Is Royal canin dry food worth it?

[SandraTheBee]

I've always used it for my cat since he was a kitten, but I do wonder sometimes if it is worth the price. Any experiences/thoughts?

Yes meat content is important but cats are designed to live on high protein, low carb (less than 10%) diets and consume most of their water intake with their food. Most dry foods are high in carbs and the protein is plant protein. Added to the fact that cats fed on a wet diet get double the amount of water intake as a cat eating dry food.

Mine has a mix of wet and dry. Dry is thrive, purizon and encore. Wet is whatever they will eat as they don't like pate style so a lot of the high meat ones are out. They like gourmet perle beef or duck with tomato

You see I had read that they should be given dry because of their teeth or something and that the there is always a wet versus dry trend.
My cat generally prefers wet with a handful of dry. He's very healthy..
It's all very confusing.

Yes, my cats have wet with a sprinkling of dry on the top. Make sure their food is sugar free for teeth health, and giving them raw meat a couple of times a week helps as well.

One of my cats likes wet food (has perfect teeth) my other cat has poor teeth and vet has suggested a dry food as much as possible. I have to feed him something he doesn't like too much otherwise he bolts it and is then sick...

It's one if those issues where people will always have differing opinions. Obviously in the wild cats would be eating small mammals and birds which is their ideal diet.
Our vet advise a mix of the best quality you can afford (diplomatic) but state high meat content food and to avoid wet food in jelly or gravy as that what causes dental problems. They are advocates for raw diet possibly as they stock the stuff but don't push you into anything. Obviously if cat was being fed total crap they would make recommendations accordingly.

My 4 cats eat dry food, Royal canin - zooplus is cheapest (£35 for 10kg RC sensible, £42 for 8kg Oral care)
They also get some fresh meat treats in week, cat tuna, occasional wet food. They don't like wet packet or tinned food.

They are healthy cats

At least for dogs, I read that Royal Canin is definitely not worth the price for what it is.

We give our dog Ziwipeak which is a New Zealand brand made of 98% meat. They do a cat version too. He has definitely been perkier since he's been on it, his energy is more stable, poops less stinky, fur looks better.

Royal canin is expensive for the ingredients it contains. Some have corn as a first ingredient which is shocking for a food that is for a carnivore. Meat should be first and ideally it should have no grains

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Pay £45 for 10kg abs it lasts about 4 months.

Mine love pouches, it's like Christmas dinner to them! So I think the easiest thing to change first is the biscuits which are RC Kitten.

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This is the one mine like. I give them a tin of wetfood between them (theres 4) or a pouch each if im feeling flush and then if theyre hungry the rest of the day they always have this available to them with fresh water

Sometimes they get extra wet food too if they are really insistent

Interesting to hear @savvylover211 views. Confirmed what I suspected about dried food only diets. I always thought that sounded a bit miserable anyway

Is it as important for dogs? @savvylover211

My cat won't eat raw food!

Still trying to wean him of sheba pouches or whatever it is- too expensive whatever they are.
I was hoping that spending more on cat food now would mean fewer vet's visits as he gets older. Now I'm not so sure.
He's fit as a flea with a beautiful coat.

Mine has RC British Shorthair adult dry food plus two pouches a day of whatever crappy wet food he is currently agreeing to eat. Felix taste sensations currently... which I highly suspect is akin to feeding him a maccy d every meal time.

He won't bloody eat the high meat content wet food - have given away a fortune in refused brands to the pet food bank at the vets.

I tried mine on raw food but thankfully he didn't like it. I didn't like having raw meat laying around in the kitchen. He has Country Hunter pouches and James Wellbeloved biscuits and seems quite happy on that.

I do a mix of wet and dry - all high meat content and grain free.

Dry is lily’s kitchen or applaws

Wet is thrive, lily’s kitchen and applaws.

Applaws wet isn’t complete, so it’s a treat.

I also give her cooked chicken occasionally

She is very healthy and has a lovely shiny coat