I had a cat once...actually, it was my "at the time" wife's cat, but she rarely took care of it... :?
Anyhow, I was the guy that fed the cat every morning...the cat liked me best. Always slept on me, always woke me up in the morning..came running to me when I got home from work...it was MY cat.
I always fed it a mix of dry, and canned food. I knew the dry was good for cleaning her teeth, but she would'nt eat just dry food. So, I mix a portion of canned food in with her dry food. I had to mix it in really well, or she'd eat around the dry.
I'd have to blow a kiss on the food, too. Silky liked that.