Cheese for cats?

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Hi, I recently bought a can of Fancy Feast Grilled Chicken and Cheese. I don't plan to use this as their full diet, just as a treat that my boys can have every once in a while. I read that some cats like it. I also read that many cats are lactose intolerant.

So should I feed this to my boys?

Ingredients: poultry broth, chicken, liver, wheat gluten, meat by-products, corn starch-modified, cheese (source of cheddar cheese), artificial and natural flavors, salt, calcium phosphate, sodium caseinate, soy protein concentrate, soybean oil, added color, potassium chloride, dried whey, taurine, sodium tripolyphosphate, choline chloride, magnesium sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin e supplement, zinc sulfate, niacin, sorbic acid (a preservative), ferrous sulfate, calcium pantothenate, vitamin a supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin k activity), pyridoxine hydrochloride, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, riboflavin supplement, vitamin B-12 supplement, biotin, folic acid, vitamin D-3 supplement, potassium iodide

Not the healthiest thing, but it's only for a treat.

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I personally do not feed anything with corn, soy or wheat. All three of which are included in this food. I also do not like the fact that it has "added color" and salt.

But, that is just *my* opinion.

For treats, I feed freeze-dried meat (turkey) and Wellness has recently put out some crunchy treats that are grain-free (I was very excited about this!)
 
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As a treat, I think you're OK.  Besides, it might prove useful for them to have something they're crazy about if/when you have to give them meds or get them to eat when they don't want to.
 
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I'm gonna assume you mean giving them this in place of their regular wet food on special occasions. beware that once they taste filet mignon they might not like soyburgers any more. Or are cats incapable of that thought (except for mine)?
 
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I hope their regular is wet not dry. Stick to FF Classics it is grain free. Liver and Chicken and Chopped Grill and Turkey and Giblet in the FF classic line have No grain and no fish, which is what you want.
 
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@peaches08  Thanks, if that ever comes up I'll need to find something. Hopefully I can start early :p
 
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@CatPack  thank you, I will definitely look for healthy treat options.
 
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@bonepicker  I feed my boys an all wet diet. This will only be fed to them on a special occasion, so I'm not gonna give it to them every day anyway.
 
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If they like FF more they might start to get too picky and only want FF. I rotate in FF classic by mixing it with the regular stuff. Cats are very funny! I have taken more stuff they liked and then changed their mind to the local shelter!
 
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I think it would be fine infrequently. I buy bulk cases of Friskies to mix in with other wet foods, and one variety is the shredded turkey and cheese. Fortunately for us in the case of cheese, the cats really don't like it so they won't wait or beg for it - they are even hesitant to eat it. If you can spread it out mixed into other meals, I say that has worked better for us so they don't gorge on one meal of cheesy gravy in the event they end up wanting more.
 
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My cats get cheese occasionally. It's not bad in moderation but only if I am having cheese on a sandwich or something they will get a nibble.
 
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Miagi's_Mommy said:
 
My cats get cheese occasionally. It's not bad in moderation but only if I am having cheese on a sandwich or something they will get a nibble.
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Right.  Its not cheese as is the real problem.  I would say cheese occasionally isnt no problem at all, and may even be a good calcium source  (there are other more effective calcium sources, but cheese or youghurt are feasible).

TS put Cheese as the label for the tread.    Thus, its no problem there is some cheese in TS´s   Fancy Feast.   

The problem is the product as such isnt very good. Not so bad as some, but way inferior to many others.   The cheese addition isnt nothing controversial, making the product even  somewhat better.    :)
 
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KoolKatz said:
 
Hi, I recently bought a can of Fancy Feast Grilled Chicken and Cheese. I don't plan to use this as their full diet, just as a treat that my boys can have every once in a while. I read that some cats like it. I also read that many cats are lactose intolerant.

So should I feed this to my boys?

Ingredients: poultry broth, chicken, liver, wheat gluten, meat by-products, corn starch-modified, cheese (source of cheddar cheese), artificial and natural flavors, salt, calcium phosphate, sodium caseinate, soy protein concentrate, soybean oil, added color, potassium chloride, dried whey, taurine, sodium tripolyphosphate, choline chloride, magnesium sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, vitamin e supplement, zinc sulfate, niacin, sorbic acid (a preservative), ferrous sulfate, calcium pantothenate, vitamin a supplement, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin k activity), pyridoxine hydrochloride, copper sulfate, manganese sulfate, riboflavin supplement, vitamin B-12 supplement, biotin, folic acid, vitamin D-3 supplement, potassium iodide

Not the healthiest thing, but it's only for a treat.

Thanks
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I would make one suggestion - if you are going to feed FF ...and Cheese, feed the Turkey and Cheese or Beef and Cheese. The Chicken and Cheese contains wheat gluten as the third ingredient, which the other two flavors do not. Shelly gets the Turkey and the Beef every so often. 
 
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bonepicker said:
If they like FF more they might start to get too picky and only want FF. I rotate in FF classic by mixing it with the regular stuff. Cats are very funny! I have taken more stuff they liked and then changed their mind to the local shelter!
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Depends on the cat. My Shelly eats Sheba, FF Classics, plus various flavors of Wellness, and I just tried Dave's last week, and she eats that too. No coaxing or convincing necessary. And FF was the only flavor i was feeding in the beginning. So far, she's only turned down Newman's Own and Tiki Cat.
 
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AutumnRose74 said:
 
Depends on the cat. My Shelly eats Sheba, FF Classics, plus various flavors of Wellness, and I just tried Dave's last week, and she eats that too. No coaxing or convincing necessary. And FF was the only flavor i was feeding in the beginning. So far, she's only turned down Newman's Own and Tiki Cat.
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Yeah, my cats don't need coaxing.
 
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