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My Grigio (age 5) was only adopted 4 months ago from a shelter, so I've been experimenting with his food to see what he likes. He's definitely a 'wet' cat--much prefers canned, and his favorite seems to be Fromm, but only the pate variety. If I feed him any of the "gravy" types (Weruva, Tiki Cat, etc.), he just licks up all the gravy and leaves the good stuff. So I've settled on Fromm pate, but with some Fancy Feast for variety--again, just the pate types. I know that "supermarket" cat food is not supposed to be good, but my former cat thrived on Fancy Feast and Friskies dry--and lived to almost 20 without any major illnesses. Grigio likes Fancy Feast, too.

Grigio has dry food always available, and he likes both the Fromm and Taste of the Wild. He hates most other dry foods, although he tolerates Wellness.
 

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Abby will only eat dry food. I was giving her w/d feline from the vet's, but because of finances I've had to change her to Purina Cat Chow earlier this year. She eats it but it doesn't seem to fill her as the w/d feline did. Once I'm back to work I'm switching her back to the veterinarian food.

Chynna likes wet food. When she had her teeth she would eat most wet food, but now that she is almost toothless she's become more picky. I spent about $200 on various types of wet food trying to find one that she will eat. I finally found "Priority" chicken flavour (pate). She eats that consistently so it's the only thing that I am buying for her. In between she will eat the Purina Cat Chow dry too, but she often throws that up.
 

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Originally Posted by tortiefan23

Wet food is actually like a "fast food" for cats. Like a McD's or a BK for us. They eat more of it, and it's stinky. (wet food is good once in a while, it does contain a lot of water that will help your cat's hydration). Otherwise, wet food is no good. This is just my opinion though... I never liked it. But from experince, no go on the wet-to.
If you get good quality wet food, it isn't like "fast food"
 

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I feed one EVO 95% Venison due to allergies.

The other gets Wellness CORE dry only. When he gets wet food he doesn't eat enough - it takes him more than a day to eat a 5.5oz can, and half the time it just goes to waste.
 

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I was feeding Chicken Soup but Im in the process of switching to Solid Gold. The cats love the SG so I'm going super slow with it so they dont stuff themselves, they think its a treat!
 

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Two get Eagle Pack Sardine & whatever.

Three get Wellness blue bag.

Outside kitties get Purina ONE Urinary, with Nutro MAX Senior for the 6 that are senior cats getting that in special meals.

All get wet food at least 2x a day.
 

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Originally Posted by tortiefan23

Wet food is actually like a "fast food" for cats. Like a McD's or a BK for us. They eat more of it, and it's stinky. (wet food is good once in a while, it does contain a lot of water that will help your cat's hydration). Otherwise, wet food is no good. This is just my opinion though... I never liked it. But from experince, no go on the wet-to.
This really isn't true.
 

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To the person who has a lot of cats but price is an issue (Or for anyone with price issues), Kirkland signature is a premium cat food that is made by the same company as Chicken Soup (Diamond) and is almost the same ingredients wise as Chicken Soup. It is the cheapest higher quality food you can find. I feed it to all of my cats, and its about 30-40$ a month (2 30 pound bags for 15$) to feed them all. As for wet food, they still do get Friskies and 9 lives everyday. But IMO wet food doesn't vary too much quality wise. The bad thing about poor quality dry foods (Like meow mix, and Whiskas) is the corn, and the fillers which cats can't digest because they are carnivores.

I have had great results on the Kirkland, and I can't afford anything more expensive due to the number of cats (All rescues by the way..I have actually been shocked to hear someone say I shouldn't have cats in general if I can't afford THE highest quality food for them).

My little 1 pound, almost 5 month old girl gets fed a lot of table scraps (Only meat) cause she eats a LOT and her metabolism is very high. When she was just eating the wet food twice a day, with free access to dry all day she was losing weight. So we have to feed her about 4 times a day to keep up her weight (And she HAS been to vet and gotten blood work cause we thought she was diabetic).
 

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Originally Posted by Punkygirl0101

To the person who has a lot of cats but price is an issue (Or for anyone with price issues), Kirkland signature is a premium cat food that is made by the same company as Chicken Soup (Diamond) and is almost the same ingredients wise as Chicken Soup. It is the cheapest higher quality food you can find. I feed it to all of my cats, and its about 30-40$ a month (2 30 pound bags for 15$) to feed them all. As for wet food, they still do get Friskies and 9 lives everyday. But IMO wet food doesn't vary too much quality wise. The bad thing about poor quality dry foods (Like meow mix, and Whiskas) is the corn, and the fillers which cats can't digest because they are carnivores.

I have had great results on the Kirkland, and I can't afford anything more expensive due to the number of cats (All rescues by the way..I have actually been shocked to hear someone say I shouldn't have cats in general if I can't afford THE highest quality food for them).

