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Cat food?
We just rescued a cat and I am hoping someone else on this board has a cat and has good recommendations on food. The dry kibbles seem to be hard on his teeth.
He is 4 years old and has had a hard life... He is FIV+ so research shows that he cannot have raw foods or unpasteurized for risk of bacteria infection.
Thanks!
Re: Cat food?
canned foods are much better for any cat than kibbles anyhow. I'd just do a good brand of canned. I'd say CA Natural salmon as that's what my kitties get in their raw for stink, but now that they've been bought by P&G...
Merrick? They are still independent, and its a good food.
We had the best luck with Merrick for our cats before we switched them to raw. Like Alisha mentioned, they're independent. When the pet food recalls happened a few years ago I had no clue that most pet food companies have their foods made at a a few different plants. One company goes in, makes their food, and then another company goes in and makes their food. It was such a relief knowing that our monstas were safe from cross-contamination.
Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover's Soul is supposed to be pretty good. You could also check and see if Fromm makes wet cat food. You can get Wellness at PetCo right now, but they're expanding into PetSmart within the next few months. So, if you decide to try Wellness keep an eye out to make sure that they don't change their formulas or have any weirdness as they have to up their supply.
I loved California Natural (short ingredient list, kitties seemed to love it, and it almost smelled like "people" food--which was both good and gross at the same time), and for a "good" cat food it was a decent price.
Now we're feeding Felidae grain free for wet food...the cats don't love it as much as they loved CN, but we're on a budget so I haven't tried any of the more expensive brands. The cans are a pain the butt, though...it's hard to get all of the food out.
I just bought some Blue Buffalo Wilderness grain free dry food (kitties hated the Felidae dry). I can't find a rating for it specifically, but the analogous dog food got 6 stars on Dog Food Analysis. The wet food is pretty expensive, though.
You should definitely feed primarily wet food and it's good to rotate a couple of brands and flavors because some cats get addicted and if that food is discontinued it can be major drama getting them to eat. Some good brands to consider are:
Merrick
Eagle Pack Holistic
California Natural
BG (before grain)
Innova Evo
Newman's Own Organic
Weruva
Precise
Blue Buffalo
Pinnacle
Wellness (good for picky eaters...just check the ingredients since not all their food is good)
Also, Honest Kitchen makes a freeze dried food that you can rehydrate. One of my cats really likes it.
If I remember right, the Holistic line is pretty good. If I can't find an actual food rating, I'll usually check petfoodratings.net or dogfoodanalysis.com to see what a similar formula by the same company is. I don't usually have issues finding dog food ratings, but cat food ratings are a little more challenging. So if a company makes a Chicken & Rice dry dog food, and it gets 5 stars I usually assume that their Chicken & Rice dry cat food is probably OK.
I didn't see any red flags on the EP website for their holistic canned food. Is that what you're feeding?