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New brands of canned cat foods, including gluten and wheat free
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Sure - no problem! I'm surprised they didn't have that on their list, it is really very thorough otherwise.
I guess theoretically we could figure it out by adding up all the nutrients but you'd think they'd just include the carbs, too!
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I'm doing that now actually and double checking my math with the fnae.org calculator.
I guess theoretically we could figure it out by adding up all the nutrients but you'd think they'd just include the carbs, too!
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Bravo's turkey fricassee, which is gravy based, comes up as 3.4% carbs on a DMB, far lower than the Steak Frites I've been using from Weruva, at 7.5%!
I guess theoretically we could figure it out by adding up all the nutrients but you'd think they'd just include the carbs, too!
Just judging from the ingredients of Bravo's new line, it looks low carb.
Thanks for doing all the math,
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! I may give this a try.
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Petco currenly has Under The Sun cat food on sale. The brand is grain free. The canned is pate and very few veggie / fruit stuff. It looks decent unless you want to avoid guar gum andcarrageenan, both of which the canned has.
I was able to get my hands on the beef/turkey, chicken, and duck/turkey. Food trials have thus far been... disappointing. 2 cans of the chicken have met a very lukewarm response + unfinished food. 1 can of the duck has met a similar fate, have yet to give them the beef/turkey.
Really disappointed, on paper the food was almost everything I was looking for, and our girls already love ziwipeak which also has green-lipped mussels and agar-agar. On the plus side, the food was quite moist for a pate.
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That's too bad, sorry to hear that.
The beef / turkey 95% went over well with my two cats (we can't do the chicken, allergic - and duck is too fatty for my IBD Molly). They liked the fricassee much better though, we've been using the turkey.
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Bravo never responded back with the info so I just did the calculations myself for the fricassee, it came up on the low end, if my math is correct.
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Pet-Tao is another fairly new canned food. There are three canned formulas: turkey (claims to be organic) and is carrageenan and grain free; organic chicken (contains grains / no carrageenan); and pheasant, grain free but has carrageenan.
I bought two kinds of the Bravo foods today--duck/turkey dinner and turkey fricassee--to try. I think the store had all six kinds but it's turkey and duck I'm most looking to increase. (The cats already eat so much chicken!) Thanks again, @LisaMarie12, for noting these. I hope the cats like them.
I also saw "Simply 4ingredients" toppers/supplemental meals, which were pretty expensive (over $1 per 1.76 ounce pouch) and thickened with tapioca. That said, I can see where they might be very, very handy to entice a sick or picky cat: some are meat-only but others have fish so I can imagine that a little could go a long way. The four ingredients do not include gums or carrageenan and of course there isn't any menadione.
I also saw "Simply 4ingredients" toppers/supplemental meals, which were pretty expensive (over $1 per 1.76 ounce pouch) and thickened with tapioca. That said, I can see where they might be very, very handy to entice a sick or picky cat: some are meat-only but others have fish so I can imagine that a little could go a long way. The four ingredients do not include gums or carrageenan and of course there isn't any menadione.
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Sorry to hear that; my cats are now fussy with the turkey fricassee although I only rotate with one other brand of canned, other than the RC Mikey eats, maybe they just got tired of it, sigh ....
My cats didn't end up liking the Bravo chicken fricasseeI think maybe it has too much gravy for their liking. My ferals, however, are very happy to eat it.
It's a pity b/c it does seem to agree with Molly and her IBD, per what I've been told of her being fed the food the last two weeks, I haven't been home.It was worth trying so no regrets on my end. I like to give my outside cats a treat sometimes, anyway. My cats just really love raw, they go absolutely nuts for RC, but I can't afford to feed them all RC all the time. I think I'm going to place a big HT order and just try and feed more raw and stick with Ziwipeak, nutro, and weruva in the canned rotation, for now. But we'll see how long that lasts.
Sorry to hear that; my cats are now fussy with the turkey fricassee although I only rotate with one other brand of canned, other than the RC Mikey eats, maybe they just got tired of it, sigh ....
The cats lapped up their turkey fricassee: they loved it after getting over their initial reaction to new food. Which is usually sniffing, backing away, and then returning to the dish. We'll see how they do with the second installment later on...
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I really can't afford RC either but when I think of all the $$ I spend and canned food I throw out ... if I can get my Molly on board with RC, that would be helpful, even if just one meal a day, I'd be thrilled.
I want to try HT but that 10 lb minimum .... I can imagine getting 10 lbs of rabbit meat (and it has to be boneless - can't do ground bone any more really, other than a few Vital Essential treats I give Molly that have bone but not for meals) that the cats might reject - it's just not practical for me, unfortunately.
I think Missmimz, if you've found something that works with the combo you have of raw and canned, then more power to you. If it's all agreeable with the cats - and I know you've got a handful, then you are very fortunate.
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Oh, good for you!
That is the one I've had success with although Molly is currently turning her nose up at it and is eating Steak Frites like she's discovered it for the first time.... glad to hear the turkey worked out, fingers crossed for tomorrow!It's funny about Steak Frites: Brooksie (our IBD/kidney cat, RIP) loved that stuff when she was sick. I fed it to her on a fork and I remember her eating half a can in one go, something that was very unusual. Edwina and Ireland, though, would just politely eat a few bites and walk away. (This was before I realized Edwina's delicate little system can't handle potato.)
Oh, good for you!
But yes, they did like the Bravo turkey. There are still leftovers, for later today or tomorrow... we'll see how that goes!
Cats are so strange. My old guy Fluff won't eat ANY canned food, nothing, but he eats raw. The other day I caught him eating Ziwipeak canned, I was kind of shocked, but I think he was just trying to get the treats on top and inadvertently got some of the food
I really can't afford RC either but when I think of all the $$ I spend and canned food I throw out ... if I can get my Molly on board with RC, that would be helpful, even if just one meal a day, I'd be thrilled.
I want to try HT but that 10 lb minimum .... I can imagine getting 10 lbs of rabbit meat (and it has to be boneless - can't do ground bone any more really, other than a few Vital Essential treats I give Molly that have bone but not for meals) that the cats might reject - it's just not practical for me, unfortunately.
I think Missmimz, if you've found something that works with the combo you have of raw and canned, then more power to you. If it's all agreeable with the cats - and I know you've got a handful, then you are very fortunate.
The first time i ordered from HT I got like 5lbs of rabbit thinking they'd eat it and none of my cats really liked it. They have since developed a pretty good appetite for rabbit so I might try again. I also buy the boneless chubs, as my old guy doesn't like bone, which only come in 1lb packages, so you def need a lot of space to store them, and because I live in AZ shipping is pricy. I don't think I'd use HT if I only have 1 or 2 cats, but I have a small cat farm right now so it works out pretty well