My little 1 pound, almost 5 month old girl gets fed a lot of table scraps (Only meat) cause she eats a LOT and her metabolism is very high. When she was just eating the wet food twice a day, with free access to dry all day she was losing weight. So we have to feed her about 4 times a day to keep up her weight (And she HAS been to vet and gotten blood work cause we thought she was diabetic).
I agree if your on a budget Kirkland is the way to go. At my Costco the bags are 25 pounds and they are $15.00. Say you bought a bag of meow mix. The 3.5 pound bags are about $4.00 at Walmart, so you can already see what is cheaper and a better way to go!
 

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I rotate with my 5 cats (so they don't get bored) between Blue spa selects,Wellness and Evo.I was also feeding them By Nature but they didn't like it too much,and I alsways ended up with alot of wasted food.I also tried Natural Balance and they liked it for a while but then refused to eat it???I do free feeding with the dry and I feed them wet 2 times a day(evening and night) My cats don't seem to like the dry that much??
 

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I feed:

Taste of the Wild and Chicken soup for dry.

Performatrin, Performatrin Ultra, and other wet foods.
 

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I wanted to say that I changed what I feed my cats!I do a completly grainfree diet ,they get dry at night ( I rotate with go grainfree,Natures Variety instinct and Taste of The Wild) wet I do Natures Variety instinct,evo 95% meat,wellness grain free and by nature (meat)
I also do raw 3 times a week(instead of the wet) my cats seem so much more energetic,less shedding,shinier coats and the over weight ones seem to have lost some weight since feeding all grainfree!I owe all this to this forum and thier great advice and tips on cat nutrition,I started out feeding Purina one kitten.....So I would say I have come a long long way
 

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Nora gets Wellness Core b/c it is high protein, grain free, and no by products. She also gets the fish free flavors of Wellness canned, mainly b/c she gets enough fish in the dry food and b/c she won't eat any of the fish flavors. Same reasons go for the canned as the dry.
 

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Lani eats California Natural dry and Sparky still eats Royal Canadian Kitten dry. I have tryed to get rid of the RC but Sparky won't cooperate. I don't like the corn and some other stuff and now they are adding wheat.

They both eat Avoderm chicken or fish canned (not chunks)

They don't do change well so this is what they get.
 

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I just started switching my cats from Authority sensitive solutions dry, to Blue Wilderness dry. For canned I've been feeding By Nature Organics and Evo.

I was feeding the Authority Sensitive Solutions dry because I worked at petsmart and it was a great price plus a employee discount. Since I no longer work there I've started shopping at Pet Supplies Plus, and I really like the selection of food they have there. Also, the fact that its right next door to my grocery store makes it very convenient.
 

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Sprout eats Nature's Variety Instinct lamb formula (wet) exclusively, because this is the only thing we've tried that doesn't make him sick (GI issues). I like it because it's grain-free and all my cats love it. The only thing I don't like about it is the cost - $1.79+ for 5.5oz.

Griffin and Bastian are now eating Taste of the Wild dry, which I like because it's grain-free and relatively inexpensive. (They ate Sprout's food for awhile but we had to switch for cost reasons.) They do get some of the Nature's Variety wet and sometimes Wellness' grain-free varieties. They would much prefer to eat the Nature's Variety over anything else; they went on a bit of a hunger strike for awhile when we first started offering them other foods, but they had to learn to live within the budget like everyone else!
 

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Well I'm finally back to everyone on the same diet.

In the morning everyone gets Royal Canin for sensitive tummies (I think it's special diet 33). Jordan & Isaac seem to have oppisite problems with their tummies. I used to feed Nutro Natural, but thier coats weren't very shiny, and i wanted to change but it is difficult to find one they will all eat that does not upset Isaac's tummy.

In the evening they all get Natural Balance wet, unless Jordan is having a bout of constipation. Then he gets Weruva, because it helps his tummy. Again Natural Balance was a good food that everyone (including her Royal Highness Princess Picky Pants) would eat and is affordable.
 

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Toby eats Wysong dry food for kittens, and mostly Merrick canned food. The lady from the rescue I got her from suggested I keep her on that type of dry food, and Toby tends to like the Merrick a lot better than other brands. They have a pretty good variety of flavors. Plus I can get them both at the Pet Supply Outlet just down the street!
 

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A mix of Wellness Kitten Dry and Fromm Chicken A La Veg Dry. For canned, he eats Purina Pro Plan Kitten Chicken and Liver formula. He's VERY picky about his canned food. I've literally tried at least 15 different types and the pro plan is the only one he'll eat. I'm switching him to Wellness Indoor Health once I run out of the kitten food.
 
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