I tried the bribe foods recommended in Ms. Frazier's book like baby food lamb, creamed corn and sardines in tomato sauce. There was no way Pumpkin was going to eat the natural canned food. I even tried to get her to eat natural dry cat food on a scheduled feeding without success. Dry food is left available in a bowl at all times for the cat to eat when he cares to. This is not a healthy way to feed a cat.
Obesity is a common ailment in cats today.
In fact, cat food manufacturers have an answer for many problems cats suffer with today. In addition to reduced calorie food, there's tarter control, hairball control, special urinary tract health formulas and even breed-specific formulas. If their food was proper to begin with, they wouldn't need so many different formulas. A wild cat doesn't need tarter control, hairball control or reduced ash rodents. Wild kittens eat the same type of food as adults do.