I've never read about avoiding seafood-flavored food for cats. Can someone elaborate on why this is harmful or undesirable?
I am not sure of the wet varieties Blue has out there but I'm sure there are several of them. You might want to mix it up with another brand. Mine eat both Nutro Max and Nutro Natural Choice wet, and they all love most of them. Nutro Max has a Venison, Lamb and Duck variety as well as a chicken and fish. Natural Choice also has several varieties.Originally Posted by parsleysage
Thanks for your help! I'm transitioning to wet food -- I have Blue Buffalo Wilderness in chicken & duck stocked up right now. They are still eating Blue Buffalo kitten formula dry, which I believe is tuna-flavored. I'll need to do some more research into varieties so that they're not always eating chicken
Originally Posted by Ducman69
Fish is high in omega 3s and very palatable to cats, but unfortunately it also tends to be high in mercury, magnesium, phosphorous, and other heavy metals/minerals/pollutants (like PDBEs) to where consuming too much can cause a vitamin imbalance and is likely to result in urinary tract issues in predisposed cats. For most cats, its not a bad idea to throw in a couple fish meals a week, but for UTI prone cats you'd probably just want to skip it all together. And speaking of beef, while again beef is not bad, its also not a great idea to make red meat their primary protein source.