What food do you use and WHY:)

Roxie eats Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor dry and Nutro Max & Natural choice wet. I chose it after some information on this site and couldn't be happier. The cost is reasonable and a lot of times it is on sale and there are lots of great coupons (Right now Petco has a coupon for $15 back on what I believe is a 20lb bag).

Roxie loves it and is doing great on it! She is trimming down nicely and her coat has never been softer! Everyone that comes over always asks how we get her fur so soft! It's good stuff

They are both on Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor dry and Nutro Max & Natural choice wet. I have been giving some Science Diet canned too because of shortages from a supplier at the local pet stores. I do not feed any fish. Summer has had many UTI issues, and all these have the recommended magnesium levels.

The cats get raw, wet, and occasionally dry. We use Nature's Variety frozen raw- chicken+turkey, rabbit, & venison. For wet we rotate between Wellness (grain free ones), Eagle Pack, Chicken Soup, & Natural Choice Ultra Formula. It would've been a longer list but the 'cat' cabinet can only store so many at one time lol. The only dry they get is Nutro Indoor.

Besides raw, all these product came highly recommended from this site & others after some research. I'm a firm believer in prevention, therefore I try to feed them better food if budget allows. Also feeding mostly wet and raw I never have to worry whether the cats are drinking enough water.

My cats eat canned Purina ProPlan. They seem to be doing well on it, but I would really prefer to switch them to a food with less grain and higher-quality ingredients. That's easier said than done, though. Tailer and Harvey are both very, very picky eaters and I haven't been able to find another one that they'll eat consistently. I'd like to at least get them on a rotation of foods with some higher quality brands included. I've had some luck lately getting them to eat some Wellness and Innova Evo, so I'm hopeful that we can eventually get them on something a bit better.

The ProPlan Urinary Formula is what my vet recommended for Forest because he's had a mild problem with urine crystals in the past. (Though it was while he was on one of the foods that was eventually recalled, so I wonder whether there was a connection there.) I'm planning to talk to my vet about it again at our next checkup. He'll eat anything...then throw it all up. Even small dietary changes can make him throw up so any changes need to be made very, very slowly.

We use Nutro (called Max Cat here), mainly canned but also some dry. Reason is because it's Sharky-recommended.

I get a few cans of other brands for variety since our weird kitties get bored with their food. Those include Go! by Petcurean, Science Diet, and Nutrience.

I was originally feeding mine Iams, but the high levels of salt in Iams was basically killing two of my babies. It was messing with their liver and kidneys and all sorts of problems. Vet said get them off that crap! So I switched to Chicken Soup, Authority (until just recently I stopped feeding that), and Premium Edge.

now they mainly eat Premium Edge because i like it, they have very nice skin and coats. For wet, they will occasionally eat Whiskas wet because I got about 300 free cans of it! Yay!

Right now ........Life's Abundance, Innova Evo and Purina ..... and Sheba premium ....... Im trying to find another wet they will eat. And I follow Sharky's advice, too. (Except for the Purina)

Jaffa eats all wet food and mostly good quality brands with a high meat content and no nasties. Main brands I feed him are animonda carny, bozita, applaws, almo nature, natures menu, hi life and cosma. He does have felix and perfect fit senior pouches now and again as he ate felix for the first 8 years of his life and likes it, and because they do a senior version. I feed him all wet because he's 10 years old and although his kidney function is ok, his values are towards the high end of normal. He's not a big drinker so I feed all wet with a bit of water added to make sure he gets enough water.

Mosi has pretty much the same except he has a smaller portion of wet with a bit of dry sprinkled on top. The dry is either orijen or James Wellbeloved. Because he's not 2 yet I feel he's ok with a small amount of dry and it helps to keep costs down.

I'M STARTING TO THINK I'M A BAD CAT MEOWMY..

My girls were eating science diet, and then I changed them because I heard it's not as good as the vets say it is..

So now they are on meow mix dry... and Fancy Feast Wet Food,, with the occasional meow mix wet, and sheba wet..

We really can only buy from Krogers, and I refuse to buy Iams because of there testing practices.

Originally Posted by angelkitty

I'M STARTING TO THINK I'M A BAD CAT MEOWMY..

My girls were eating science diet, and then I changed them because I heard it's not as good as the vets say it is..

So now they are on meow mix dry... and Fancy Feast Wet Food,, with the occasional meow mix wet, and sheba wet..

We really can only buy from Krogers, and I refuse to buy Iams because of there testing practices.

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if you can only buy from the grocery store, i recommend Purina One, it's a far sight better than Meow Mix dry Meow Mix wet is decent as is Sheba wet

All 6 eat Nutro Complete Care Adult.
The reason is value for cost.

Spaz has allergies and it agrees with her, Shadow and Cassi have sensitive stomachs and it agrees with them.

They are free fed, all 6 are at great weights, with shiny coats, and only a normal amount of seasonal shedding.

For wet unfortunately, I wasn't so lucky (picky animals!)
For canned food they get Friskies loaf style varying flavors.

Is Fancy Feast Wet any good???

How about the new Fancy Feast Dry or the Friskies Dry?

Originally Posted by angelkitty

Is Fancy Feast Wet any good???

How about the new Fancy Feast Dry or the Friskies Dry?

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Okay I will hyjack my own thread:_)

Fancy feast has some good no grain or by product flavors but most of it is called KITTY CRACK... search wet food and you find many avail at walmart or grocery that are good ////

friskies dry ... read the label ... by products , lots of corn( small amount I can handle), artificial colors and flavors ...

