As stated already it's as easy or as hard as you want it, i still feed mine vitalin but with allsorts mixed in with it. From minced rabbit,chicken, tins of tuna (without the can) pasta,rice family leftovers, tinned dogfood(yeah sorry), gravy's...hell lets face it you can even serve it up three weetabix mashed up in goats milk for breakfast if you want...two out of my three eat anything you throw at em, the other is fussy & finnicky, takes forever to eat and has to remove every morsel from the bowl onto the floor before it starts to eat, but hey what should i expect it's a bitch...blimey i'