on it, so finally we just decided against
    it.  It's too expensive for a cat to decide to be finicky.
    
    Steve Kallis, Jr.

    Well we tried Sheba this week - big mistake.  Mandy showed us her
    displeasure by covering it with her paws and going on a hunger strike.
    So the next day we tried the other flavor that we bought thinking it
    may have just been that flavor she didn't like.  WRONG.  This was worse
    she picked it up in big chunks and placed it around the kitchen floor.
    I guess this was a hint or something.   Needless to say she was quite
    happy when I opened a can of nine lives this morning.  I don't think
    she really ate much in two days - good way to put your cat on a
    diet though.