Royal Canin

I have to tell everyone that Royal Canin is the best food for cats I can find. I fed my nine year old siamese Nine Lives for nine years. The breeder that I bought him from told me that it was a good food. Well, for the last year his coat had been getting messy and he was vomiting alot. I also had litter of kittens with my female siamese and one of them died from a heart murmor.
I switched to Royal Canin about six months ago. Mow my nine year old has never looked better and he does not vomit often. He looks that same that he did when he was two. Sarah had a litter a month ago. All four kittens are very healthy and advanced for their age.
Royal Canin had made my cattery a better place.

I just recently bought my first bag of Royal Canin for Siamese cats and our kitties love it.

My Flame Point Siamese had very problematic anal glands (which I thought was a dog-only problem) and was prone to urinary tract issues. As soon as I introduced him to Royal Canin Indoor 23) he never had any further anal or urinary problems, and his coat became incredibly silk-like. It is well worth the price!

It has pretty similar ingredients to Iams dry food, which is what I feed my cat, and she does very well on it!

I fed Cinnamon Iams for 6 of his 13 years. In his 6th year I noticed his fur became dry and he was vomitting quite a bit. This is also when he had emergency surgery because his anal glands were severely impacted - due to the food he was eating, his vet said. Once I switched him to Royal Canin, he didn't have such problems anymore and he began to play again. It was the best move I could have made for my cat.

Hmmm. Well, I'm talking about the kitten food. Which kind were you using? Did your cat have an allergy to something in it? Or is it the by-product meal? I've heard that corn isn't very good, but thats in both. The first ingredient of the Iams one is chicken, and the first of the royal canin is chicken meal. The only real difference is that Iams has chicken by-product meal ( ) and the RC has rice as a second ingredient instead. Perhaps the other types are totally different. I'm not sure why that would cause his anal glands to be impacted.

Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom

Hmmm. Well, I'm talking about the kitten food. Which kind were you using? Did your cat have an allergy to something in it? Or is it the by-product meal? I've heard that corn isn't very good, but thats in both. The first ingredient of the Iams one is chicken, and the first of the royal canin is chicken meal. The only real difference is that Iams has chicken by-product meal (

) and the RC has rice as a second ingredient instead. Perhaps the other types are totally different. I'm not sure why that would cause his anal glands to be impacted.

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Iams also uses a chemical preservative...

No, they don't? Unless I'm missing something in the list. It says they use mixed tocopherols, which I thought was the good one. It doesn't have BHA, BHT, propyl gallate, propylene glycol, or ethoxyquin. Are there other bad ones?
Potentially cancer-causing agents such as BHA, BHT, and ethoxyquin a
By the way, I feel like I'm defending it. I'm not really, I've been thinking about switching.

Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom

No, they don't? Unless I'm missing something in the list. It says they use mixed tocopherols, which I thought was the good one.
By the way, I feel like I'm defending it. I'm not really, I've been thinking about switching.

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you mean the citric acid is no longer in there?? I dont see as defending just infoming

We fed Abby IAMS when we first adopted her. She has some food allergies though and woudl pull her fur out. She did much better on Royal Canin, and now we feed her EVO which is working out really well.

Oh, I edited my post after you posted...
Why is citric acid bad? Eek! I didn't know that. I feel like I've kind of hijacked the thread here though.
I'm not saying anything bad about RC! I just thought they looked pretty similar. Shows how much I know.

I have to give RC mixed reviews. Our local shelter gets RC at wholesale prices, and 85 -90% of the cats do quite well on it. It's extremely tasty, especially the "Exigent" variety, but I've seen a lot of posts by Persian owners on cat sites complaining that their cats developed crystal problems after being on an RC diet for several months. My personal experience has been on the negative side. Jamie is prone to food allergies, and has tested positive to beet pulp. While he loves the taste of RC, I've had to cut it from his diet completely, as he reacts to it with itchy dandruff, hyperactivity, and rodent ulcers (EGC). It seems to be fine for most cats, but certainly not all of them, and there are several brands that cost approximately the same, but contain far fewer grains. IMO, it rates as "medium quality".

