A Quick Question About A New Dry Food Called Nutro

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Ummm i went to PetSmart today 02/05/06 i went to go buy Iams but a 20 lb one but when i get there they told me that they don't sell 20 lb Iams for kittens but they had other dry food such as Purina and a new one that was called Nutro, and Nutro Max Food for kittens..........i don't now anything about that dry food. but that guy that works at petsmart told me that nutro is better then Iams that it is more nurterinal
as far as i know Iams is the best Dry Food that i now but i can be wronge can someone tell me different becuase now i am confused.

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If your cats are doing well on Iams, there is no reason to change. Changing foods causes digestive upset for cats. You can find Iams in major grocery store chains and pet stores, vet clinics and other places.
 
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but now my question is wht dry food is better Iams or Nutro cuz now i am confused i thought Iams was Better Now IM hearing that Nutro is better for cats


And also i did go to majopr cat store here as far as i now i went to PetCo first they didn;t have 20lbs Iams for Kitting only for adults and then i went to Petsmart and they didnt have it as well
 
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Better is a matter of speaking...

I feed nutro because my girls like it and it is free of by products ground corn and chemical preseratives...

Iam s is a fine food but it contains things I dont feed ..

As Hissy said if they are doing well you dont need to switch...

in the nutro line I prefer Natural choice for most cats to the max...
 
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In my opinion (and maybe I'm just more definate about what I consider good and bad cat food) Iams is pretty poor quality in the grand scheme of things. Nutro is in the higher end, but is not one of the BEST premium foods. Feeding Nutro would be a step up from Iams. Iams and Eukanuba USED to be the best foods on the market, but their formulas have changed, and many new foods have been developed since that was the case. You can change without causing stomach upset if you do it gradually, easing from one food to the other.

Also, I don't know how many cats you've got, but 20lbs is a LOT of food. Unless you've got 4 or more cats, it's probably losing a great deal of nutritional value by the time you get to that last part of the bag. A guideline I use is not to buy more than you'll use in at least a month and a half, to ensure the food is still fresh when you get to feeding it!
 
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Originally Posted by vanillasugar

In my opinion (and maybe I'm just more definate about what I consider good and bad cat food) Iams is pretty poor quality in the grand scheme of things. Nutro is in the higher end, but is not one of the BEST premium foods. Feeding Nutro would be a step up from Iams. Iams and Eukanuba USED to be the best foods on the market, but their formulas have changed, and many new foods have been developed since that was the case. You can change without causing stomach upset if you do it gradually, easing from one food to the other.

Also, I don't know how many cats you've got, but 20lbs is a LOT of food. Unless you've got 4 or more cats, it's probably losing a great deal of nutritional value by the time you get to that last part of the bag. A guideline I use is not to buy more than you'll use in at least a month and a half, to ensure the food is still fresh when you get to feeding it!
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Even if you seal it up tight? I go by the one-bag-a-month deal, which means I only need the 4-5 pound bags, but the store I shop at stopped selling the 5 pound bags of Felidae, so I had to go with the 20 pound (which is the first time in my life I've bought a bag of cat food that big, lol). It has a resealable flap, which I think will slow it down, but you're right, the nutrition will probably be a little degraded when I finally get to the bottom of the bag in a few months. I should invest in a container and store it in that instead


And yeah, Nutro Natural Choice is much, much better than Iams, though I have to reread the ingredients to judge if Iams is better or worse than Nutro Max. If you have a feed store or low-chain pet food store, you can find even better food.
 
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Originally Posted by Aussie_Dog

Even if you seal it up tight? I go by the one-bag-a-month deal, which means I only need the 4-5 pound bags, but the store I shop at stopped selling the 5 pound bags of Felidae, so I had to go with the 20 pound (which is the first time in my life I've bought a bag of cat food that big, lol). It has a resealable flap, which I think will slow it down, but you're right, the nutrition will probably be a little degraded when I finally get to the bottom of the bag in a few months. I should invest in a container and store it in that instead
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If you want to keep it *super* fresh, keep it in the original bag, THEN in a container. Plastic has a chance of reacting with the fats in the food, which *can* (in rare cases) cause it to spoil. It's also good to keep the bag incase there is a re-call or something, you still have the batch number.
 
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I only recommend purchaseing one months suppley ... since most higher end food s are preserved with natural e some use e c and rosemary other s use citric acid(? the naturalness).... the vitamins are stable till the air hits them so limiting air time is good///
 
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Nutro is a much, much better quality food. Just read the ingredients and you will see`this. Iams has a lot of meat by-products and other very questionable things in it.

I'm a little confused if they told you Nutro is a new food though...PETsMART has been selling Nutro for a long time!

I would definitely switch your cats to Nutro given the choice. I know everyone talks about how cats get upset stomachs from changing food but personally I have never experienced it.
 
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Yea i now i made amistake i thoughtit was new but it wasn't im gonna switch to nutro but im gonna first blance it with Iams for 9 days before i go fully with it cuz i don;t wanna make my two cats go sick but thanks for you i really appricate it
 
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