Best dryfood for my cat

pernillepepsi · Dec 3, 2016

Hey everyone!

I have a 6 month year old kitten and I am wondering what's the best dryfood to give him?

I have read so many different things about what's good and what's not good, I'm really confused.

He recently got neutered so I've heard it's good to give food for neutered kittens/cats, and I also have read something about the first ingredients should always be meatbased, not corn or wheat.

Also not fish in everyday food? is that true?

Anyone know any good facts about this?

My cat's weight is ideal at the time and he has not gained any weight, and has a lot of energy still. He got neutered November 24th.

At the moment I am feeding him dryfood I bought at the vet.

It's called Specific Kitten, but I couldn't find any good reviews or people that feed their cats this brand on the web when I searched. Any of you heard about it before?

It's ingredients are:

Maize protein, fish meal, potato protein, animal fat, eggs, wheat, maize starch, rice, vitamins and trace elements, maize, minerals, hydrolysed yeast protein, beet pulp, powdered cellulose, psyllium husk, taurine, sunflower oil, Yucca extract.
Antioxidant: EC approved additives: BHA, BHT, propyl gallate, the info is from their website.

So now I'm really confused, I though the best thing was just not to give food from the daily store, and thought I could trust the vets.

Is this a good dryfood or bad?

Which alternatives are good?

I'm considering Orijen,Eukanaba, Iams, Applaws, Acana Royal Canin or Hills because they can be bought on the internet in norwegian sites. Any other brands I should look in to?

I have now read bad things about both Royal Canin and Hills too, I thought these were trusted brands.

I also serve him wetfood a couple of times a week, any tip on any good ones there too?

milky07 · Dec 3, 2016

No, this is not good food at all , Orijen, Acana, Instinct, dry

Eukanuba, Iams, Royal Canin , hills dry

I live in canada

talkingpeanut · Dec 3, 2016

PernillePepsi said:
Hey everyone!

I have a 6 month year old kitten and I am wondering what's the best dryfood to give him?
I have read so many different things about what's good and what's not good, I'm really confused.
He recently got neutered so I've heard it's good to give food for neutered kittens/cats, and I also have read something about the first ingredients should always be meatbased, not corn or wheat.
Also not fish in everyday food? is that true?
Anyone know any good facts about this?

My cat's weight is ideal at the time and he has not gained any weight, and has a lot of energy still. He got neutered November 24th.

At the moment I am feeding him dryfood I bought at the vet.
It's called Specific Kitten, but I couldn't find any good reviews or people that feed their cats this brand on the web when I searched. Any of you heard about it before?
It's ingredients are:
Maize protein, fish meal, potato protein, animal fat, eggs, wheat, maize starch, rice, vitamins and trace elements, maize, minerals, hydrolysed yeast protein, beet pulp, powdered cellulose, psyllium husk, taurine, sunflower oil, Yucca extract.

Antioxidant: EC approved additives: BHA, BHT, propyl gallate, the info is from their website.

So now I'm really confused, I though the best thing was just not to give food from the daily store, and thought I could trust the vets.
Is this a good dryfood or bad?
Which alternatives are good?

I'm considering Orijen,Eukanaba, Iams, Applaws, Acana Royal Canin or Hills because they can be bought on the internet in norwegian sites. Any other brands I should look in to?
I have now read bad things about both Royal Canin and Hills too, I thought these were trusted brands.

I also serve him wetfood a couple of times a week, any tip on any good ones there too?

No, this is not a good food. There is no actual meat in it. The first three ingredients are fillers and by products.

You don't need to feed food specifically for neutered cats. Look for a high quality food and feed according to activity level. Kittens can have constant access to food until they are around a year old.

Wet food is even better for him. Do you have access to that?

pernillepepsi · Dec 3, 2016

milky07 said:
No, this is not good food at all , Orijen, Acana, Instinct, dry

Eukanuba, Iams, Royal Canin , hills dry

I live in canada

Do you mean that Orijen, Acana and Instinct are good food? And also the other brands Hills, Eukanaba..? Or that they're bad food? Sorry that I misunderstand!

pernillepepsi · Dec 3, 2016

talkingpeanut said:
No, this is not a good food. There is no actual meat in it. The first three ingredients are fillers and by products.

