Cats refuse to eat wet food...other than to get water what is better about wet and is wellness nasty?

First off, great job trying to switch your kitties to a partly wet/canned diet! They will be much healthier for it, /especially/ if you switch to an all wet diet.

Different cats have different tastes. There are other high quality brands you can try.

Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Solid Gold, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety Prairie, Nature's Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timber Wolf Organics.

Unfortunately, many cats that have been fed all dry are dry food addicts. Here's some great tips on converting dry food addicts to wet food:
http://www.catinfo.org/#Transitioning_Dr…


Edit: Why should you be feeding wet? Read this website, it'll tell you everything you should know in regards to why wet/canned food is healthier for cats than dry -
http://www.catinfo.org/


Darksong~

Wet is not necessarily better than dry...(if it is the one good for urinary tract health)
I have one cat that won't touch wet food... all he does is lick the can or liquid..
My other cat won't touch some of the "Healthy" food ... she is a junk food junkie...
you can try introducing it a Little at a time increasing each day... but even that sometimes does not work.
good luck

they're picky eaters let them stay with the dry if they like it. cats have personality's like humans. I have several cats and one will eat any thing on the ground and one will only eat certain brand food.

Try another brand or flavor of wet. If they still don't like it, that's fine. Dry will do just as well if that's what they like. : )

Mine don't love wellness cans either. Different cats like different foods.
If you rarely feed wet food then it may just be that they aren't used to it. Cats can develop addictions to their food if they eat the same kind all the time. Wet is better but transitions need to be slow. I'd also try different brands and flavors. Evo makes some really great quality wet foods, I'd recommend those over Wellness's regular wet foods.
My cats' favorite seems to be Before Grain's 100% Quail - but since it is all Quail it can't serve as a primary food (they need vitamins too).
I'd suggest looking through the store for awhile and reading the ingredients for all their cans. Look for as many named meat sources as possible and avoid things that clearly aren't meat or vitamins (like wheat gluten). I'd suggest picking out several foods and rotating what you feed them each day. Mine get a bit grumpy if they get the same wet food two days in a row.

Mine don't entirely dislike wellness, but it's not their favorite. Their least favorite seems to be Spot's Stew, which has chunks of veggies in it and peas - when they do eat it they always manage to leave the peas. But if you want to let yours try it my stupid question has a link to get a coupon for it: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
They all like different things and mine will actually snub a food one day and the next time they have it they love it. Cats like to be complicated.

I may be reading this wrong, but I hope you didn't mix the dry and wet foods together. Unlike dog food, dry cat food goes very bad soon after getting wet (bacteria).

good luck in your search!

edit: I forgot to add a link for some cat food suggestions: http://cats.about.com/od/catfoo1/tp/tpca…

Try Merrick canned. My cats hate Wellness. They love Merrick Surf & Turf, New England Boil, California Roll & Southern Delight. They have a variety pack where you get one can of every flavor and you can see which they like. Its a great quality food. Canned food helps with hydration, kidney & urinary tract health and, if its a good quality food, added proteins and nutrients. I buy my cats' food at petfooddirect.com since there's not a store in my area that sells it.Here's the site to the store locator to see if there's a store near you. http://www.merrickpetcare.com/locator/