Hi! I have a 2yo spayed female, no special health concerns, generally a happy, healthy cat.
Her main diet is Whiskas wet food, which seems to suit her very well, but we like to give her some dry food for the sake of her teeth, and she seems to like it too. The trouble is, we have to really restrict her dry food as otherwise her stools become very bulky and seem to be painful to pass, as she becomes very skittish around the litter box and sometimes sprints off as if poked right in the middle of going to the toilet.
As long as she only has a small handful a day she's fine, but sometimes if we're going to be out all day we leave some extra dry food out, and then the above happens.
So I'd like to try a different/better dry food brand that has less "filler" and will be more digestible. So far we've tried Tesco own brand and Whiskas. Her vet recommends Royal Canin and I'm not necessarily against that, but the trouble is the vet sells Royal Canin, so I don't feel they can really make an unbiased recommendation - obviously they're going to tell me to buy their own stuff.
So I'm here asking for your recommendations. Am open to spending more than we have been previously though obviously cost effectiveness is still a consideration.