Feeding Friskies wet food? :(

I got one pouch of Iams to try. I only found two flavors of Fancy Feast without by-products, so I got two of those. And of Rocky's reccomendation....I got two cans of Turkey & cheese shredded Friskies. I tried the Iams for supper & she licked off the gravy but didn't eat any. I think I'll try Fancy Feast for breakfast.

there is nothing wrong with feeding by-products.

Originally Posted by jaycee

there is nothing wrong with feeding by-products.

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I agree with that to an extent .. Nothing if you know what they are and who they came from... I feed raw ans know what and whom and so I am fine in dry food abosolutely not ... wet food if organ and specified fine

what difference does it make unless your cat is allergic a certain type of meat?

Originally Posted by jaycee

what difference does it make unless your cat is allergic a certain type of meat?

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Digestablity for one ... what a by product is for another .. and generally speaking you dont find high quality foods with them in there and there is a reason ..

by-product is organs not sold for human consumption. when they butcher a cow, chicken, pig, or turkey they use the organ meat for animal food. there have always been rumors of by-products consisting of feathers, beaks, hooves, roadkill, meat from sick animals, etc but this is not true at all. as far as i know organ meat is good for both cats and dogs.

Originally Posted by jaycee

by-product is organs not sold for human consumption. when they butcher a cow, chicken, pig, or turkey they use the organ meat for animal food. there have always been rumors of by-products consisting of feathers, beaks, hooves, roadkill, meat from sick animals, etc but this is not true at all. as far as i know organ meat is good for both cats and dogs.

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Per AFFCO by products of chicken are heads feet entrails blood ... only feathers and feces arent allowed cept for what happens in reasonable manufactur... many are the four Ds

hmmm maybe some chicken farmers sell the heads and feet and some pet food companies use them. i was only speaking from personal experience of chicken farmers i know of that do not ever include those in the by-products they sell to pet food manufacturers. i made the assuption that they were all the same. even tho it is allowed though, not all, and possibly not any?, pet foods that contain by-products actually contain those parts. i suppose if you are completely against having them in your pets food its not worth the risk. i dont have any reservations about it though.

I don't have problems with, say, "chicken by-products." I have issues with "meat by-products" where they don't even tell you what animal it's from. Common sources of "meat by-products" are downer cows- cows that mysteriously died and can't be used for human consumption. And no, this isn't a PETA scare-the-public thing. My hubby grew up on a farm and that's what they did with dead cows.

Do you have a Whole Foods grocery store near you? They carry their own brand of wet cat food (and sell Wysong kibble!) that I think is decent. It's a combination of shredded and chunked. We were feeding the chicken flavor and I believe it was mostly just chicken and a gravy to act as a preservative. I'm trying to find it one their website, but I'm not having any luck yet.

~Julia

Originally Posted by jaycee

i made the assuption that they were all the same. even tho it is allowed though, not all, and possibly not any?, pet foods that contain by-products actually contain those parts.

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This is why we really need to educate ourselves and not just assume things are a certain way. Sharky has done a great deal of research and I tend to lean toward her assessments.

sometimes you have to make assumptions based on the information available

Originally Posted by jaycee

sometimes you have to make assumptions based on the information available

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Thank goodness in this day and age there are so many more tools and ways to obtain information than there were in our parents' day and we need to take advantage of these tools to better educate ourselves. I know I've received so much education on caring for cats and nutrition for our beloved felines since I came to this site and every day I learn something new. TCS is most definitely one of those learning tools and I'm glad I found it as I'm sure you are too.

yes, i am ) so far everyone has been very friendly and helpful

Originally Posted by jlutgendorf

Do you have a Whole Foods grocery store near you? They carry their own brand of wet cat food (and sell Wysong kibble!) that I think is decent. It's a combination of shredded and chunked. We were feeding the chicken flavor and I believe it was mostly just chicken and a gravy to act as a preservative. I'm trying to find it one their website, but I'm not having any luck yet.

~Julia

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Julia...I wish I did. Basically, I have a dumpy small pet store, Kmart, & Shopko. The grocery stores carry pet food, too. My options are very limited. Last night Twitch ate an entire 5 oz can of Friskies shredded Turkey & Cheese. I mixed in some Merrick wet food, too, but she basically ate around it. She has turned her nose up at both Fancy Feasts I found....barely eating any of them.

So....I am looking again at the ingredients for the two shredded foods I can find. Nature's Recipe contains pork by-products & Friskies contains meat by-products...since Friskies doesn't specify what meat the by-products came from, would it be a little better to feed the Nature's Recipe?

A touch... but you know my feelings.. but since this is kinda a last ditch effort give it a go ...

Have you considered ordering Innova Evo online?
I can now get it through PetFoodDirect.com and with the coupons that can be found for them either through google or that they send when you are a customer it usually covers most of the shipping if not all.
I bought some EVO last month to try for my guys who have been Friskies junkies for a long time and most took to the Evo pretty good.

I've often found that I can shop online and get a better quality for less money than I can find locally.

I've serve Krizzma just Friskies wet cat food she won't eat solids at this age and its hard enough to get her to drink luquids so i think friskies is awesome because she's doing really well.

Smore isn't a fan of Fancy Feast and he kept acting like he was going to throw up after he ate it. I can get Cookie to eat some, but i mainly give them meow mix (solid) and Friskies wet canned food. Sometimes i'll blend more stuff into it for treats and such.

I love the meow mix pouches and the new market selects so does my crew.

Dutchy..my picky girl prefers turkey & cheese friskies. infact its the only wet food she will touch, so we give it to her. I agree that Junk wet is better than No wet.

Trudy, I bought a case of EVO wet months ago & I still have that last can. She doesn't like that, either. Sometimes I think she likes to make me crazy trying to find a food to feed her!