Mauri canned food

I came across this for the first time today in one of my local pet stores:

http://www.mauripetfood.com/cat-food/

If someone is looking for novel proteins, this may be worth a look.

This is the first I had heard of it probably because it isn't in Ohio yet.  It's all around Ohio but not Ohio.  I know some members here who live in Europe have had good luck with Kangaroo but until now it hasn't been available here.  I bet it isn't cheap though but it's possible as another protein to try to avoid developing an allergy from feeding too much of one protein.

Bought some Mauri at my oddly located tiny local pet store, southside of Chicago in Bridgeport. Bought one of each Mauri in small can. Kangaroo, Bushtail (Possum?), Venison, and Hoki. My two cats love the Mauri Kangaroo and and the Bushtail. They ate both portions entirely at once,  rarely happens with these new types of food. The Mauri Venison had some tough textures in it and that may be why they did not seem as enthusiastic about this one. The Hoki (fish)was eaten about the same as vension, kind of mediocre response from cats, but not rejected. Picked up some more Mauri, this time big cans of Kangaroo and Bushtail, both were eaten entirely.

Also tried Wild Calling, Buffalo and Rabbit. This was maybe third time trying the rabbit and they will only nibble. Wild Calling Buffalo was a big fail though, for both, strange they dislike same foods sometimes. Oh well, poor Buffalo and Rabbits anyway. Very different cats though, in age and health, and sometimes taste. Also try different Party Animals cans from time to time and am always disappointed,  they will eat only very little. Same with Verus, but a customer in the store told me her cat loves Verus.

If you ever want to give a cat a treat, they need some extra calories, or very picky, anorexic,  there is a dry food called Farmina, the cats go crazy for this food! I know dry is bad, but this stuff is supposed to be really good quality, and I do not feed it much but as a treat.

I get all kinds of dry sample bags from pet store, give them to my ferals, along with lots of water, especially in winter. In case anyone reading feeds ferals, noticed have more luck with Meow Mix meats in sauce than Friskies pates in freezing temps because the pates seem to freeze faster. Ferals get all my new cat food rejects too. Funny thing is, they tend to agree with my cats half the time. Trying to help some cats down the alley from me living in a garage someone tried to board up.

Back to Mauri, to me, Mauri is up there in quality to Weruva, which never goes to waste in my household.

My local pet store told me they were going to start carrying this. Thank you for posting.

I picked up one of each flavor of the Mauri line. I gave the kitties brush tail tonight and all 3 ate it up. My local store, Bark, had 6 oz cans only. I like that it is grain, potato, and carregean free.

There is one store in my area that carries it....Hollywood Feed..the clerk told me that it's not sold on any of the online sites and only carried in smaller "holistic-minded" stores. I have ate one cat with severe allergies, so I'm always searching for "novel" foods he will eat. I tried the brushtail and kangaroo...he ate the first can of brushtail..but wouldn't touch it the second time...has a lot of small bone fragments in the meat. The kangaroo, however, is a hit (so far...after 4-5 cans). The ingredient list looks good.

Lord I hate this tablet!!! Please be assured that I HAVE NOT "ate" my poor cat who has allergies!!!!! :-)

Zoocat said:

There is one store in my area that carries it....Hollywood Feed..the clerk told me that it's not sold on any of the online sites and only carried in smaller "holistic-minded" stores. I have ate one cat with severe allergies, so I'm always searching for "novel" foods he will eat. I tried the brushtail and kangaroo...he ate the first can of brushtail..but wouldn't touch it the second time...has a lot of small bone fragments in the meat. The kangaroo, however, is a hit (so far...after 4-5 cans). The ingredient list looks good.

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I went back today and bought more of the brushtail. I hope they continue to like it. You just never know.

My city also opened up a Hollywood Feed store and I tried Mauri kangaroo and Venison. They LOVED the kangaroo but didn't like the venison. It had a strong smell, too. I will have to try the brushtail.

My only concern is it's a little high in carbs. My kitty, Josie, passed away from diabetes so I'm trying to keep my other 2 on a low carb diet to prevent this from happening again!

Mine liked the kangaroo as well. I have in rotation with lower carb foods.

I guess I may be missing something, but when I entered the numbers in the carb calculator, it came up with 3.9% carb...which is certainly higher than the 0% of some of the canned food I feed, but I did think anything under 5% was okay.  Maybe not for a diabetic cat, but in general, I thought keeping below 5% was okay.  Of course since I'm working so hard to find novel foods for my allergic cat, I'll keep feeding the kangaroo as long as he'll keep eating it  (which may or may not be very long).

Zoocat said:

I guess I may be missing something, but when I entered the numbers in the carb calculator, it came up with 3.9% carb...which is certainly higher than the 0% of some of the canned food I feed, but I did think anything under 5% was okay.  Maybe not for a diabetic cat, but in general, I thought keeping below 5% was okay.  Of course since I'm working so hard to find novel foods for my allergic cat, I'll keep feeding the kangaroo as long as he'll keep eating it  (which may or may not be very long).

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I have a book by a vet who has calculated carbs that has one additional step to this calculation. I'm not home now but I will post it when I can this afternoon. I, too, thought it was low until I read it. This author/vet has a diabetic cat so she's done extensive research on this.

3.9% carbs is still lower than most wet food out there, including Natural Balance and most of Spots Stew brands.

