Best option for senior kitty

Hello all,
I'm preparing to bring Bobbi, my little lady, home from the shelter next week after my wknd out of town. I'm wondering, since she is 7 or 8, if it would be better to transition her straight to a senior formula cat food or to a premium quality adult formula and see how she does? She seems to move pretty well right now, other than being a bit skittish, but I won't be feeding her what they feed her at the shelter (they feed them Science Diet, OR whatever they can afford at the time - I'll get a small bag of her current food when I bring her home, but I plan to start transitioning her on something else right away)

Any and all recommendations are appreciated - the lowest I will go is Nutro Complete Care. I had a tom that died of FLUTD when I was younger because we switched back to Purina after he'd "cleared up" and I have NO intention of going thru that again.

Thanks!!!

Erica Lynn - soon to be owned by Bobbi!

I think switching her to a premium senior cat formula is in her best interest...Chicken soup for the cat lovers soul makes a really great one!

I have a senior dog who loves the chicken soup senior formula.

www.chickensoupforthepetloverssoul.com

Sierra is 9 1/2 and not eating a senior formula. She eats Innova Lite. Our vet said she doesn't require it yet.

The turning point is generally when they reach 10. That is when they should go in for a general vet check up and the diet to be changed gradually. This little one is going to go through so many changes in her routine, I wouldn't push yet another one on her, and if they were feeding her a cheap brand, I would mix it gradually into a better quality dry food. I would also give her canned, I doubt she has had much of that in her four years of living in a cage.