Is cheap tinned food so bad?

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I do t want to bang on about various grain free foods she's liked then disliked over night just to say I'm sick of throwing it away hardly touched and I can't afford to keep putting lik e Lix on it twice a day. We've had all the brands including all the high end German ones. My question is if see is wolfing down the dry 85% meat grain free biscuits is there any harm in feeding her a tin of Sheba or is it counter productive? My friends give her siblings whiskas or Felix and they are thriving on that. They've never known any different. Is Sheba ok it seems to have lots of meat in it.

I had mine on posh dry food ( mostly Aaplaws) but she liked it too much and became food obsessed and overweight, i have swapped her over to Whiskas and she has slimmed down to an acceptable size ( she doesn't like it as much but will eat it when hungry). She doesn't like the big chunks in the tins but will eat the finer textured pouches, i feel bad about the excess packaging though. I know some people might disapprove of tinned meat but it has to be better than diabetes or joint problems, she ran up a tree the other day!

My cat has recently been refusing every high quality wet food I offer her whilst still eating good quality dry. I bought a box of Waitrose own brand pouches the other day on the basis that if I'm going to be chucking it in the bin anyway I'd rather not be paying 90p a portion. She's happily eating the cheap stuff. Providing it doesn't upset her tummy I'm happy to let her have that for a while if it's what she wants.

Yes mine loved the Sainsbury's taste the difference and it's really good quality but she had Sheba at the cattery and now she point bland refuses anything else except Sheba turkey in white sauce. I've how a drawer full of Thrive it's such a bloody waste of money. She never ate dry before now she's obsessed with it.

Oops, I just started a thread on cheap vs expensive dry food I started it before this one was here, went off to phone SIL, came back and finished my thread and this one appeared! Sorry for the repetition.

Its not though im talking wet and you are dry! Im off to look at yours.

Cheaper wet food is fine. It's all nutritionally complete. As long as she eats some wet it's better than having just dry :)

My cat (when a rescue kitten) was on whiskas . She farted ALL the time. I moved her on to expensive German wet food and she stopped farting immediately. I then moved her on to Applaws dry with a tin of wet kitten food a day. Still no farting and her coat is lovely. Farting suggested digesting problems which can only be due to the food she was on.

try butchers classic cat food only a few pence more than the cheap supermarket own brand and high meat content no cereal asda sells it

Butchers is supposed to be good. My fussy madam didn't want it but I will be trying again. Or donating.

The tins are too big though.

I would decant half the tin into a sealable box. Pop it in the fridge. Then make sure it was up to at least room temperature before I gave it to my cat.

Good tip about Butchers, might try it and see if madam likes it to avoid all the plastic waste. I would like to feed dry and wet but fatty won't eat wet if she knows there is dry in the house.

Butchers is worth trying. My two used to love it, but I've noticed it goes watery (either left out or in the fridge) and they wouldn't eat it. Worth ago though as it's cheap. I've had one with urinary problems and one with CKD, and I've actually had vets from different practices saying with their issues they'd rather have them on the cheapest wet, getting liquid in them and eating, rather than trying to force them to eat other things and not take in enough liquid or food (again for anyone whose cat only eats dry, I'm sure a vet would say it's more important they eat than don't!)

Is dry more fattening? I have noticed mines getting a belly on her since her obsession started. She does drink alot from that fountain i bought though.

Dry is fattening if they like ot too much and therefore keep eating after they are full, beg constantly and steal from the other cats bowl!

My 2 have a tin of asda between them at 10 pm every night.
Suspect they done elsewhere at other times (neighbours have kind of let slip they host our boys!)
Only times they have seen a vet in 5 years was for jabs.

Pefect duo in every way!!

Old Fussy Paws in our house will only eat chicken. It must be shredded and it must have gravy. Other than that, we don't necessarily buy the highest end wet food but also steer well clear of the Whiskas etc.

When he goes to board when we are on holiday, they sometimes feed him supermarket junk and he comes back with dry fur and terrible breath so I think it does make a difference.

Admittedly, I read the ingredients and only buy the ones with a high % of meat. But he takes 2 days to eat a can as he eats very high meat content grain free dry food, which fills him up. So it works out to 40/45p per day for the wet food. He actually really likes the Waitrose own brand for around 80p or there is one on Ocado called Thrive, which is also deemed acceptable.

Both of my cats only ever had Butchers Classic, with the odd Whiskers or Sheba pouch or Gourmet Gold and some Hills, James Wellbeloved or Iams crunchies, ie all stuff you could buy at supermarket or pet shop and I guess considered not high end quality food by some.

My two cats have always had lovely coats and even my boy did until we had to let them go last week at 17 years - other than his annual vaccinations, he's only been to the vet for an infected bite from a fight and the last couple of months for quick progressing CKD, so I guess that's pretty good for a cat. He leaves a little sister who has a beautiful coat, is playful and in good health. Others may think different but to have two cats live until 17 (a good age) is great and one hopefully will exceed this.

A vet friend of mine is adamant that wet food is the way forward. Not only can you control the portions, but the level of moisture provided can help prevent so many ailments (urinary tract, crystals in the urine, kidney issues etc) as cats don't have a thirst drive like dogs or people. So cheap wet food is fine as long as the cat isn't having any problems or allergies, and it's complete.

Mine have dry down all day. Although they not massive fans fo eat it. They have a pouch of wet food between them in morning. Am bloody sorry l ever start that habit . 3days,a,week I'm ip at 4am for work now every morning they beg for food from 4am they cant seem to understand my work rota on fridge. They eat whatever is on offer but love Whiskas best. They 8 abd have never been to vet for an illness

Dry is more fattening, it's about 400 calories per 100g whereas wet is more like 80 calories per 100g. As pp said wet is better as it provides moisture in the diet and can help with urinary tract problems.
Doesn't necessarily have to be super expensive foods though, any wet is better than no wet.

Really Jonsnowsghost? My vet told me that if I'm going to feed him on wet food then keep it as a treat and not an every day thing.

My boy gets Royal Canin dry and wet food, I give him a sachet of wet food every second day (due to above advice from vet ) I did buy the gourmet cat food but it looked disgusting (cat found it edible though) and his poo stank to high heaven so put him back on the RC. He is a big healthy boy with a soft, glossy coat so I'm reluctant to change his diet even though it would be nice to save some pennies.

Butchers Classic is grain free and not too expensive. When we had 1 cat I used to put out half a tin in the morning, put the open tin in a zip lock bag in the fridge and put the rest out in the evening. If she was sniffy about it being from the fridge, a crumbled up Dreamie on top usually changed her mind.

Grain free food really does make their shit smell less bad ime.

Aldi trays are also grain free and go down well here.

Yep, think it's on most packets! Plus i work in the pet food and nutrition industry. Vets don't have a great amount of time spent on nutrition (think a couple of hours over the whole 5 years!)
The main issue is that with feeding so much dry you do have the water deficiency so at least you are feeding wet sometimes! I think dry has it's place but it shouldn't be the sole diet - obesity is very common in cats fed solus dry as few people know the amount of calories and also wouldn't bother weighing out food. 50g of dry looks like a small amount but you're looking at 200 calories. Most average 4kg cats need around 250 calories per day (something like That, can't remember exact amount off the top of my head) hope that helps