My 6-6/12 month old young cat, Trixie, won't chew her kibble hardly at all. She will if it's a piece of meat that I give her, or if it's a kittie treat that is of large size. She used to chew her regular kibble as well. But now she devours her meals without chewing hardly any of them. We recently started cutting back on her food because she started to gain too much weight and ate what my grown-up cat eats in a day, in a single meal and wanting more. I know she's not fully grown, but she is spayed and not a very active cat. She IS active and playing, but not as much as many cats her age; the 6 mo. mark is usually the peak of activity and they can be extremely active in this age. But she's a pretty calm cat. She is indoor only and was treated for worms etc. at the time we got her. She's just loving food, that's all.
I am currently using the Kirkland brand from Costco, which is high quality (meaning a lot of meat and no by-products) and still quite inexpensive if you compare to other high quality ones, like Neutro natural.
I am needing to switch to a kibble that is larger in size. The Costco brand is small and my other cat does great on it. But because Trixie won't chew it, I'm wanting to switch her on something else. I am wanting to find a brand where the kibble is larger so that she has to chew, that is also high on meat, low on by-products and still realatively inexpensive, if it exsists. If not, what else can you recommend?
Cost is definitely a factor for us, but I do understand that food with little meat will result in the cat needing more of it, so the cost on cheep food goes up because you use more of it. But still, is there something out there that compares to Neutro natural and Kirkland brand without being as expensive as Neutro?
Edited to give you a piece of info that may help you to understand why she all of a sudden started to eat so much: We went on a one week vacation, but someone came every day for the two cats, spent time with them and took care of their needs. But of course, there wasn't much action there during the day since we were gone. They were still free fed, both of them. My 2 yro cat still is eating her normal amount and is staying very slim but healthy weight, but this is when my then 5 mo. old started to over eat. Up to this point she ate what I would expect; snacking small meals several times a day and staying slim. But when we came back she was a bit heavier and will eat full meals several times a day, if I let her. I don't want her overweight, so we are monitoring her intake now, cutting back to a more normal amount. HTH!
I am currently using the Kirkland brand from Costco, which is high quality (meaning a lot of meat and no by-products) and still quite inexpensive if you compare to other high quality ones, like Neutro natural.
I am needing to switch to a kibble that is larger in size. The Costco brand is small and my other cat does great on it. But because Trixie won't chew it, I'm wanting to switch her on something else. I am wanting to find a brand where the kibble is larger so that she has to chew, that is also high on meat, low on by-products and still realatively inexpensive, if it exsists. If not, what else can you recommend?
Cost is definitely a factor for us, but I do understand that food with little meat will result in the cat needing more of it, so the cost on cheep food goes up because you use more of it. But still, is there something out there that compares to Neutro natural and Kirkland brand without being as expensive as Neutro?
Edited to give you a piece of info that may help you to understand why she all of a sudden started to eat so much: We went on a one week vacation, but someone came every day for the two cats, spent time with them and took care of their needs. But of course, there wasn't much action there during the day since we were gone. They were still free fed, both of them. My 2 yro cat still is eating her normal amount and is staying very slim but healthy weight, but this is when my then 5 mo. old started to over eat. Up to this point she ate what I would expect; snacking small meals several times a day and staying slim. But when we came back she was a bit heavier and will eat full meals several times a day, if I let her. I don't want her overweight, so we are monitoring her intake now, cutting back to a more normal amount. HTH!
