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We have fed our two Royal Canin Indoors Intense Hairball formula for years. It is expensive but they are my babies and like to "free feed". Is this a bad food for them. I will switch tomorrow if somebody can give me some guidance. Please???

Read the label. If the formula contains grains (and as far as I have seen, ALL dry formulas DO, since they need them to bind together--rice is no better than corn when it comes to cats), switch to a good canned food with low fibre content (see the table in www.felinediabetes.com)

Hairballs are miserable, especially when you step on the remains in the dark. Control hairballs by brushing kitty and feeding a hair ball remedy from a tube, or margarine or butter.

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. They do not have any health problems now (other than the occasional hairball) and I want to keep them that way. I am going to Petsmart today to get some Blue Buffalo canned to give them once a day. Do you think letting them continue on free feeding the dry Royal Canin would be harmful? They both like it a lot and I don’t know how they would respond to a change...it’s all they have ever eaten (outside of treats - which have always been freeze-dried chicken, salmon or bonita flakes).