newman's food

I'm trying to find some better food for my kitty.  I found Newman's Organic wet food.  Anyone ever use it?  I got 2 cans--kinda expensive.  But I thought I'd ask for opinions here. 

I've posted a couple times on here and found on here about good brands to feed your cat.  Now I can't find them or deleted what I posted??????  Still learning this computer thing. lol  Can someone jog my memory about good canned food.

A post I read somewhere listed ingredients that owners should avoid--can anyone point me in the correct direction.

A friend said that cats should eat grass.  REALLY????? I have never heard of that.  I do see my kitty chewing on paper and toilet paper--is she missing something from her diet she needs.  I've heard catnip is good for their digestive system but I've never heard of grass. 

Also, is it ok to give my kitty human tuna and cooked chicken?  Just thinking of variety for her.  And my cat loves eggs--is that wierd? I guess that is ok.

I know I sound nuts and I ask a ton of questions but this little angel is my world and I want to do right but her.

You don't sound nuts, and wanting to learn more about what's healthy for your kitty is always a good thing. I wish I'd done it a LOT sooner myself.

Here's a starting point. Cats are obligate carnivores. Think about what this means for a minute. (Wish someone had asked me to do this. :lol3: ). This means that feral cats eat small rodents, birds, lizards and bugs. People don't put up fences to protect their gardens and corn fields from cats.

Cats need meat, bones, and organs. That's it. They don't normally eat grain of any kind, peas, sweet potatoes, carrots, etc. Cats have no nutritional requirement for carbohydrates or fiber. And their bodies don't handle them very well, especially over time.

Cats are descended from desert animals. The kitty purring in your lap is virtually identical on a genetic level to the African Wildcat - from which our kitties descended. As desert animals, they have no natural "thirst drive." Their bodies are designed to get all the water they need from the food they eat. This means that wet food is the best food for them. Feeding a cat kibble is kind of like... you eating cereal at every meal with no milk. I know you're looking at canned foods, just wanted to put that out there since you asked about what's good and what's not. IMO, kibble isn't good for cats.

Wet food with no grains is best. You don't want corn, wheat, rice, barley, etc. Not that peas, potatoes, and other forms of protein/carbohydrates that aren't grain are any good.

Wet food with simple ingredient lists, that are mostly meat, are best. There aren't a lot of them. These are

Nature's Variety (does have some peas and carrots, but they're easy to pick out)
EVO 95% meats
Merrick's Before Grain
By Nature 95% meats
Some of the Weruva flavors
Some of the Soulistic flavors (the Petco store brand - it's made by Weruva)
Earthborn Holistic
Avoderm

...and if you want to include some fish once a week or so, Tiki cat and Best Friends Feline are also decent foods with simple ingredient lists.

An ingredient in many cat foods to be completely avoided is soy of any kind. I also like to avoid ANY rendered products. Those include animal fat, and anything called "meal." ("chicken meal, meat meal, etc.").


When I was feeding canned foods, I liked to rotate not only the proteins, but the manufacturers as well. :nod:


As to healthy treats, tuna and chicken made for humans are not particularly good for cats. An excellent source of omega 3 is sardines. A sardine (packed in water with no salt) once a week is a good treat. :nod:

Rather than feed canned meat to your kitty, a great treat is slicing off small pieces of whatever meat you're making for dinner before you do anything with it. Cats bodies actually do best with raw meat. :nod: I feed my cats home made raw food. There's also commercial raw food available - quite a few kinds, actually. They are as easy to feed as canned food, you just have to dethaw it first.