i was at the vet today with my large cat, and they sent me home with this. They want my cat to diet and to be on this. Any thoughts? She was on Wellness dry and Fussy Cat, and the vet just wants her to eat this dry.
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Royal Canine Satiety
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I'm guessing the vet sells a lot of their products. Am I correct? My understand has always been it's more about amount and that wet food is far better if weight loss is the goal. That and a lot of vets are terrible when it comes to nutrition (one of the reasons I stayed with mine is they were happy to hear mine were on nothing but wet food).
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A vet suggesting an all dry diet for a cat trying to lose weight makes me sad. Check out the ingredients and the carb counts in that Royal Canine. Your vet is pushing food they sell in their office. My vet does the same and before I new any better I use to listen to him about what to feed my cat.
You are much much much better off feeding a grain free wet diet. Fussy cat is a good food and its low calorie. I would get a variety of different grain free wets that hopefully your cat will like and start there.
Its about the amount you feed. Most cats eat 6 oz of wet food a day. I would start timed feedings and begin to weigh your cat and go from there.
Good luck
You are much much much better off feeding a grain free wet diet. Fussy cat is a good food and its low calorie. I would get a variety of different grain free wets that hopefully your cat will like and start there.
Its about the amount you feed. Most cats eat 6 oz of wet food a day. I would start timed feedings and begin to weigh your cat and go from there.
Good luck
If you want to see how sad it is than...
Ingredients
Chicken by-product meal, powdered cellulose, tapioca, wheat, wheat gluten, corn gluten meal, natural flavors, chicken fat, chicory, potassium chloride, calcium sulfate, fish oil, monosodium phosphate, psyllium seed husk, salt, choline chloride, taurine, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), niacin supplement, biotin, riboflavin supplement, D-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin A acetate, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement], marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), glucosamine hydrochloride, trace minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate], L-carnitine, chondroitin sulfate, rosemary extract, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid.
Calorie Content
Approximately 242 kcal/cup, 305.9 kcal/100 g (NRC 2006)
Approximately 232 kcal/cup, 294.2 kcal/100 g (NRC 85)
79 g/cup
| Analysis table | Amount |
| Crude Protein (g/1000 kcal) | 111.2 |
| Crude Fat (g/1000 kcal) | 29.4 |
| Crude Fibre (g/1000 kcal) | 46.8 |
| Calcium (g/1000 kcal) | 4.4 |
| Phosphorus (g/1000 kcal) | 3.8 |
| EPA and DHA (g/1000 kcal) | 0.5 |
| Minerals | Amount |
| Sodium (g/1000 kcal) | 1.9 |
| Potassium (g/1000 kcal) | 3.2 |
I agree with the previous posters that wet food, preferably something high in meat-based protein and very low in carbs, is far more likely to do the trick and keep a cat satiated than chicken byproduct meal, cellulose, and grains! That's just not what cats are meant to eat. That's what makes me saddest (and, honestly, maddest!) about diet foods like the Royal Canin, particularly after having had vets recommend similar foods for our previous cat. The foods didn't help a bit and I suspect the only thing that kept our cat from continuing to gain was that we started feeding her some canned foods.
Our new cats' vet--a different one, who specializes in cats--suggested pretty much the same method that Lokhismom mentioned--two timed feedings of 30 minutes each, with wet food, no dry at all--for a friend's cat and it worked great for both weight loss and maintenance.
Good luck, welcome to the Cat Site, and please do ask if you have questions about other wet foods to try!
Our new cats' vet--a different one, who specializes in cats--suggested pretty much the same method that Lokhismom mentioned--two timed feedings of 30 minutes each, with wet food, no dry at all--for a friend's cat and it worked great for both weight loss and maintenance.
Good luck, welcome to the Cat Site, and please do ask if you have questions about other wet foods to try!
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