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Sprinkles NO I will NOT- shut up     Purred: Thu Jul 2, '09 3:26pm PST  For the past few months I've been giving Sprinkles high quality dry foods, I tend to rotate between natural balance,innova,and eagle pack. My friend who's more obsessed with cat nutrition than I am, hammered into my head the importance of lots of wet food, she said even a average grade canned food is better than a high grade dry. So I might start giving her high quality dry in the morning and average quality canned in the evenings since I can't afford to feed a lots of the top notch canned. I was wondering if these canned brands were acceptable. And before you flip over and die when you see the brand, I read the ingredients on these specific formulas and they don't seem all that bad to me, you can look up the ingredients on petfooddirect.com and see if you think so too. *Meow mix wholesome goodness(no by products which surprised me) *Fancy feast appetizers and fancy feast fish and shrimp *Tiki cat *Sheba *Pro plan selects(not including the beef and brown rice, it has meat by products) my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Isabelle Do I smell- treats??     Purred: Thu Jul 2, '09 6:41pm PST  For what it's worth, I don't think that's terrible. Everyone has to make choices about what is right for their own pets and their budget. Isabelle gets some of the Fancy Feast varieties (there are certain flavors/formulas that are better than others), plus either Wellness, Taste of the Wild, or Before Grain dry food. my posts | my page | msg me | gift me | become friends [notify]

Tully The Tullster     Purred: Thu Jul 2, '09 7:50pm PST  Hi Sprinkles I happen to agree with Isabelle. We acknowledge that there are higher quality wet foods out there, but some of us won't touch those brands because we just don't like the taste We feed some of the gluten-free flavors of Fancy Feast, Natural Balance, Friskies, and some of the less expensive wet foods mainly because those are the brands we will actually eat. We also eat high quality grain-free dry food. We think variety and rotation of different foods is important. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Shadow Education is the- Key     Purred: Thu Jul 2, '09 10:37pm PST  Hi Sprinkles here is a list of lower costing canned foods that do not have gluten in them and are low in carbs. There are a few of the Fancy feast ones aswell that have no gluten you just have to read the label. Please note that the following brands are only certain flavours. I personally would not feed the meow mix wet. Whiskas Savory Ground pate - Chicken dinner, Mealtime, Bits 0 beef, Turkey and Giblets,( not Whiskas in gravy) The savory ground is vegetable and grain free. 9 Lives - Chicken dinner, Chicken and Tuna dinner, Turkey dinner, Chicken & Seafood dinner, Liver &Bacon Dinner, Prime grill with Beef. Friskies- Supreme Supper, mixed grill, Country style dinner, Poultry platter, Turkey and Giblets dinner. Pro Plan- Adult Chicken& liver entree, adult Turkey & Giblets entree Also you may want to read this site. http://www.blakkatz.com/dryfood.html my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Sprinkles NO I will NOT- shut up     Purred: Thu Jul 2, '09 11:20pm PST  Shadow, actually I've been looking more into meow mix and it turns out, it's just their kibble i'm having issues it , even regular meow mix canned food has relatively decent ingredients. TUNA, FISH BROTH, SARDINE, SALMON, CRAB, NATURAL FLAVOR, VEGETABLE OIL, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM, TUNA, LIVER, CARRAGEENAN, CALCIUM SULFATE, VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENT, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENT, ZINC SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, MENADIONE SODIUM BISULFITE COMPLEX (SOURCE OF VITAMIN K ACTIVITY), RIBOFLAVIN SUPPLEMENT, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE (VITAMIN B6), FOLIC ACID, VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENT, ANNATTO COLOR, CANTHAXANTHIN COLOR, SODIUM NITRITE (TO PROMOTE COLOR RETENTION). my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Shadow Education is the- Key     Purred: Fri Jul 3, '09 10:52am PST  Sprinkles not sure if you know this but Tuna fed to often, (more than once a week) is really not good for our cats here is why. -Makes for a picky cat ( cats need a variety in diet) -Contains Mercury -high in mineral salts (this is what is bad for the cats urine) -high in polyunsaturated fats, which cats cannot metabolize. -Tuna in vegie oil depletes vitamin E from the cat Any fish flavours should be fed only once a week. I have also learned that the deeper ocean living fish and freshwater fish are best, and fed in the summer months. Also I will add that sodium nitrate is not good for our cats either. Edited by author Fri Jul 3, '09 10:54am PST my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Hobert von- Kingston III Is it Caturday- yet?     Purred: Fri Jul 3, '09 11:24am PST  We've given our kitties the Wholesome Goodness, none fish flavors in the past. I was happy with it. It made Hobie in particular very picky though, so we cut back on the wet. Only the Wholesome Goodness line is acceptable though, it has meat as the first several ingredients and no fillers or by-products. Here are the chicken and beef ingredients: Chicken broth, chicken, beef, vegetables (carrots and peas), vegetable oil, food starch modified, natural & artificial flavors, tricalcium phosphate, cane sugar, guar gum, salt, calcium sulfate, carrageenan, choline chloride, parsley, minerals (magnesium oxide, ferrous sulfate monohydrate, zinc oxide, manganese sulfate monohydrate, copper proteinate, sodium selenite, potassium iodide), taurine, vitamins (vitamin E supplement, thiamine mononitrate, niacin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, vitamin a supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), biotin, vitamin D3 supplement, vitamin B12), potassium chloride, sodium nitrite (to promote color retention). my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Rasha On the Prowl....     Purred: Tue Jul 7, '09 11:39am PST  I used to feed high quality grain free foods ONLY and was a food snob about it. After I moved out and was laid off.... things changed. I have been feeding Authority and Blue Buffalo canned food and so far everything has been alright. I am hoping things will get better soon and I can go back to wellness and EVO. But for now they are doing ok on a lower quality food. All 3 of my dogs are on raw and its been cheaper than a grain free kibble but the cats were very hard to feed raw and Cheetah attacked my hand one too many times for it. So, this has worked out for us. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Benjamin Tiny Creature     Purred: Wed Jul 8, '09 4:37pm PST  I have been feeding Ben canned Wellness, but to be honest, i'm not all that thrilled with it. Gives him terrible gas. All of the other 'higher grade' canned, he doesn't like. I want to give him some canned, but nothing I try seems to really agree with him. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Miss Puff carma works,- wish I never- chaced Meow     Purred: Wed Jul 8, '09 11:40pm PST  Right now all my kitties are eating the Max cat Adult dry and Whiskas Shadow purred.... "Savory Ground pate - Chicken dinner, Mealtime, Bits 0 beef, Turkey and Giblets,( not Whiskas in gravy) The savory ground is vegetable and grain free." Like Shadow said about the canned food! I tend to stay away from all fish canned any ways. Edited by author Wed Jul 8, '09 11:41pm PST my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

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