Originally Posted by Zissou'sMom

Oh, I edited my post after you posted...
Why is citric acid bad? Eek! I didn't know that. I feel like I've kind of hijacked the thread here though.
I'm not saying anything bad about RC! I just thought they looked pretty similar. Shows how much I know.

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see your pm hope it helps

I have used RC in the past and it has worked for a while... It is a true quality food but I use other s that for the same or better quality arent quite as pricey

I used to feed RC to my cats but cant seem to get it any more where I live unfortunately.

I use Science Diet for my kitten and supliment it with a teaspoon of wet food by Iams, Science Diet, Royal Canin etc. every morning.

He seems healthy and lean and muscular - but now I'm paranoid! What should I be feeding him? I thought Science Diet was the best you could buy?

You know, if your kitten is doing well on what he is eating, then don't worry. Every critter is different and what food works for one, will not work for another.
We all have our preferences when it comes to the food our babies eat. As another thread pointed out, many cats live to be 20 years old eating Purina from the grocery store their whole lives. I had a cat that I thought was part Wire hair while I was feeding Science Diet. I was in a tight spot for a while and got a bag of Purina and she was no longer a wire hair, her hair became worderful and silky!
I do change the food my guys eat every once in a while 'cause I think that they get tired of eating the same food day in, day out.

My four cats eat Royal Canin Persian and they're thriving

Originally Posted by Spitfire

I used to feed RC to my cats but cant seem to get it any more where I live unfortunately.

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I had the same problem. My local pet store just decided to stop stocking Royal Canin. My girls adore it so I just went to the RC website, typed in my postcode and it gave me a list of 4 other places that I can get it from. None of them actually had stock at the time but were more than happy to order it in for me

I'm not trying to a bummer here, but I don't like Royal Canin food at all. It may work incredibly well for some cats and dogs, but I find the ingredient list to be mediocre for such a high priced food. To illustrate, for my cat I would use the "Indoor" formula and this is the ingredient list:

Ingredients
Chicken meal, brown rice, corn, corn gluten meal, rice, chicken fat (naturally preserved with mixed tocopherols, rosemary extract and citric acid), chicken, pea fiber, natural chicken flavor, beet pulp (sugar removed), wheat gluten, dried brewers yeast, rice hulls, sodium silico aluminate, fructo-oligosaccharides, soya oil, salmon oil, sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, dried egg powder, potassium chloride, L-lysine, choline chloride, DL-methionine, sodium tripolyphosphate, taurine, Vitamins [dl-alpha tocopherol (source of vitamin E), L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C*), niacin, biotin, riboflavin (vitamin B2), d-calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin A acetate, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid], Trace Minerals [zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, copper proteinate, copper sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, sodium selenite, calcium iodate], L-carnitine, green tea extract.

I don't like feeding any sort of food with corn or corn gluten in it and I would be very careful with wheat based foods. Being that cats are natural carnivores, I also believe they should be on a food that is more meat and organ filled.

The ingredient list on the cat kibble Mittens is on is as follows (Nature's Variety Beef and Barley Medley):

Beef, Barley, Brown Rice, Oatmeal, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Flaxseed, Menhaden Fish, Suncured Alfalfa Meal, Montmorillonite, Flaxseed Oil, Freeze Dried Beef, Freeze Dried Beef Liver, Freeze Dried Salmon Oil, Cottage Cheese, Apples, Cranberries, Whole Eggs, Kelp, Parsley, Artichoke, Inulin, Rosemary, Sage, Clove, Fermentation Products (Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product Dehydrated, Bifidobacterium Thermophilum Fermentation Product Dehydrated), Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Cobalt Amino Acid Chelate, Calcium Carbonate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (a source of Vitamin C), Carotene, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Calcium Pantothenate, Niacin Supplement, Folic Acid, Riboflavin Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Biotin, Choline Chloride, Manganous Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Ethylenediamine Dihydriodide, Ferrous Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Taurine, and Vitamin B12 Supplement.

Much more meat heavy with less useless grains. That's just my 2 cents.