(Felis Cattus vanity) Looking for canned cat food recommendations

9/11/10 | marty_f

[martin_fierro]

Looking for canned cat food recommendations (for my cats, wiseguy).

We tried Fancy Feast for awhile, but las kittehs appear to like it not.

I've read a couple of the cat food threads on FR from around the time of the cat food recall back in 2007 (here and here), but wanted to hear what canned foods that people recommend/are feeding their cats these days.

[kalee]

Make sure they drink enough water, especially males. Urinary tract issues can be a problem on a totally dry food diet.

[mojitojoe]

That’s good, but seriously, you need to lose the Science Diet. Did you read the article? My vet pushed that crap on me for years. I finally got them to admit it was pretty much crap but they still carry it and still push it. Why? Because they get no deals from premium, high quality companies.

[kalee]

We feed our cats and dogs Blue Buffalo too.

[kalee]

We had a mouse last winter my husband caught the cat playing with it three nights in a row. Finally she killed it.
She also plays with little toads.

[kalee]

Didn’t even need to see your signature knew it was you by “Princess Kitty” and “Tiki”.

[kalee]

Duck?!?!? OH my!

[CAluvdubya]

wishful thinking. EVO has less but is still bad for cats...

[mojitojoe]

According to who? You? Dry foods are not bad for cats IF fed along with PREMIUM canned foods or raw. It also depends on if your cat is neutered or not as to what the ratio of dry to canned is. Mix the dry with some canned, add a little filtered water.

Turkey
Chicken Meal
Chicken
Herring Meal
Chicken Fat
Potatoes
Egg
Turkey Meal
Natural Flavors
Vitamins
Apples
Potassium Chloride
Carrots
Cranberries
Alfalfa Sprouts
Minerals
Tomatoes
Herring Oil
Cottage Cheese
Ascorbic Acid
Dried Chicory Root Extract
Direct-Fed Microbials
Vitamin E Supplement
Taurine
DL-Methionine
Lecithin
Rosemary Extract

EVO Cat and Kitten Food was created to supply the key nutritional benefits of a raw food diet in a safe and convenient manner. EVO can be fed exclusively as a total diet for your pet or in combination with a raw diet to provide a solid nutritional base of the important vitamins and minerals your feline might otherwise be missing.

EVO is based on ground chicken and turkey meat, bones, fat, cartilage and connective tissue. It includes whole, raw fruits and vegetables which contain health promoting phytochemicals and micronutrients. EVO has Hi-Protein, Low-Carbs, and No Grains.

* EVO Cat and Kitten Food is made WITHOUT GRAINS!
* EVO Cat and Kitten Food has the HIGHEST MEAT CONTENT of any dry cat food!
* EVO Cat and Kitten Food contains 50% PROTEIN, 22% FAT, and only 7% CARBOHYDRATES, the lowest in the industry!!
* EVO Cat and Kitten Food is made with the same ingredients as you might find in a typical ‘’wild’’ feline diet - RAW, MEATY BONES & cartilage, veggies & fruit.
* EVO Cat and Kitten Food has ADDED PROBIOTICS & PREBIOTICS.
* EVO Cat and Kitten Food is EXTREMELY PALATABLE!
* EVO Cat and Kitten Food is formulated for ALL LIFE STAGES!

EVO Cat and Kitten Food is the first dry cat food made with absolutely no grains. Another Natura Pet Products first! This formula truly connects with the carnivore in your cat!

[kimmie7]

Good info there! We did the Dinovite thing because our JRT Cookie STANK so badly after going potty! It helps, but she doesn’t like it.

[kimmie7]

And the brand of that is?

[Ditter]

Nature's Recipe is the brand I bought most recently but there is another equally good brand that I can't remember the name of. The important part at least for my dog seems to be the “no grain” part. They both were salmon, fruits and vegetables with no grain of any kind. this one is salmon, pumpkin and sweet potatoes but with dogs like this there is no promise that she won't become allergic to these ingredients by the next bag. The new food and the new shampoo (KetoChlor by Virbac) that I can use to bathe her every day if I want to, seems to have cooled her off.

[martin_fierro]

bttt.

Here's my tally of recommendations so far (canned food):

BRAND	#	RECOMMENDERS
Wellness	6	unbiasedtruth, perky2004, satindoll, EinNYC, mom3boys, kerbear413
Friskies	6	twotone, JPG, seasaidh, siamesecats, nepeta, califreak
Buffalo Blue (Wilderness?)	3	grimalkin, excellence, EinNYC, kalee
Natural Balance (Dick vanPatten)	3	global2010, rintense, Perky2004
Tiki Cat	2	Cailleach, RepublicanChick
AvoDerm	2	LibFreeorDie, jackrussell
Blue Seals by Nature	1	mewzilla
Science Diet	1	freekitty
EVO by Natura (PG)	1	Aurorales
PetSmart Authority Chicken	1	boatbums