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High quality cat food that isn’t a subscription service?

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Kittenmumma · 13/08/2025 14:29

Have been temptee by KatKin etc but I am not a fan of subscription services and don’t like the fact that I have to freeze it all, it’s a bit of extra work tbh.
I feed my 6 months old kitten a mix of wet and dry food and use brands like Royal Canin, James Wellbeloved and sometimes blink. She generally likes these. Have tried applaws and lily’s kitchen but she didn’t touch them.
Any other brand recommendation?
She is indoors only and currently having 1 sachet of wet food per day and unlimited dry kibbles but I think I might have to reduce either of these?

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MuddlingThroughLife · 13/08/2025 14:41

No recommendations but a 6 month old kitten should be getting fed 3 times a day (not full pouches each time). Once they become adults they can then be fed twice a day.

stormsandsunshine · 13/08/2025 14:56

What kind of texture is the food your cat likes? Mine decided as older kittens that they didn't like the pate style foods which the higher quality brands tend to be. If your cat likes pate style you have lots of options - we were on Feringa for a while, also tried Wild Freedom, Animondo Carny. All of them seem good quality.

What mine are enjoying at the moment is Bozita, which has a high meat content but you can buy as chunks in sauce rather than a pate. They are now adults but Bozita do a kitten range.

Toddlerteaplease · 13/08/2025 15:14

Penelope has thrive. There is an option to subscribe, but it doesn’t give you any benefits so I just buy when I need it.

Kittenmumma · 13/08/2025 15:39

@MuddlingThroughLife The breeder told me to give her 1 sachet a day split into half portion in the am and one half portion in the evening. Plus unlimited supply or dry food that she can nibble on all day long.

In terms of texture, she loves the royal canin chicken chunks in gravy.

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tumblingdowntherabbithole · 13/08/2025 15:41

Honestly, I really wouldn’t worry about quality - just buy what your cat will eat. I’ve wasted so much money over the years on food my cats have just turned their noses up at 🤣

Mine are all fed Sheba wet food and whatever dry food is on offer when they run out. All very healthy and no issues at the vets.

Kittyquestion12 · 13/08/2025 16:34

Ours has scrumbles - which I think js good, or at least better than whiskas etc. but was slightly cheaper than blink/kat kin. She loves it!

Orangesandlemonsq · 13/08/2025 21:44

I used to get Oberon Wild Freedom (over 90% meat) but he was a bit picky with it, recently switched to Harrington's (80% meat) & he loves it! Scrumbles was also a winner but dearer.

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