Background: My previous indoor/outdoor kitty had eaten only dry food. We had to have her put to sleep 2 years ago when she was 11. I think several vets missed the obvious signs of kidney problems. When we finally got a new kitten, I decided to feed mostly canned food and the craziness began.
Miss Dandy will be 6 mos. old at the beginning of January and we've had her since she was 8 wks. We live in an isolated rural area and the only pet store is a small Petco that is 45 mins. away. There's no place to try a can or two of many of these brands. I've mostly been ordering on the internet.
History
We got her started on Wellness Dry Kitten Food and she still gets 1//2 cup of it at night and eats all or most of it.
Reading about all the foods made me so confused. I thought the Wellness canned Kitten Formula was carageenan free and we've been feeding her this. The last case seemed to smell worse, she refused it a couple of times and her breath smelled sometimes. That's when I realized that it's had carageenan in all along. We will be out of it soon. She will eat 1+ can of this a day. It's been her staple food and I have no idea what to replace it with.
Earlier I tried the Wellness CORE Kitten food but she didn't like it and it has carageenan too. We tried Canidae Pure Elements and she ate it but she smelled so bad that I returned the other 2 cans of the other Canidae varieties. They had carageenan anyway.
I ordered
Hound and Gatos in two flavors. At first she seemed to eat the one, but then she got pickier. I have finally given up on the chicken entirely. She will eat the Lamb, Chicken & Salmon if it is mixed with Fancy Feast Classic Chicken. Before mixing, I was dumping most of it. A case of 5.5 oz. cans of this has lasted a long time. Buttons our outdoor cat will eat the chicken so real raw hasn't spoiled her . She never had canned before.
Tiki Cat Chicken - She likes it but it is too expensive and seems kind of limited for regular feeding. It's a special treat.
Weruva Chicken in Gravy - Oh boy was this a mistake. She loves it but she can eat a whole can and then be hungry in an hour or two. I didn't realize there was so little food in these cans. It seems to make her hungrier.
I need to order again soon since she will be out of her kitten food and I'm pretty much out of ideas. Everything I find either has carageenan or a bunch of crazy ingredients. Raw and homemade are not options here. She would eat Fancy Feast but I don't want her to get stuck on that. I don't know if the Hound & Gatos mixed with Fancy Feast is a reasonable compromise or not. I wish she would eat it reliably with the mix, but I don't think so. It has a funny texture, especially when you reheat it.
Thanks for any ideas. I did get the Drinkwell out for her and she does use it. She eats 3-4 meals a day. She is half Siamese and half Ragdoll but seems very Siamese in most ways.
Miss Dandy will be 6 mos. old at the beginning of January and we've had her since she was 8 wks. We live in an isolated rural area and the only pet store is a small Petco that is 45 mins. away. There's no place to try a can or two of many of these brands. I've mostly been ordering on the internet.
History
We got her started on Wellness Dry Kitten Food and she still gets 1//2 cup of it at night and eats all or most of it.
Reading about all the foods made me so confused. I thought the Wellness canned Kitten Formula was carageenan free and we've been feeding her this. The last case seemed to smell worse, she refused it a couple of times and her breath smelled sometimes. That's when I realized that it's had carageenan in all along. We will be out of it soon. She will eat 1+ can of this a day. It's been her staple food and I have no idea what to replace it with.
Earlier I tried the Wellness CORE Kitten food but she didn't like it and it has carageenan too. We tried Canidae Pure Elements and she ate it but she smelled so bad that I returned the other 2 cans of the other Canidae varieties. They had carageenan anyway.
I ordered
Hound and Gatos in two flavors. At first she seemed to eat the one, but then she got pickier. I have finally given up on the chicken entirely. She will eat the Lamb, Chicken & Salmon if it is mixed with Fancy Feast Classic Chicken. Before mixing, I was dumping most of it. A case of 5.5 oz. cans of this has lasted a long time. Buttons our outdoor cat will eat the chicken so real raw hasn't spoiled her . She never had canned before.
Tiki Cat Chicken - She likes it but it is too expensive and seems kind of limited for regular feeding. It's a special treat.
Weruva Chicken in Gravy - Oh boy was this a mistake. She loves it but she can eat a whole can and then be hungry in an hour or two. I didn't realize there was so little food in these cans. It seems to make her hungrier.
I need to order again soon since she will be out of her kitten food and I'm pretty much out of ideas. Everything I find either has carageenan or a bunch of crazy ingredients. Raw and homemade are not options here. She would eat Fancy Feast but I don't want her to get stuck on that. I don't know if the Hound & Gatos mixed with Fancy Feast is a reasonable compromise or not. I wish she would eat it reliably with the mix, but I don't think so. It has a funny texture, especially when you reheat it.
Thanks for any ideas. I did get the Drinkwell out for her and she does use it. She eats 3-4 meals a day. She is half Siamese and half Ragdoll but seems very Siamese in most ways.