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What are you feeding at the moment?

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iloveeverykindofcat · 11/08/2017 12:39

What sort of quality cat food brands are people feeding their cats right now? I recently moved and now longer have the freezer space for Nature's Menu raw, which is my preference. I switched to Thrive but 1) it made Bibi fat(ter) and 2) too expensive to comprise whole diet. Anyone want to share what their overlords are enjoying at the moment? TIA!

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DeleteOrDecay · 13/08/2017 17:06

The Cosma Snackies are great and cheaper than the main brand (Thrive, I think it is?). We've recently got some of the zooplus own brand version which seem okay too.

EachandEveryone · 13/08/2017 17:40

Mine loved cosma food but god its expensive and not complete either.

iloveeverykindofcat · 13/08/2017 19:31

Its not complete?! Glad I didn't buy it then. The way Zooplus presents it makes it look complete.

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Orangebird69 · 13/08/2017 19:36

All mine (a mix of my 7 pets and many many ferals) get a mix of Royal Canin dry - Hair and Skin and Fit 32. Little ones get Royal Canin kitten. All get the odd treat of a wet pouch (whiskas) - UK cats every day and ME cats every few days (too hot to leave wet food out). It's done all of them really really well.

EachandEveryone · 13/08/2017 20:13

I find that most of those ones that look like actaul real tuna or chicken are complementary except the Sainsburys Taste the Difference which i keep banginf on about its great.

Why would you gove complementary food especially when its so expensive?

What are you feeding at the moment?
McBounty · 14/08/2017 16:40

Has anyone else been feeding their kitties/cats RSPCA hypoallergenic dry food?

If so, what do you think? Is it any good?

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 16:41

never seen it before. What's the ingredients?

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 16:43

Googled it. You can buy it in Argos...lol

OcelotnotGiraffe · 14/08/2017 16:54

We have been feeding Purely dry food from pets at home due to the high meat content.

However we recently got a free sample of Royal Canin Fit which they love but is twice the price. My problem is that I can't see %s on any of the ingredients though and it seems to be lower protein and have more cereal in it so I can't tell if it is actually decent food though.

Can anyone shed any light?

This is the current one for comparison.

www.petsathome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/en/pets/purely-adult-complete-cat-food-chicken-4kg?CAWELAID=120267720000002626&cm_mmc=&ito=GAG43649120786&itc=GAC205375167555&itkw=nil&itaexid=&itawnw=search&itawmt=&itadvc=m&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3YG8zYnX1QIVxpXtCh3qqg9tEAQYAiABEgLRNvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Compared to this one:

www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/royal-canin-adult-complete-cat-food-fit-32

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 17:02

The purely one looks better to me. I use AVA kitten food. I'll see what the adult one is like (it's from pets at home too)

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 17:05

www.petsathome.com/shop/en/pets/ava-veterinary-approved-grain-free-adult-cat-food-optimum-health-chicken-2kg this is the adult version of what I use

McBounty · 14/08/2017 17:10

rspca dry food ingredients

Composition: UK Sourced Chicken Meal (18.5%), Maize, Rice, Prairie Meal, UK Sourced Chicken Fat (11%), Fish Meal, Sugar Beet Pulp, UK Sourced Free Range Egg (2%), Minerals, Salmon Oil, Chicken Gravy, Linseeds, Yeast Digest, Vitamins, Brewer’s Yeast, Mannanoligosaccharides (Prebiotic MOS), Fructooligosaccharides (Prebiotic FOS)Nutritional Additives: Vitamins; Vitamin A (as retinyl acetate) 31,500 IU/kg, Vitamin D3 (as cholecalciferol) 2,187 IU/kg; Trace Elements: Zinc Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate 342 mg/kg, Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate 285 mg/kg, Ferrous Sulphate Monohydrate 309 mg/kg, Ferrous Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate 21 mg/kg, Manganous Sulphate Monohydrate 112 mg/kg, Cupric Chelate of Amino Acids Hydrate 51 mg/kg, Cupric Sulphate Pentahydrate 41 mg/kg, Calcium Iodate Anhydrous 1.58 mg/kg, Sodium Selenite 0.53 mg/kg; Amino Acids: Taurine 1,122 mg/kg, DL-Methionine 1,075 mg/kg

whatashower · 14/08/2017 17:20

We have 4 big Norwegian forest cats, so pile through the food.😳For wet we now have a (zooplus) cupboard stuffed with a broad range - the usual suspects - Felix/Sheba/Applaws but also Animonda Rafine Soupe which they prefer to the Carney, and Schmusy Nature whole flakes.

These are supplemental to the hard food, if anyone is stuck in a rut with Royal Canin (we buy the Maine coon and NFC kibble) do try the Purizon brand. Ours love it so much we have had to start rationing it, esp the fish one.

I am sure we will go to hell for cat cruelty but I snuck some 19p Lidl trays into my shopping basket and the cats loved it. Surely once in a blue moon is OK!

whatashower · 14/08/2017 17:21

And Cattesy chew sticks are their favourites 😀

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 17:36

Argos says 38% chicken meal, is that not right?

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 17:36

they was about the rspca food btw

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 17:36

That*

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 17:40

Or is yours the kitten one? Doesn't look like a particularly high meat content

McBounty · 14/08/2017 17:42

dementedpixie You're looking at the same equivalent, but for a cat.

I am currently buying the kitty version and the ingredients below is for that one.

dementedpixie · 14/08/2017 17:44

The kitten one doesn't seem to have a lot of meat compared to the cat one

McBounty · 14/08/2017 17:55

Ah yikes! It really doesn't, does it? Confused

OcelotnotGiraffe · 14/08/2017 18:00

Thanks dementedpixie I thought the purely one looked better. The AVA one you use looks even better though, I will try mine on that one I think.

EachandEveryone · 15/08/2017 20:49

Mine loved the cattessy food but I'm not sure how good it is. I second the Puritzon dry food my big one loves it. She's 4.7 and I got told off. Im pretty sure it's since I started Hills dry I need to get back to grain free.

iloveeverykindofcat · 16/08/2017 17:27

Well, the Smilla pilchard has been guzzled by Bibi and Zara had quite a good go at hers, so it passes the taste test. Let's see how they get on with their digestion.

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EachandEveryone · 16/08/2017 17:30

Is it a pate?

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