You don't need to feed food specifically for neutered cats. Look for a high quality food and feed according to activity level. Kittens can have constant access to food until they are around a year old.

Wet food is even better for him. Do you have access to that?

I can buy wet food too, but I like to mostly give dry food. But like I said, I give wet food multiple times a week :-) I read that cats don't always drink as much water as they need to, so then they should have some food that include water as well. But people have so many different opinions about what's best, I''m thinking maybe a combination of those two, wet and dry

Weird that veterenarians recommend this food some places in Norway, and comment that it's so much better for the cat than normal storebrands.

talkingpeanut · Dec 3, 2016

PernillePepsi said:
I can buy wet food too, but I like to mostly give dry food. But like I said, I give wet food multiple times a week :-) I read that cats don't always drink as much water as they need to, so then they should have some food that include water as well. But people have so many different opinions about what's best, I''m thinking maybe a combination of those two, wet and dry

Weird that veterenarians recommend this food some places in Norway, and comment that it's so much better for the cat than normal storebrands.

Vets often have deals that require them to promote certain foods, unfortunately.

pernillepepsi · Dec 3, 2016

talkingpeanut said:
Vets often have deals that require them to promote certain foods, unfortunately.

Yeah, that makes sense. What a shame though, they should be able to be trusted.

kittie-kat · Dec 4, 2016

PernillePepsi said:
Hey everyone!

I have a 6 month year old kitten and I am wondering what's the best dryfood to give him?
I have read so many different things about what's good and what's not good, I'm really confused.
He recently got neutered so I've heard it's good to give food for neutered kittens/cats, and I also have read something about the first ingredients should always be meatbased, not corn or wheat.
Also not fish in everyday food? is that true?
Anyone know any good facts about this?

My cat's weight is ideal at the time and he has not gained any weight, and has a lot of energy still. He got neutered November 24th.

At the moment I am feeding him dryfood I bought at the vet.
It's called Specific Kitten, but I couldn't find any good reviews or people that feed their cats this brand on the web when I searched. Any of you heard about it before?
It's ingredients are:
Maize protein, fish meal, potato protein, animal fat, eggs, wheat, maize starch, rice, vitamins and trace elements, maize, minerals, hydrolysed yeast protein, beet pulp, powdered cellulose, psyllium husk, taurine, sunflower oil, Yucca extract.

Antioxidant: EC approved additives: BHA, BHT, propyl gallate, the info is from their website.

So now I'm really confused, I though the best thing was just not to give food from the daily store, and thought I could trust the vets.
Is this a good dryfood or bad?
Which alternatives are good?

I'm considering Orijen,Eukanaba, Iams, Applaws, Acana Royal Canin or Hills because they can be bought on the internet in norwegian sites. Any other brands I should look in to?
I have now read bad things about both Royal Canin and Hills too, I thought these were trusted brands.

I also serve him wetfood a couple of times a week, any tip on any good ones there too?

kittie-kat · Dec 4, 2016

I've fed my puppy Orijen for the last 4 months and am so happy with it. I also give him Primal Freeze Dried Duck and crumble a little bit on top. He gobbles it up.

Since I got a new 3 month old kitten yesterday, my plan is to feed the same thing too.

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Gizmobius · Dec 4, 2016

Opinions always vary but I've got my 2 month old kitty (who has also just been neutered as of 3 days ago) on Merrick Healthy Kitten Recipe which is grain free. The shelter had him on Hill's Ideal Balance kitten food, which I'm not a fan of, so I'm currently mixing it in with his new food to adjust him to it. He seems to like it. Though I have to agree with others after looking up Orijen (which I am ashamed I'd never heard of) that it really looks like a top quality brand of food!

missmimz · Dec 4, 2016

If you're dead set on feeding kibble, I'd go with Orijen, however, I'd recommend you feed all wet food.

pernillepepsi · Dec 4, 2016

missmimz said:
If you're dead set on feeding kibble, I'd go with Orijen, however, I'd recommend you feed all wet food.

What brand wet food do you use and how often do you give?

And why not 50/50 kibble and wetfood?

