Finicky cat. Wondering if he can eat rice?

It is better for him to have baby rice, its easier to digest. Regular rice is ok, baby is better. I have a cat that throws up everything, except Iams Lamb and Rice (Digestive Care) which is available in a dry food, but also as a wet food (named just Iams Lamb and Rice). She can eat that no problem. I would try to find the Iams version because theres probably something else in the food you are giving him that doesn't agree with his stomach. Basically the rice helps calm his stomach and prevent him from getting sick but its sort of covering up the other things that make him sick. Good luck!

When I was researching quality feline diets/foods a while back. I read that white rice used as a normal staple can raise insulin levels possibly leading to diabetes. Of course I can't back that up, but it's on-line. Try a google search on it. I feed Natural Balance cat food & it includes ground brown rice. So brown might be a better option though it requires longer cooking times. All the best

Cats are obligate carnivores and as such do not have the ability to properly digest grains or other vegetation. Using rice as a filler means that your cat will need to eat more in order to get the proper nutrition he needs.

Many kitties have problems with commercial cat foods because of all the fillers like rice, corn, wheat, potato, etc. Look at http://catinfo.org/ and http://www.rawfedcats.org/ for advice about how to properly feed your cat.

CA Natural is just chicken and brown rice I think. Rice is used as "filler" in many dry cat foods. Natural Balance is also chicken and rice.

White rice has all the good nutrition removed in the processing as does Brewer's rice. The brown rice is better for that reason.

Pick out a high quality wet cat food of your choice (get seafood flavors based on your info). Only put "2 bites" of it out for her when she bothers you. If she doesn't eat it, throw it out within two hours. She will learn there is a time limit on her finicky-ness. She has dry food & she won't starve. A bit of tuna is OK for a treat now and then, but don't give it to her often. Tuna lacks an essential amino acid (taurine) which is added to commercial cat food. .

If your cat likes rice, there is probably no harm in giving a little. But cats, in general, cannot assimilate vegetable matter and it is not beneficial to their health. Rice also contains a lot of starch which has no real benefit to a cat.

my vet told me that rice isn't good for cat's coat. it will make the shedding, which happens normally, worse. so i never feed rice to my cats. i only feed them premium quality cat food, steamed chicken breast or tuna once a day, and lactose-free milk. and my cats are doing very good.

but if your cat likes rice, maybe it's not bad to give him a little once in a while. just make sure you give him fish oil and high quality cat food every other days.

all rice is good lightly seasoned with a little salt. A lot of commercial cat food has rice in it.

The person's answer above is good. I've tried to give my cat rice, she wouldn't have it. She'd sniff it once and then walk away.