I may have started a similar thread to this a while back, but I have some concerns again. I feed my cats a combination of dry and wet food, although they MUCH prefer dry and turn their noses up at most of the canned food I offer them. They both really like the Blue Basics dry duck food, and my IBD cat does well on it. It is the only food (besides the Halo canned) that she has ever consistently kept down. (The medication helps too). By consistently, I mean the vomiting is down to maybe once or twice a month or sometimes not at all. It also does not have any of the ingredients that I try to avoid. I have become concerned about the increasing number of complaints about Blue Buffalo though. I saw today that there are over 1,000 complaints about Blue Buffalo on the Consumer Affairs website. I know I have to take these complaints with a grain of salt because a lot of people probably attribute their pet's illness to the food, when the food may not be the cause at all. It still has me worried.
Should I keep my cats on the Blue Buffalo as long as they keep doing well, or switch foods before a problem occurs? I am conflicted about what to do.
If your advice is to switch, what dry food do you recommend? I need a food that is free of grains, corn, wheat, soy, fish, dairy, turkey, and menadione.
Chicken is okay as long as it is way down the ingredient list. One of my cats seem to dislike the taste of chicken, and will not eat a food that has chicken as the main ingredient, either in wet or dry form. I even offered him a little piece of chicken from my dinner plate one time. He took it and spit it out like I had just fed him a turd or something. They both seem to like duck and lamb. I have never tried venison or beef.
Please, no wet versus dry debate. I would just like your opinions on good dry foods. Thanks!
Should I keep my cats on the Blue Buffalo as long as they keep doing well, or switch foods before a problem occurs? I am conflicted about what to do.
If your advice is to switch, what dry food do you recommend? I need a food that is free of grains, corn, wheat, soy, fish, dairy, turkey, and menadione.
Chicken is okay as long as it is way down the ingredient list. One of my cats seem to dislike the taste of chicken, and will not eat a food that has chicken as the main ingredient, either in wet or dry form. I even offered him a little piece of chicken from my dinner plate one time. He took it and spit it out like I had just fed him a turd or something. They both seem to like duck and lamb. I have never tried venison or beef.
Please, no wet versus dry debate. I would just like your opinions on good dry foods. Thanks!