Just curious! Love to learn more

missmimz · Dec 4, 2016

PernillePepsi said:
What brand wet food do you use and how often do you give?

And why not 50/50 kibble and wetfood?

Just curious! Love to learn more

I feed mostly raw, I only use canned as a snack. I only use weruva, ziwipeak, and feline naturals. Cats are obligate carnivores, and kibble contains lots of ingredients that are inappropriate for cats including wheat, corn, veggies, and other starchy ingredients cats don't need. Kibble is also dry, and cats need moisture in their diet to ensure they are properly hydrated as they have a low thirst drive naturally. No reason, in my opinion, to feed kibble at all.

pernillepepsi · Dec 5, 2016

missmimz said:
I feed mostly raw, I only use canned as a snack. I only use weruva, ziwipeak, and feline naturals. Cats are obligate carnivores, and kibble contains lots of ingredients that are inappropriate for cats including wheat, corn, veggies, and other starchy ingredients cats don't need. Kibble is also dry, and cats need moisture in their diet to ensure they are properly hydrated as they have a low thirst drive naturally. No reason, in my opinion, to feed kibble at all.

Okay

glad to hear your opinion

pegleg · Dec 5, 2016

Orijen would appear to be the top, then you have the grain free brands mentioned above.

I give mine Applaws which they all love with additional wet food in the morning, but then they've all always been good drinkers. If I could afford it I'd feed them premium wet food.

If you look on the websites like zooplus you can buy small bags to try and when you find one you like the larger bags work out very reasonable.

pernillepepsi · Dec 5, 2016

Pegleg said:
Orijen would appear to be the top, then you have the grain free brands mentioned above.

Thanks for tip :-)

I give mine Applaws which they all love with additional wet food in the morning, but then they've all always been good drinkers. If I could afford it I'd feed them premium wet food.

If you look on the websites like zooplus you can buy small bags to try and when you find one you like the larger bags work out very reasonable.

milky07 · Dec 5, 2016

Sorry yes the th

milky07 said:
No, this is not good food at all , Orijen, Acana, Instinct, dry

Eukanuba, Iams, Royal Canin , hills dry

I live in canada

Yes sorry origen acana, instinct dry is good food

Eukanuba, royal canin, hills dry is not good food

ftmba · Dec 6, 2016

We've had a lot of success with Instinct, it's easy to find at most stores (independent stores, petsmart/petco, as well as online chewy/amazon). Currently feeding Instinct Ultimate Protein. You might be able to find trial bags (generally a $5 purchase with a $5 coupon toward a full size bag).

ethelguy · Dec 6, 2016

I love Taste of the Wild. Er, my cats love it anyway

They have two flavors that you can usually switch between without any issue. I used to work in a small pet store and only heard of a few cases of either upset stomach or a pet who didn't like the flavor between HUNDREDS of customers. I feed mine Rocky Mountain and only my picky Buster didn't like the Canyon River flavor. They have wet food as well in the same two flavors. It's grain free and not too high in protein. It's more pricey, as most good food is, but I found with my cats that they ate less of it because of how good it was. It's like eating a McDonald's burger and being hungry in an hour vs a nice steak dinner with fresh vegetables and being full until the next mealtime. I always tried to feed them the more "natural" stuff from the grocery store (be wary of stuff that just says "natural" because it means basically nothing), but they'd still inhale it and their bowls would be empty by dinner time. With Taste of the Wild, they graze at a reasonable pace and their bowls are rarely empty, but are happy and maintaining a healthy weight. With 4 cats, I go through a 15 pound bag every 3 1/2 weeks. Oh! And it's an all stages diet

If you wanted to feed wet a few times a week, that would be perfect since they have both kibble and canned.

As a sort of side note, I live in Missouri and it's made about 2 hours away from where I live. I know for a fact that if I ever wanted to tour the facilities, I easily could. I love the transparency there! You can find stores that carry it on their site's store locator.

After Taste of the Wild, I really like Tiki Cat wet food. A friend who is more brave than me said she's had a bite and that it isn't too bad, haha. They offer grain free and their non-gf formulas have rice or barley rather than "corn meal" and whatever other frankenfood. Wellness is the same. Nutro is good in a pinch and I've heard good things about Earthborn.

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