The magic flavors at my house are:
Savory Salmon (classic pate-style, orange can)
Tender Beef (classic pate-style, brown can)
Turkey & Giblets (classic pate-style, "pea" green can)
I *think* these are some of the least offensive, ingredient-wise, and are the only flavors they'll eat with any...
Our cats get about 2/3 wet and 1/3 dry food. They are picky eaters, and on top of that, many foods give them loose stools.
After much experimentation, including a raw diet, additives (pro/prebiotics, digestive enzymes), etc, we have resolved ourselves to feeding a couple different flavors of...
We feed Fancy Feast, in rotation with some better quality wet foods. The current favorite FF flavors at our house are: Tender Beef (brown label) and Savory Salmon (orange label).
Thanks - They are wonderful. My 1st Maine Coon, Cowboy, was a brown classic tabby - he died a couple years ago, when he was about 16 years old. He was such a cool cat, we knew we wanted more!
Ooohhh! Chester's coat looks just like the picture of the Black Silver Ticked MC you found! Except his nose is brick-red, not black.
Chester at 4 months old (with an attitude!)
Chester at 20 months
Gypsy at 20 months
Yep - we love our kitties, don't we?
I guess I don't understand exactly what ticking is ... for both of these kitties, their individual hairs are colored at the tips, and become closer to white as you get closer to the body.
You are so right about the papers - that hadn't occurred to me!
Gypsy is described as a Blue Ticked Torbie
Chester is described as a Black Silver Ticked Tabby
Thanks, everyone!
Thanks, GoldenKitty. She is a Maine Coon. Her brother, Chester, also has a very pretty coat!
This is Chester. What would you call his coloring/marking?
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You know, I have always knows that Coons matured later than some cats (2, 3, 4 years old?). But somehow I didn't think about that when I transitioned them to "adult" food. Thank you, Sharky, for reminding me!
I'll look for a kitten food with similar ingredients to the all-stages Wellness...
Our cats get a combination of canned and kibble (canned in the morning and afternoon, and some kibble at night-time). I would like some help trying to figure out which of these dry foods is LESS likely to add pudge to an already pudgy 18-month Maine Coon boy.
He has no known health issues...
Ha!! This reminds me of something my DH used to do when telemarketers would call. He'd let them go through a few minutes of their little speech, and then he would say, in his most husky sexy voice, "tell me, what are you wearing?" or sometimes, "tell me, are you wearing panties?".
And that...
Oh, too funny, what coincidence - we just watched "Strange Brew" last night - the "Bob and Doug" movie from the 80's about the brewmeister who was trying to take control of the world!
I guess I'm no longer in the correct state of mind to think that movie was funny, although I *remember* it as...
Thanks for all the input, everyone.
I have been trying to get my cats to eat non-fish flavors, but it's so difficult. At least I can make sure they're getting the fish that is least likely to cause health issues down the road!