Did I make the right choice (feed question)

I just bought a sample of this food for Ping. Does it look ok to ya'll. I feel indecisive tonight and I don't know if I bought something good or not. I do know there is not wheat gluten in this.

http://www.trilogyonline.com/Trilogy...y=Free_Samples

I had to go poking around to find the ingredients. Their website is www.healthypetnet.com for others who are interested.


The canned ingredients are:
Organic Chicken, Chicken Liver, Chicken Broth, Turkey, Chicken Meal (Preserved With Mixed Tocopherols), Shrimp, Fish Oil, Ground Agropyron Repens Grass, Calcium Sulfate, Guar Gum, Minerals (Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite, Potassium Iodide), Choline Chloride, Sea Salt, Taurine, Vitamins (Vitamin E, A, D3, B12 Supplements, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin), Inulin, Rosemary, L-Carnitine.

Calorie Content (Calculated): 1,370 Kcal/Kg Or 116 Kcal/Can (3 Oz).

CRUDE PROTEIN (MIN.) 12.0%
CRUDE FAT (MIN.) 9.0%
CRUDE FIBER (MAX.) 1.0%
MOISTURE (MAX.) 76.0%
ASH (MAX.) 2.20%
MAGNESIUM (MAX.) 0.025%
VITAMIN E (MIN.) 60 IU/kg
TAURINE (MIN.) 0.10%
OMEGA-6 FATTY ACIDS* (MIN.) 1.20%
OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS* (MIN.) 0.30%.

* NOT RECOGNIZED AS AN ESSENTIAL NUTRIENT BY THE AAFCO CAT FOOD NUTRIENT PROFILES

The dry ingredients are:
Chicken Meal, Ground Brown Rice, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols (Vitamin E)), Dried Beet Pulp, Whole Egg, Catfish Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast, Chicken Liver Meal, Flax Seed Meal, Fish Oil, Turkey Meal, Lecithin, Potassium Chloride, Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product, Bifido Bacterium Fermentation Product, Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Product, Alfalfa Sprouts, Wheat Grass, D/L Methionine, L-Lysine, Taurine, Calcium Carbonate, Ascorbic Acid, Grape Seed Extract, Rosemary, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Ascorbic Acid, Vitamin A Acetate, Riboflavin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Citric Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Iron Proteinate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, Manganous Oxide, Sodium Selenite, Calcium Iodate.

Crude Protein, not less than .... 32.0%
Crude Fat, not less than ......... 21.0%
Crude Fiber, not more than ..... 3.0%
Moisture, not more than .......... 10.0%
Ash, not more than ................. 6.5
Metabolizable Energy (ME) = 470 kcal/cup.Amounts are based on the use of a standard measuring cup.

I'm not the food expert, but the ingredients look pretty good. Odo wouldn't be able to eat it because of his fish allergy, so I couldn't feed it to my cats. I would suggest monitoring the amounts you feed carefully. The canned suggests 2 3-ounce cans per day for an active 6-8 pound cat. Each 3-ounce can has 116 calories, and I know that if I gave Odo (who is just under 12 pounds) 2 cans he would gain weight. I'm having a tough time getting him to lose weight on 6 ounces of Natural Balance, which has 156 calories versus the 232 calories for the same amount of this stuff. I would suggest carefully watching Ping's weight while feeding such dense food. Also the link you posted was for a starter pack that included a vitamin supplement. Why are the extra vitamins necessary? That makes me pause.

If Sharky doesn't answer soon, you might want to PM her. I think I've seen this in my local pet food (extremely specialty) shop. The lady who owns this shop is REALLY picky! So I think that it looks pretty good...

It isn't the best food out there ingredient-wise but is far from the worst. They have it at my local premium type food store (but they also stock Hills etc so its not a super premium store)

The fish content means it would never be the only food fed with mine, as too much fish can be bad. The canned looks a lot better than the dry.

It really depends what you are feeding now, you can compare the two at the link on their website

I mainly got the sample for the wet to see how Ping does on it and if he likes it. For dry I am seriously considering switching to TimerWolf Organics. And for once my husband is not looking at me like I am crazy for switching Ping to one of the higher quality foods. I think the recent recalls have even shaken my husband.

Originally Posted by icklemiss21

It isn't the best food out there ingredient-wise but is far from the worst. They have it at my local premium type food store (but they also stock Hills etc so its not a super premium store)

The fish content means it would never be the only food fed with mine, as too much fish can be bad. The canned looks a lot better than the dry.

It really depends what you are feeding now, you can compare the two at the link on their website

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Exactly...

The wet aside for the grass ... looks good to very good ....

The dry has some stuff I am not happy with in dry food ... Timberwolf is a GREAT choice but for less you can get Raw instincts which is very simaliar

Aside from the fact TimberWolf looks like a really good food. I also choose it because of the shipping. If I order over 15.00 I think (2 4lb bags) I can get free shipping. And because I live in a rural southern area shipping is almost always 10-15.00 for shipping alone.