Need any ??? s answered I am a pm away

Right now I am feeding one cat a raw rabbit diet and the other cat, who is a kibble junkie, eats CA Natural and a few bites of raw. My raw kitty has had tummy issues for about a year now and we still don't know what is causing it. Raw feeding is an experiment and so far she is doing pretty well. She loves it and no vomiting for 9 days. Seems to feel better too.

I feed CA Natural to my male because he likes it, it's simple and he is overweight.

I feed my cat "Nutram Adult Cat" because it is very good quality and my Kitty really likes it.

My kitties eat Innova EVO cause honestly....its the best kibble I have found on the market and the next best thing to raw.

After reading up on cat food, with my bladder boy (Beandip) in mind - I decided that dry food would not be served here anymore.

Several menus going at once here...one basic theme - no dry food...just canned (or raw) with no mystery byproducts, corn, wheat, or soy. I prefer grain free but do serve some rice.

Leopold...wet only - Wellness, Avoderm, By Nature Organics, Newman's Own, Pet Promise...occasionally EVO, Merrick's, Eagle Pack and others. He's not picky, except he doesn't like Natural Balance. He'll do raw so long as it's not on his plate (only tastes good if it's stolen from others). Silly cat.

Momma - either raw or canned Natural Balance or Avoderm. Those are the ones that agree with her tummy.

Beandip - A simple grain-free, veggie-free raw as I feel it's best for his bladder issues. This turned out to be his choice as he isn't too keen on canned food anyway. The main thing is no dry food. Since getting off of dry food, he had just one devastating blip in his perfect bladder health - but other than that this diet broke the endless cycle of vet visits, antibiotics, etc. Once in 10 months beats the heck out of every 4-6 weeks, I guess.

Junior - same as Beandip...but Junior doesn't have bladder issues. He does real well on the raw, though.

Paisley - half raw half canned at the moment....alternating each meal. She'd be huge on dry, can't do it even if I wanted to.

Pixel - raw or canned, sometimes a mix.

Pumpkin - same as Pixel...only Pumpkin is slightly pickier at times.

Precious - Canned Natural Balance Venison/Pea mostly - that's her standby. She's very picky. She'll do Avoderm on occasion, some Pet Promise, a few others when I find the ones she'll eat. If she takes a vacation from liking anything then she'll do FF for a day or two. A side note - I have to feed her on top of the fridge on those days. It is kitty crack.

New Unnamed injured baby - raw with the occasional serving of "kitty pudding" (SD A/D - slightly yucky ingredients but it goes over well).

For dry, which is free-fed, they get Orijen. Grain-free, no nasties.

I also want them to have some wet, but all they will eat is Fancy Feast, so they split a small can of that three ways, morning and evening. There are only four varieties they will touch, and fortunately they are the ones with the least offensive ingredient lists. They've been through all the premium brands at least a couple of times, with the same "What's THAT? " response, so I'm a little resigned to the current regime -- though I think I saw some new ones appearing on the shelves at Tisol, so I'll likely try again soon.

With Petco as my most convenient location as a source of pet food and Rosie's sensitive reaction to garlic in Foster and Smith canned and weight issues my cats are currently eating a simple diet of Royal Canin Beauty and Fit with Intense Hairball mixed in when hairballs are an issue such as summer and Iams chicken formula wet food along with Purina Pro-plan chicken and liver and chicken formula for variety. Unfortunately my cats are not very enthusiastic about the better brands that Petco sells. If Petco can bring some more brands of quality wet food to their market I will consider them.

For dry, they get a combination of California Natural Chicken & Rice and Orijen. Lots of people on here recommended Cal Natural, and I liked the ingredients. Orijen because I wanted to give them a grain free, and they rejected all the other brands before I finally tried Orijen. They both love the combination.

Wet food is an ongoing challenge. Swanie will eat just about any kind of wet food, although he's not crazy about the holistic or organic stuff. Cindy is a picky little fussbudget who only likes junk food. All the food I feed them is based on a bunch of research, and recommendations from the experts on this forum. The main criteria I have is no gluten, no soy, no byproducts, no mystery meat, none of that nasty stuff. Right now, what I have in the house is:

Natural Balance: Salmon, Tuna, Indoor, Ultra, and Chicken. Cindy doesn't like Chicken at all, which is the one I really wanted them to eat. I went with NB liked because they had a lot of different flavors, and both liked it.

Evangers: Gourmet Seafood, Super Premium Seafood and Caviar, Holistic Pheasant, Organic Turkey & Squash, and Organic Chicken. I really wanted them to like Evangers after the recall because its canned by Evangers and the ingredients are good. The only flavors they eat much of is Seafood and Seafood & Caviar, and I'm on the verge of donating what I have left of the other flavors. Even Swanie doesn't eat much of the organic and holistic much.

Eagle: Holistic Shrimp and Salmon. Swanie eats it, Cindy doesn't.

Wellness: Beef and Salmon. Neither are crazy about it, but Swanie will eat it.

Felidae. Neither are crazy about it.

Meow Mix Pouches: Upstream Dream, Filet Meow, Hook, Line & Sinker, What's the Catch, Surf and Turf. My fall back, because Cindy likes it. I got away from it entirely before the recall, but started getting it again while I was looking for a better quality. I only get the flavors without wheat gluten.

Pro Plan Selects: I got one of each flavor they had, and neither seem to be crazy about it, so I won't be getting any more.

I would love to find 3 or 4 good quality brands that they would both eat, but I'm not sure that's ever gonna happen.