Best cat food.

I think wet food is better than any dry food. I have all mine on a canned/raw food diet due to having so many urinary issues with mine. I used to feed Purina Cat Chow complete but then started having issues with it when they changed the formula so I don't recommend it anymore.

Since she was hunting in the woods she would probably adapt great to a raw food diet. Other wise canned food is better than kibble (dry). A lot of people use a combination of both canned (wet) and dry.

No dry food is ideal but feed it for now while you learn about what to feed to a cat. These are helpful:

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/choosing-the-right-food-for-your-cat

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/choosing-the-right-food-for-your-cat-part-2

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/grain-free-cat-food-what-does-it-mean

http://www.thecatsite.com/a/what-makes-the-best-canned-cat-food

http://www.catinfo.org

Anything made by Purina is regarded as pure junk by many people. Think of it as junky greasy fast food. Feed it for now, though. Your cat has to eat. Head to the pet stores to see what is available. Chain stores like Petco and PetSmart have a good selection of good quality foods. Independent pet stores have higher quality premium foods. Some brands to try that are avaiable in both dry and canned: Blue Buffalo, Nature's Variety Instinct, Wellness, Innova EVO, Nutro Natural Choice, Go Natural, Merrick.

A 100% canned food diet is best (see the Catinfo.org link for reasons why). There are ways to keep an all canned food diet cost low such as buying large sizes cans instead of 3 oz cans, buying in bulk, buying online, etc. A part canned and part dry diet works for most people who have to feed some dry. 50/50 works but the more canned you can do the better it is for your cat.

Wet food is ideal but make sure you are brushing her teeth (whether you feed dry or canned). Foods that are 40% animal protein are good choices. Stay away from fish-based foods - not a natural food for cats. Cats eat animals that walk,fly or crawl. Look up the AAFCO guidelines in terms of nutrients that cats require and in what amounts. Then you can look for foods that have the right amounts. Look for the food to say "meets the nutrient profiles of the AAFCO" or "passed feeding trials of the AAFCO"- the former is not as reliable because the food may have a nutrient or nutrients in excess but at least you know it meets the minimum requirements. The latter means that the company fed the food to cats for 6 months and they were fine. Not hugely reliable but better than nothing. Ideally, companies would do digestibility testing on their foods to ensure the cat is assimilating the nutrients teffectively and optimally.

Personally I am not a fan of Purina as I find the company untrustworthy and deceitful (e.g citing studies but not the actual result of the studies). Blue Buffalo is not a favourite of mine either for the same reason along with the fact that every single animal that comes into the hospital where I work who is fed Blue has diarrhea or some gastrointestinal Issues. Evo was a good food but it is discontinued unfortunately. Nature's Variety, Go!, Wellness (unless your cat has urinary issues), some Weruva foods, Natural Balance are some good brands. This is just my opinion, however.

They given you very good advice there...

As for my babies, my two girls who passed away (15 and 16years old) they loved dry foods, their vet recommended Science diet, that's the brand I bought all their lives. They loved it  and enjoyed every meal time, I bought them canned foods but they just licked it. When I adopted Macha, they're feeding her Royal canin dry food and she loves it, so I am not switching yet till the next vet visit. All my babies dry foods, I don't know why they don't like canned foods, many cats love canned foods.

Cats learn what is food as kitten. If they are fed only dry food for life, they often won't touch canned food because they don't see it as food. Dry foods are coated in yummy substances (typicall animal digest) which is irresisitable to a cat. Offer your 2 year old some canned food and see if she will eat it. Try pate / loaf food, food in chunks / slices / etc. Some cats have food texure preferences.

Many people don't feel that Science Diet is a good brand. To many by proudcts and fillers and grains. Vets often recommend the brand because it is a big brand name that sponsors many nutrition classes and sometimes they get compensation for selling the food to clients. Don't feel that you have to feed what the vet recommends. Vets mean well but many do not know what proper nutrition is because vet school doesn't teach much about it It's up to pet owners to do their own homework on what is the best diet and most affordable one to feed to a pet.

There are quite a few Canadians here on TCS if you need suggestions for brands of food available there.

Thank you all for the great advice.  I don't know what Missy ate as a kitten since we just "met" this summer and she's over 2 years old.  We are however checking the labels of dry and wet food to see what's best for her.  Luckily, she eats both.

Working on posting a picture of our sweetie!!

I bought  one canned food this morning and wanted to try if Macha would eat it "nutrience grain free"  Macha doesn't like it...*sigh*

She eats her dried food delicately, chewed properly and nothing wasted but I will try to give tonight again, I hope she will lick a little then eat it, fingers crossed.

I totally agree with the canned food suggestions.

Canned food helps keep them properly hydrated and helps to stave off urinary and kidney problems. Cats don't naturally drink much water and tend to end up chronically dehydrated on all dry diets.

I found that for me, it was easiest to put my cats on all canned, rather than trying to balance the wet and dry. My cat would eat the wet less easily when he knew that the dry was around. 

Macha, doesn't like it, I tried feeding her again (nutrience grain free 5.5oz cost $2.00+) it's wasted my money.

I am going to buy fancy feast, many cats loves it, maybe she would too.