Indoor cats - what diet?

[bobby335]

I've had my rescue cats for 12 years. I'm guessing they're about 14-15 years old. They don't go out now (unless it's sunny and that's only for a minute or two!). I give them Felix Taste as Good as it Looks and IAMS adult biscuits plus water but I'm wondering whether to switch to a better dry food and do away with the wet food completely? I hate all the waste from the pouches and I wonder if dry food is actually better for them now that they're indoor cats? TIA!

Dry food is never better.

Anyway, at their age, have they had senior health checks with blood tests to check how their kidneys are doing etc.?

2 indoor cats, same wet food as you, Go Cat Indoor biscuits. Maybe look at senior biscuits? Our vet said they are more filling and softer to eat. How much wet food do they have? Mine have half in the morning and half evening and biscuits to graze, and they're both a healthy weight

My indoor cats get 80% meat wet cat food and biscuits. I really noticed the cat litter smell reduced when we went grain free and put them on a better quality cat food and not Whiskas. A lot less poo too and a lot less stinky.

Pouches last pretty well in the fridge - my 2 indoor cats get half a pouch in the morning & 1 at night between them, so I frequently have a half pouch in the fridge. Mine have Felix AGAIL as that's just about the only wet they will eat, and the Royal Canin Indoor cat dry with the occasional bit of anti-hairball dry. They even do an indoor 7+ version as well!

My pair just had Royal canin Persian. And did really well on it. It makes cheddar sick so they are on Iams with occasional wet food as a treat. (They won't eat it if they have it more often.)

Thanks all for your replies.

Viccat - no, they haven't had their kidneys checked. They get very stressed going to the vet and as they seem perfectly healthy at the moment, I don't want to put them through that.

I'll stick to the wet food then but might try different biscuits.

Same as Toddler, mine has the dry Royal Canin indoor 27 and shes doing really well off it. Plus it has odour control so no stinky poops. She is a very fussy cat and have tried so many brands of wet food but finally settled with Felix as good as it looks jelly pouches once ir twice a week.

I had a nightmare with my girls when the late Maia was on soft diet due to jaw problems. They love wet food as a treat but give it as a meal and the won't touch it.

Go Cat indoor complete and a couple of pouches every few days.
Webbox stick or Denticare most days.

Dreamies, obvs. Odd bits of cooked ham or chicken. Hates all beef except pastrami fgs.

When Grandpaw comes down, they usually split a tin of tuna - he has a sandwich, she takes hers straight.

Lots of water - always a dish down and usually a drink from the tap when I'm in the bathroom (must be the exactly specified level of output for Goldipaws or there will be heavy sighs).

She's probably about 9 years old, rough start but in good health, all teeth intact.

We lost one cat to kidney failure and one had the beginnings of kidney failure. The vet then pointed out the salt content of a lot of the supermarket foods, which is added to make it more palatable.

Our cats no longer get Felix AGAIL (the meat content is dire and the salt content is bad for their kidneys) and instead we give them Thrive Complete wet food. They also get dry food, both Royal Canin anti hairball food, especially for indoor cats, and Hills Prescription T/D, as it keeps their teeth in better condition.

Have a look at online shops such as ZooPlus and PetPlanet to make some of these foods more affordable.

Having seen the effects of kidney failure (and smelling the vile kidney diet food) we happily pay more to keep our cats as healthy as possible.

Mia is an indoor cat and doesn‘t get dry food because the vet said that its phosphor content can damage the kidneys. Plus cats don‘t have much of a sense of thirst and dry food has a moisture content of about 10% compared to 70% in wet food - if cats don‘t drink enough, it can also damage the kidneys.
Mia gets mostly grain-free wet food but is extremely fuzzy. She currently loves all sorts of wet food that come with a sauce.
Btw, she must be the only cat that doesn‘t like Dreamies?

I've got indoor cats. One is on whiskas pouches because that's all he'll eat, he's ten years old. The other one is on Sanabelle dry because that's all she'll eat. I have never had a cat that only ate dry before but she was three when I got her and that's what she ate so I've stuck with it, she won't touch wet food.

My indoor cat has animonda Carney from zooplus, it has a high meat content and no fillers. Agree about litter box not so smelly on this.

She also has Hills TD biscuits as they are large otherwise she just swallows them, she only has a few biscuits per day otherwise it's one small can of animonda.

@Mia184 Nope mine doesnt like them either! So fussy. I even tried Aldi own branded ones and she had a couple but they made her sick.