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High meat content cat food

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LIVIA999 · 08/03/2019 12:26

Vets have suggested cats move to a higher meat content cat food.
I bought some called nature-first I think but it was £12 for a box of ten and probably more than I can afford. ( also they didn't blooming eat it obviously )
I tried Harrington's which wasn't very high but about 15%.
Does anyone have any suggestions for a good ( maybe supermarket) or one I can buy in bulk.

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dementedpixie · 08/03/2019 12:28

What are they on just now? Wet food and/or dry food? Zooplus has a good range

SanFranBear · 08/03/2019 12:29

ZooPlus has a good selection. My boy has Animonda Carny which is roughly 70% meat and grain free and tends to be on offer so works out pretty reasonable.

I will admit that when I have to go away for a night though, he gets the 100% Natures Menu stuff to try and alleviate my guilt Grin

SpanielPlusToddler · 08/03/2019 12:39

I was going to try either animonda or bozita from zooplus once my kittens are on adult food, but because I live in the north of Scotland we don’t get free postage from them. Any suggestions of other places to get high meat content foods?

dementedpixie · 08/03/2019 12:42

Pets at home sell some higher meat foods. There is a minimum spend to get free delivery on zooplus or are you very far North?

MadauntofA · 08/03/2019 13:04

This is about £13 for a box of 32 sachets - pets at home own, or wainwright's is very similar, slightly more expensive, both about 70% meat

High meat content cat food
SpanielPlusToddler · 08/03/2019 14:38

We’re mainland uk (not an island) but very far north so don’t get free delivery from zooplus, even over the minimum spend. Very annoying!

FriarTuck · 08/03/2019 14:42

Applaws

HelloJackieYouLookNice · 08/03/2019 14:45

I have a fussy cat (and one who will eat anything!) and she refuses anything with chunks in jelly/gravy. After a lot of trial and a lot of error we have found she will eat Applaws and Cosmo tins (Cosmo is cheaper, Applaws we buy in bulk, both from Zooplus) and Hilife which you can get in Pets at Home or Tesco, Amazon is the cheapest place I’ve found it.

Applaws and Cosmo have a very high meat content but they aren’t complete which is why I mix in the Hilife (plus fussy cat will only eat Hilife mixed with the others, she really is a madam!), Hilife is complete and is 50% meat. She didn’t like Nature’s Menu, she used to like Applaws pate but she’s decided she doesn’t now, after I bought a big box of it of course Hmm

prettybird · 08/03/2019 14:47

The breeder of our Siamese used to get a frozen food supply which she said was very convenient Smile but she didn't manage to convince me so I can't provide more details Wink

HelloJackieYouLookNice · 08/03/2019 14:47

That should say Cosma, not Cosmo sorry! It’s the nature one we buy Smile

sweetkitty · 08/03/2019 14:49

My mogs have Millie’s Lionheart
80% meat they do both wet and dry, mine eat both.

dementedpixie · 08/03/2019 14:51

Mine are the opposite and won't eat pate style. They are also suspicious of anything new and will sniff it and walk away. I give high meat dry food (encore) and then whatever wet food they currently eat. They like gourmet solitaire tins (beef or duck with tomato), Sheba fish fine flakes, gourmet perle in jelly. They like the odd bit of cooked chicken and ham too

HardAsSnails · 09/03/2019 19:34

Butchers Classic is grain free and cheap. Sainsbury's do a grain free range. You can also increase meat content overall (without going fully raw fed) by offering things like raw turkey thigh mince and chicken wings for some meals.

Pixel99 · 09/03/2019 19:59

Livia - I think we need pictures of your fur babies to assess what sort of food would suit. Wink. Not that I can help I'm on an economy drive with my two since ex left them behind when he moved out. (Fur babies that is - I have two DC as well).

DowntonCrabby · 09/03/2019 20:02

We changed our ageing girl onto thrive 90% meat zero grain about a year ago and the positive changes in her have been fantastic.

We subscribe and save on amazon £13ish a month for a bag that lasts the month.

LIVIA999 · 09/03/2019 21:07

Thanks everyone. I now have Harrington's, encore, Tesco's ( remarkably high meat content considering ) nature-first, Lily's kitchen and Waitrose own. I think I am obsessed!
The encore is pretty popular today but I'm sure it will change tomorrow.
Harrington's still seems to be the over all most popular at the moment.

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LIVIA999 · 09/03/2019 21:07

Is there a possibility our fur baby's are spoilt?

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Vinorosso74 · 09/03/2019 23:01

Our lad has Thrive wet and dry. I buy the wet in bulk from Zooplus and the dry direct from Thrive (albeit with a few tins of wet to get free delivery). He does occasionally have some other wet foods and some boiled turkey or chicken breast. Our vets recommend raw chicken wings for dental health once or twice a week but I can't quite bring myself to give them to him as I dread to think where he may take them to devour.
To be honest he is a greedy buggerisn't fussy with food so would likely eat whatever we gave him.

viccat · 09/03/2019 23:07

I've recently introduced mine to Bozita canned food from ZooPlus. It's cheap in the saver packs and they seem to like it more than the other very meaty foods (Nature's Menu, Animonda etc.). It's more "meaty" than the Bozita tetrapaks, though. They also have some Bozita sensitive in tetrapaks, Pure Petfood chicken, Almo Nature pouches and Sanabelle sensitive dry. And Cosma Snackies as treats, they are pure protein too.

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