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Ever since I switched the kittens to EVO, I read all of the posts about awfully stinky poo, horrid gas, etc. and couldn't believe it because my two did have *some* gas at first (first 2-4 months), but never incredibly stinky poo,etc. Well, apparently, it just took longer to take effect...or the fact that I recently put a litter box in my bedroom (because that is where they are fed) may have increased my ability to notice the foul odor. At any rate, if they do go in the box in my room, the ENTIRE house smells for at least 2-3 hours after the deed (even after flushing the poo, using a room air filter, and spraying febreeze).
That said, I have been looking into switching their food entirely (I have a small bag of taste of the wild) BUT I must stick with the EVO until they finish their current supply and the unopened 15lb bag..so I've got about 4 months to go (at least). I don't want to open the taste of the wild until I am at the end of the EVO (as I want to switch them over to all taste of the wild). So I'm in the market for something reasonably priced to combine with the EVO (thinking 50/50) to help with the odor.
FYI: I am feeding 1 meal of EVO/dry in the morning and wet food at night (that is if I can get them to eat the wet food at night).
What I am thinking about trying is the "maxximum nutrition" brand of dry that is available at Walmart... at ~$12 for a 10lb bag it's quite reasonable and the ingredients look similar to nutro to me (which was what the kittens were on before EVO). I bought a small bag of the maxximum kitten food to try out so I'll post the ingredients list below:
chicken, chicken meal, corn gluten meal, poultry fat preserved with mixed tocopherols, brewer's rice, ground wheat, dried beet pulp, fish meal, dried whole eggs, natural flavors, potassium chloride, salt, dried brewer's yeast, fat product, choline chloride, taurine, vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, protienated minerals, niacine, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, vitamin A suppliment, calcium supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, menadione sodium bisulphate complex, sodium selenite, folic acid, calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement, cobalt carbonate
crude protein min 36%
crude fat min 22%
crude fiber max 2.5%
moisture max 10%
calcium min 1%
phosphorus min 0.8%
selinium min 0.3 mg/kg
vitamin E min 150 IU/kg
Taurine min 0.17%
Omega 6 fatty acids min 2.20%
Omega 3 fatty acids min 0.22%
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) min. 0.05%
Whew! That's a lot to type...please excuse any spelling errors.
All that said, the only things that I don't like about it are the corn glutin meal, wheat, and the "fat product" (although that is supposedly a source of DHA).
So, what do you think?
Ever since I switched the kittens to EVO, I read all of the posts about awfully stinky poo, horrid gas, etc. and couldn't believe it because my two did have *some* gas at first (first 2-4 months), but never incredibly stinky poo,etc. Well, apparently, it just took longer to take effect...or the fact that I recently put a litter box in my bedroom (because that is where they are fed) may have increased my ability to notice the foul odor. At any rate, if they do go in the box in my room, the ENTIRE house smells for at least 2-3 hours after the deed (even after flushing the poo, using a room air filter, and spraying febreeze).
That said, I have been looking into switching their food entirely (I have a small bag of taste of the wild) BUT I must stick with the EVO until they finish their current supply and the unopened 15lb bag..so I've got about 4 months to go (at least). I don't want to open the taste of the wild until I am at the end of the EVO (as I want to switch them over to all taste of the wild). So I'm in the market for something reasonably priced to combine with the EVO (thinking 50/50) to help with the odor.
FYI: I am feeding 1 meal of EVO/dry in the morning and wet food at night (that is if I can get them to eat the wet food at night).
What I am thinking about trying is the "maxximum nutrition" brand of dry that is available at Walmart... at ~$12 for a 10lb bag it's quite reasonable and the ingredients look similar to nutro to me (which was what the kittens were on before EVO). I bought a small bag of the maxximum kitten food to try out so I'll post the ingredients list below:
chicken, chicken meal, corn gluten meal, poultry fat preserved with mixed tocopherols, brewer's rice, ground wheat, dried beet pulp, fish meal, dried whole eggs, natural flavors, potassium chloride, salt, dried brewer's yeast, fat product, choline chloride, taurine, vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, protienated minerals, niacine, zinc oxide, copper sulfate, vitamin A suppliment, calcium supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride, biotin, vitamin B12 supplement, menadione sodium bisulphate complex, sodium selenite, folic acid, calcium iodate, vitamin D3 supplement, cobalt carbonate
crude protein min 36%
crude fat min 22%
crude fiber max 2.5%
moisture max 10%
calcium min 1%
phosphorus min 0.8%
selinium min 0.3 mg/kg
vitamin E min 150 IU/kg
Taurine min 0.17%
Omega 6 fatty acids min 2.20%
Omega 3 fatty acids min 0.22%
Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) min. 0.05%
Whew! That's a lot to type...please excuse any spelling errors.
All that said, the only things that I don't like about it are the corn glutin meal, wheat, and the "fat product" (although that is supposedly a source of DHA).
So, what do you think?