Mauri Kangaroo is a little higher on the carbs list than my other foods but it does meet the guideline of a low carb food, sorry if I confused you. I just did the tally that converts it to a dry matter basis and it's 9% dry matter. You don't want to go over 10% dry.

My local pet food store also started carrying Mauri, my two cats liked the brushtail but inhaled the kangaroo. My only concern are the gums, especially guar gum, I have an Ibd cat. Both cats have eaten gum free the past year. I called Mauri, the guy I spoke with said by the fall they will be removing "one or two" of those gums. I may feed it occasionally.

Josiegirl said:

Mauri Kangaroo is a little higher on the carbs list than my other foods but it does meet the guideline of a low carb food, sorry if I confused you. I just did the tally that converts it to a dry matter basis and it's 9% dry matter. You don't want to go over 10% dry.

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Thanks for mentioning this! I was going to you ask you what you use for a guideline... I use 10% dry matter, too, based on Dr. Pierson's recommendations.

I too have a cat with IBD. I noticed that LisaMarie12 had mentioned that her cats had been on a gum free diet. Have you found a novel protein canned food that is gum-free, Carrageenan-free and palatable to your cats. I am struggling to find something that works.

Amalia12 said:

I too have a cat with IBD. I noticed that LisaMarie12 had mentioned that her cats had been on a gum free diet. Have you found a novel protein canned food that is gum-free, Carrageenan-free and palatable to your cats. I am struggling to find something that works.

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Amalia,

Well, Nature's Variety is mostly gum free (except Pride), although for novel proteins, e.g., venison and rabbit, those two formulas include pork liver.  They do make an LID (limited ingredient lamb only) formula. The other two NV LID meats would be LID duck and LID turkey, the latter not a novel protein.  ZiwiPeak removed the carrageenan from their foods and I just checked the ingredient list on their venison, it's also gum free. When I fed ZP, both my cats loved the venison. I don't feed it any longer b/c it contains green lipid mussels - fish, and I noticed both my cats were a bit itchy on ZP, however, from what I've read, it works for many cats with allergies to fowl. They make lamb as well. Other than NV and ZP I don't know of any others that are gum free with novel / single proteins.   Maybe others on this forum will have some ideas.

What has worked mostly for my male FHV kitty who doesn't have IBD symptoms any longer is a mostly commercial raw diet. I also add a probiotic (Animal Essentials - relatively cheap) to his food and that also helps  his stools.  We would go 100% commercial raw but his sister is holding us up; she eats NV canned rabbit and some FD commercial raw.

Also, as far as palatability, my cats aren't thrilled with NV rabbit, however, if I add a freeze dried meat treat, e.g., Origen or Bravo, they'll lick their bowls clean.  Origen freeze dried treats for dogs has more novel proteins, e.g., bison. It's just 100% bison with nothing added. One treat crumbled over the meal goes a long way. Good luck.

Nobody carrying it around here yet looks like, may suggest it to my local healthy pet food store.  Is this related at all to Addiction or Ziwipeak, those other brands from down under?  Venison shows up in both those lines I think.  Addiction has had brushtail in cat food for a while.  (If people like the idea of a "species-appropriate" protein, the brushtail is pretty close, it's a fairly small mammal though still larger than a rabbit.)  Kangaroo is a new one to me though, have never seen that before that I know of.

2bcat said:

 
Is this related at all to Addiction or Ziwipeak, those other brands from down under?  Venison shows up in both those lines I think.  Addiction has had brushtail in cat food for a while.  (If people like the idea of a "species-appropriate" protein, the brushtail is pretty close, it's a fairly small mammal though still larger than a rabbit.)  Kangaroo is a new one to me though, have never seen that before that I know of.

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I don't know if Mauri is related to Addiction.  I remember buying several cans of their brushtail for my cats a couple years ago. In one 6 oz can of brushtail, I plucked out 40+ medium pieces of potatoes, it was ridiculous. Half the can consisted of potatoes. I actually photographed all the potatoes I removed and emailed the photo to Addiciton. The response was something like, "Oh my, how can that be? I will pass it on ..." to whomever. That was the norm though for that food b/c the other cans had the same amount of potatoes. On another occasion I attempted again with Addictions' brushtail and the can was full of potatoes. Plus they use carrageenan and now their brushtail isn't even single protein, it's mixed with venison. 

I've never tried Addiction--no store around here carries it.  But, the Mauri has NO potato at all.  My guys still LOVE the Kangaroo after eating it one meal a day for over two weeks --that is impressive in my household! They in general don't like venison so I haven't tried that one and since I'm trying to avoid most fish, I haven't tried the Hoki.  I do like the ingredient list except for all the gums:

>>Kangaroo, Kangaroo Broth, Pumpkin, Ovine Plasma, Calcium Carbonate, Fish Oil, Locust Bean Gum, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Vitamins & Minerals (Choline Chloride, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Biotin, Sodium Selenite, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin Supplement, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate), Cranberries, Taurine, New Zealand Green Mussel.>

I'm not sure how I feel about their statement that they use New Zealand Green Mussel for joint support and Pumpkin for digestive support and added Cranberries to help maintain a healthy urinary tract.  Certainly sounds good, just not sure the cranberries will actually help a cat's urinary tract.   Since so many folks here talk about using pumpkin, it seems like that would be the best possible source of carbohydrate for cat food.   Also not sure about ovine plasma...as near as I can tell it's for digestive support and seems harmless--but I just don't know.  For now the Mauri Kangaroo has a firm spot in my food rotation!