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, i'm looking for recommendations for kibble and canned food for my 6 (turning 7 this year) year old abyssinian cat.
I've spent the last few weeks researching raw diet for cats, best dry and canned foods etc, and the brands that always come up are the ones that are not very easily accessible for me, I live in south australia and only really have access to brands like Nutro, Royal canin, hills science diet and the nasty foods like whiskas and friskies.
Some people have recommended nutro but when i went to the pet store to buy it the ingredients weren't very appealing to me, same goes for royal canin and hill science, they all seemed to have rice and other grains. I do have access to applaws, which i like the ingredients list of and is 50% meat protein as far as i know, but they dont sell them in big bags and it works out to be more expensive than other 'premium' cat kibbles and is just a hassle to go out and buy so often.
so long ramble aside, she currently eats vip fussy cat grain free beef and kangaroo with sweet potato, and i believe it has 36% meat protein (does not contain by-products or grains, but does contain sweet potato and some fruits that are not necessary but not harmful at the same time), gourmet delight canned food, and raw food, such as beef mince, chicken necks/wings, chicken innards (liver and heart) and also raw eggs once or twice a week, she also gets raw salmon once in a while as a treat.
i feed her raw food - small handful of beef mince or chicken breast, one chicken neck or wing and either a couple of chicken hearts or a bit of liver in the mornings before i go out to school (7:30 am), and when i come home at night (Around 5:00 pm), she gets either a small can of gourmet delight canned food or 1/4 of a cup of vip fussy cat.
she does occasionally throw up her kibble or canned food (ate it too fast?
), but never raw.
as much as i would love to feed her an all raw diet/frankenprey, i'm worried that i won't get the proportions right and won't be able to afford it week to week.
thanks for reading all of my ramblings, and any suggestions for kibble or canned food is welcome, and any insight to this half-raw diet would also be greatly appreciated.
I've spent the last few weeks researching raw diet for cats, best dry and canned foods etc, and the brands that always come up are the ones that are not very easily accessible for me, I live in south australia and only really have access to brands like Nutro, Royal canin, hills science diet and the nasty foods like whiskas and friskies.
Some people have recommended nutro but when i went to the pet store to buy it the ingredients weren't very appealing to me, same goes for royal canin and hill science, they all seemed to have rice and other grains. I do have access to applaws, which i like the ingredients list of and is 50% meat protein as far as i know, but they dont sell them in big bags and it works out to be more expensive than other 'premium' cat kibbles and is just a hassle to go out and buy so often.
so long ramble aside, she currently eats vip fussy cat grain free beef and kangaroo with sweet potato, and i believe it has 36% meat protein (does not contain by-products or grains, but does contain sweet potato and some fruits that are not necessary but not harmful at the same time), gourmet delight canned food, and raw food, such as beef mince, chicken necks/wings, chicken innards (liver and heart) and also raw eggs once or twice a week, she also gets raw salmon once in a while as a treat.
i feed her raw food - small handful of beef mince or chicken breast, one chicken neck or wing and either a couple of chicken hearts or a bit of liver in the mornings before i go out to school (7:30 am), and when i come home at night (Around 5:00 pm), she gets either a small can of gourmet delight canned food or 1/4 of a cup of vip fussy cat.
she does occasionally throw up her kibble or canned food (ate it too fast?
as much as i would love to feed her an all raw diet/frankenprey, i'm worried that i won't get the proportions right and won't be able to afford it week to week.
thanks for reading all of my ramblings, and any suggestions for kibble or canned food is welcome, and any insight to this half-raw diet would also be greatly appreciated.