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That's interesting, maybe I will pick up a can of Nutro's shredded turkey, see how the cats like it. I'm not 100% sure if the gums affect them or not, I see from Nutro's site that xanthan gum is way down at the bottom of the list. I do know they had a problem with Mauri cat food and there were three gums pretty high up on the ingredient list. Very funny tummy issues with that food. I do like that there aren't any veggies in the Nutro. I have tried beef on occasion (it's a meat high in histamine so I tend to avoid it among other reasons), however, the cats don't care for beef anyway. I did try TC's beef and it was a definite miss. I just wish Weruve and TC made something other than chicken in their combo foods. I know they make lamb but I don't feed lamb (it's a "hot" meat and I'm sticking with cool, neutral and one warming meat which is turkey).
I have to admit that I'm not thrilled about natural flavor and gums in Nutro Natural Choice, either, but the cats love it and it's the surest way to get them to eat at night, particularly the cat who barfs during the night if she's hungry! The gums don't seem to bother the cats, though I'd love to find some other canned foods that don't have them: the problem is that no-potato, no-carrageenan, low-carb, no-pea food is already asking so much of the pet food industry that the options are severely limited! I've thought about increasing their rations of raw food but am not sure that's a good idea, either, because I'm afraid they'll get bored, due to limited selections. (And I'm just not ready for homemade!) Beyond that, what they're getting is working.
At least until last night when somebody (most likely Ireland, the lynx mix) did something that brings us back to the OP's @christie003d's question! Barf. A cat barfed during the night, raising what seems to have become our biggest vomit issue: disposal diving! There was something in the vomitus; I'm pretty sure the offending item was an asparagus tip. Ireland loves walking around on the counters and digging in the disposal and screen over the sink drain... which we sometimes forget to clean out before retiring for the night. Oopsie!
Back to Tiki's Gourmet Carnivore, do you feed beef? The cats especially love Tiki's beef liver and chicken, and beef and liver; those foods have some large pieces of meat, which is great for slowing them down to actually chew. I also prefer feeding chunks and shreds that are direct from the meat, not re-formed with gums and the like. They like the (shredded) chicken/duck and chicken/turkey, too, but the beef is tops.
You really do think I'm obsessed, don't you!? Thanks for sharing!
I hadn't seen that but of course I watched -- what a great graphic example of the differences! Our previous cat was the like the dry/canned-fed cat in the video and Ireland and Edwina, even with about 35-40% (a guess) canned in their diet, are definitely like the video's raw-fed cat. Their canned foods are such pure meat--no vegetable or grain fillers at all--that they're excellent poopers.
No I don't think you are obsessed, lol, but if you are, I'm right there beside you obsessed as well. I just thought it was interesting. She (Margaret Gates) has some great videos, it was on this site that I actually learned of her interview with Jackson Galaxy. I've been feeding NV rabbit canned but I really don't notice many peas and the ones I find I pick them out since they are whole. You are right that there aren't many flavors of FD to choose from. The cats still do love when I open a pop top of canned. We'll see; I just want to make sure they get varied proteins, maybe I'll supplement with whole prey mice but seeing them in my freezer next to my fav pint of Ben & Jerry's might be an issue .... ;D
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