I just adopted a 2 year old cat named Shanoah which means princess of the sun in Cherokee. She's a black/brown tabby mix. I use to have a female calico named April that passed away in 2006....yep, it took me almost 10 years to adopt a new cat.
Anyways....
It's been frustrating trying to find an excellent food for her. I first tried looking at dry foods and after a lot of research I decided that canned food is the best way to go due to cats getting more moisture, energy, and less carbs out of it. Why? After doing the research, I looked at all the dry foods at Petco and all of them have things in it that cats can't digest properly such as fruits, vegetables, rice, potatoes, barley, flour, etc. Cat are carnivores and need meat and lots of protein.
In my opinion canned food is the natural and healthiest way to go. Even though it's more expensive, there's nothing more important then your cat being healthy and living a long life. Cheaping out on dry food is a no no. The only "dry" stuff I give her are Greenie's chicken dental treats because it's possible for canned good to have negative affects on cats teeth and mouth over time. I'm also laying out ground rules, no fish of any kind in the food because it could have mercury and toxin contamination - I'm sticking with chicken, turkey, duck, and etc.
The only issues I have with canned food is that some of them have guar gum and carrageenan in them which I hear isn't good for our cats. Also it's good to check the ingredients for the above things found in dry food, as well as the content %'s.
So, what canned food brand do you think is best? What do you feed your cats? So far I've only given her Iams and Blue Buffalo (realized that there's guar gum and carrageenan in it). I heard Wellness is pretty good.
Anyways....
It's been frustrating trying to find an excellent food for her. I first tried looking at dry foods and after a lot of research I decided that canned food is the best way to go due to cats getting more moisture, energy, and less carbs out of it. Why? After doing the research, I looked at all the dry foods at Petco and all of them have things in it that cats can't digest properly such as fruits, vegetables, rice, potatoes, barley, flour, etc. Cat are carnivores and need meat and lots of protein.
In my opinion canned food is the natural and healthiest way to go. Even though it's more expensive, there's nothing more important then your cat being healthy and living a long life. Cheaping out on dry food is a no no. The only "dry" stuff I give her are Greenie's chicken dental treats because it's possible for canned good to have negative affects on cats teeth and mouth over time. I'm also laying out ground rules, no fish of any kind in the food because it could have mercury and toxin contamination - I'm sticking with chicken, turkey, duck, and etc.
The only issues I have with canned food is that some of them have guar gum and carrageenan in them which I hear isn't good for our cats. Also it's good to check the ingredients for the above things found in dry food, as well as the content %'s.
So, what canned food brand do you think is best? What do you feed your cats? So far I've only given her Iams and Blue Buffalo (realized that there's guar gum and carrageenan in it). I heard Wellness is pretty good.