To ask a question about cat food?

[MamaBear17]

My moggy is a two pouches and a big bowl of biscuits a day kinda girl. I normally buy her which ever food is on offer at the supermarket. This time I have bought her Whiskers and I am wondering if anyone knows if they use some sort of additive in it? She is constantly mewling for more and more and yesterday she ended up eating 4 pouches and still crying for more (in addition to eating her biscuits) She was like this last time she had it too and my husband made some sort of joke about it being 'cat crack' and I'm wondering if there is something in it that affects them? She has recently been wormed so I know it isnt that. Any thoughts?

This thread is really interesting for me as my cat won't eat wet food. He won't even eat the bits of dried fish sometimes found in dry food. I worry about the lack of variation in his diet. I think the other day he ate the left over salmon from the dirty plates though. :).

fenwoman, just been looking at this site regarding pet food here . Maybe I was wrong regarding diseased animals (officially), but certainly wouldn't want to feed too many cheap by-product related food to my cats. I think you are wrong regarding some of what you say about pet food. Most cheap cat foods do not contain muscle meat for taurine, the taurine is added because it is lacking in the food and destroyed in the manufacturing process.

Dry food alone is not a suitable diet for a healthy cat, and just because a cat appears to be doing well on a dry diet does not mean it always will or that all cats will. A cat may appear healthy for years on a dry diet, until it gets diabetes at 14 years old, or even 18 years old, or is slowly and silently developing kidney stones or kidney disease.

Also, all dry foods are not the same quality- for instance go-cat has grain listed as the first ingredient, and there is only about 20% of that so must be far less than 20% meat. Yes, all pet foods have to contain a minimum level of protein, but it doesn't have to be animal protein, if you think your cat can live happily on vegetable protein then, fine, some people think their cat be vegan!

Yes, you need to read the labels as expensive doesn't mean better, but not all cat food is created equal.

If you want to feed a good food, then hi-life puches with 60% meat from the supermarket is about the best. I feed my cats from www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats and buy Grau, Smilla, Bozita,

naturesmenu.co.uk/products/Pouches_for_Cats/Cat_Food_Pouches/ is also a good food and available at most large pet shops such as pets at home or jolleys.

There is lots of advice here about feeding cats and many very knowledgeable people. www.petforums.co.uk/cat-health-nutrition/

Finding this really interesting. Our cat is 18, we try to give her the best diet possible but there are so many different opinions! She loves whiskas but only if it is in jelly and preferably only the fishy ones. However she likes to graze and whiskas stinks and ends up covered in flies.

She is now on applaws dry food which she adores. Interesting to read unthread about them needing less, she eats less of this than cheaper brands. She then has a wet food mini tin in the evening, encore or applaws which literally has meat and I think rice in it. She has a water fountain which she is in love with, moves her igloo so she can sleep near it!

It works for her. Interestingly we inherited her from my dad and since she has been with us eating this diet she is much more active and her coat is lovely and soft. She is a spoilt old lady!

My boys have Hills science dry food but will eat any dry food offered. They also have a pouch each day. Two will not touch anything but felix Marinades. One will eat felix m's only plus dry. One will eat only f + dry but will also eat fresh or wet delicacies such as prawns, chicken, salmon etc; one will eat anything. Bit like the kids - raised on the samemoorings but all different .