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post #1 of 13
6/2/11 at 7:55am
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our cat Jefe is prone to crystals so we have been adjusting his diet. He now eats mostly canned (his only dry food is Royal Canin Urinary SO). We have been feeding him Wellness Chicken but I recently started him on Fussie Cat Chicken, it claims to help prevent urinary tract issues.

The ingredients sound good, but I'd never heard of this brand before. Is it new or something? A search of TCS shows nothing but a few references several years ago from the UK (probably not the same company). Is anybody else familiar with this brand?
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post #2 of 13
6/2/11 at 11:41am
That food actually looks REALLY good... It's got higher protein than even EVO does, 69% for the Chicken and Rice and 77% for the Chicken and Veggies. And it's 87% water so your cat will be plenty hydrated.
Let me ask around.
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post #3 of 13
6/2/11 at 9:31pm
I found that food as well in the higher end petfood stores in my area. It actually is a really good food and one that my cats really like. The chicken actually looks like shredded white meat chicken. Ingredients are very good. They also have a bunch of seafood varieties but if you have a crystals prone kitty, I would steer clear of fish.
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post #4 of 13
6/3/11 at 10:52am
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yeah it seems good to me too, i got it off petfooddirect but i note that their supplies are running low. i wasn't sure if that's because they're discontinuing it or what. but i hope they restock, my cat really likes the chicken, and i've been feeding the tuna-based food to some of my other cats.
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post #5 of 13
6/8/11 at 12:24am
Food is looking quite healthy.Tell me is this food will fulfill all the food and nutrition requirement of my cat or not? Reply me soon so that i can make a decision about this food.
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post #6 of 13
6/9/11 at 9:55am
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it has AAFCO approval so it should be nutritionally complete.
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post #7 of 13
6/9/11 at 10:20pm
Kay, so I found out a few things.
1. Some of the foods contain sugar. Addicting to cats and can contribute to feline diabetes.
2. Artificial food colouring. One of them is actually sodium nitrite which is considered carcinogenic...
3. Contains unspecified ingredients including 'gelling agent'.

I would avoid this brand.
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post #8 of 13
6/10/11 at 12:40pm
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where are you seeing dyes and gelling agents? i don't see anything like that listed in the ingredients lists on my cans. I do see "oglio sugar" and I admit I don't know what that is, but i found a listing for oligosaccharide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligosaccharide

the article says it provides a food for microflora, so it acts as a probiotic. I don't see anything else besides vitamin and mineral supplements.

Please let me know your sources for this. This stuff ain't cheap, I got it cuz it was on sale and even so it's pretty pricey (tho it's cheaper than the prescription canned food i was buying before).
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post #9 of 13
6/10/11 at 11:53pm
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Originally Posted by jimmylegs View Post
where are you seeing dyes and gelling agents? i don't see anything like that listed in the ingredients lists on my cans. I do see "oglio sugar" and I admit I don't know what that is, but i found a listing for oligosaccharide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oligosaccharide

the article says it provides a food for microflora, so it acts as a probiotic. I don't see anything else besides vitamin and mineral supplements.

Please let me know your sources for this. This stuff ain't cheap, I got it cuz it was on sale and even so it's pretty pricey (tho it's cheaper than the prescription canned food i was buying before).
Very first food on the website (Fresh Tuna) contains all three of the things I mentioned. As does the second, third, fourth, fifth..
The sugar may be probiotic, but it is still sugar and still bad for cats. Not to mention addictive to them.
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post #10 of 13
6/11/11 at 7:41am
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Originally Posted by Minka View Post
Kay, so I found out a few things.
1. Some of the foods contain sugar. Addicting to cats and can contribute to feline diabetes.
2. Artificial food colouring. One of them is actually sodium nitrite which is considered carcinogenic...
3. Contains unspecified ingredients including 'gelling agent'.

I would avoid this brand.

My Pipsqueak just recently has come down with blood in urine issues. I also tried this food, recommended by my natural pet food store, for urinary issues in cats. When I got home I looked it up too and agree with Minka, so I returned all of the cans. . I am trying to find a wet food specifically for urinary issues in cats. I did some comparison between Friskies/Purina and the Holistic Select, Instinct, EVO, Nature's Variety wet foods. The ash and magnesium really isn't that much lower in the urinary diets from Friskies/Purina. On the Fussy Cat, I couldn't find anywhere where it listed the Magnesium/Ash content. .
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post #11 of 13
6/11/11 at 9:57am
Have you discussed a raw meat diet with your fet? Our female had cystitus that was reccuring every 3 mos or so. She had been eating some raw with mostly canned. I read that canned food has a lot of phosphorous and magnesium which can contribute to feline bladder problems. Once we switched and started giving her mostly raw with just a little canned, she no longer has a problem. It's been almost a year now with no symptoms. Also, be wary of the AAFCO. It's not quality assurance... it's a lie. Feathers and chicken beaks are considered "protein" under AAFCO guidelines. Read more at http://www.wysong.net/learn/entry/36/.
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post #12 of 13
6/11/11 at 3:53pm
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okay i think i realized the disconnect here, the company sells different stuff in different countries. In the US, this is the ingredients list:

Chicken Meat (Boneless, Skinless), Water Sufficient For Processing, Tomato Paste, Carrot, Potato, Tapioca Starch, Green Pea, Sunflower Seed Oil, Tricalcium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum, Oligo Sugar, Taurine, Choline Chloride Liquid, Vitamin E, Zinc Sulfate, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate (Viamin B1), Nicotinic Acid (Vitamin B3), Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Manganese Sulfate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Copper Sulfate, Riboflavin Supplement (Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Folic Acid, Vitamin K3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement

The "Oligo Sugar" is still present but I don't believe this is the same thing as table sugar, but a simpler way of saying "polysaccharide." I would love to know exactly what this is, but i think a lot of people are jumping to premature conclusions because they see 'sugar' or read something 3rd-hand on a website.

I am definitely interested in raw diets, too. I don't actually care about AAFCO but you gotta pick your battles, folks.
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post #13 of 13
6/11/11 at 7:59pm
Im from the US..


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Originally Posted by Feralvr View Post
My Pipsqueak just recently has come down with blood in urine issues. I also tried this food, recommended by my natural pet food store, for urinary issues in cats. When I got home I looked it up too and agree with Minka, so I returned all of the cans. . I am trying to find a wet food specifically for urinary issues in cats. I did some comparison between Friskies/Purina and the Holistic Select, Instinct, EVO, Nature's Variety wet foods. The ash and magnesium really isn't that much lower in the urinary diets from Friskies/Purina. On the Fussy Cat, I couldn't find anywhere where it listed the Magnesium/Ash content. .
I could be wrong, but I believe the last time I looked into it, vets were pretty sure that magnesium is Not the cause of urinary issues.
I think raw would be a good idea.
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