Iams ocean fish. Guess what percentage is actually fish.

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My cat is now thirteen and a while ago became allergic to chicken as a lot of older cats do. He will lick himself raw if he eats it. I chose this product because it says it is for older cats and fish based. It has made him ill again. Guess how much fish is in it and how much chicken.

I guess three whole chickens but only one small fish.

Try thrive dry fish version. Has 70% fish although might be a bit more expensive than Iams

Applaws also has a fish version

I was just so shocked when I read the package. Iams Ocean Fish is just 4% fish. 96% something else.

And 24% chicken. How on earth are they allowed to promote it as a fish product?

We have Applaws fish which the cats like

That is actually almost exactly bang on. 😆

Iams is rubbish.

We buy science diet in a big sack, which works out ok. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than Iams, and not too pricey if bought in larger quantities at zoo plus.

If its Hills Science plan then they arent much better than Iams. They don't even say how much meat they contain and have lots of fillers

Can they eat other meat, just not chicken? If so look at Eden and Katkin.

My cat is now thirteen and a while ago became allergic to chicken as a lot of older cats do.

I did not know that. Is the main symptom excess licking?

Yes - about a year ago my cat started licking itself until it had raw bald patches, poor thing. Having eliminated other options like stress or fight wounds, the vet suggested removing chicken from his diet and it cleared right up. I was surprised, as I had never heard of it either, but the vet said it can be common in older cats.

I recommend Blink - I have a discount code if you wanted to try a box (PM me if so)

No nasty fillers/grains and very high meat content (and the meat that’s advertised on the packet too!) I’m at work at the moment but from memory it’s >90%

As a fellow cat owner, I'd just like to say 'Thanks!' for the info in this post. I didn't know that older cats can become allergic to chicken or that a symptom is excessive licking!

I had no idea about chicken allergies in older cats. As the owner of an older cat who eats almost entirely a chickeny diet, I’ll keep my eyes out for this one.

Excess can also be because they are in pain due to arthritis.

We fed our meat allergic girl on z/d hydrolysed biscuits for years, which were bland, but she didn’t mind until she started to lose her sense of smell. We then found James Wellbeloved senior fish , which she loved. It doesn’t contain any meat at all. We also found the fish verities of Untamed (cans) excellent, though expensive, so she just had those as a top up.

Oh, I just looked and it does contain poultry fat, but my lovely girl got eczema from a tiny lick of meat, and she was great on these, so it was probably the meat protein that was causing the allergy. She eventually shuffled off at probably around 20. We have since adopted 4 more, one of which also has eczema caused by food allergies. He was on z/d food when we adopted him, but on the we tried introducing small pieces of chicken, lamb and fish one at a time to see what his triggers are. He can happily eat James Wellbeloved chicken, but is allergic to lamb and fish! Like our old girl, he can’t eat any food or treats with lots of processed ingredients/additives (Dreamies, lickylicks ect). The freeze dried fish (or in his case chicken) cubes make good treats for allergic cats.

Came to say the same. Although Ocean Fish is Penelope’s least favourite flavour.

Thanks to everyone who has offered advice. I am trying the thrive ocean fish, which so far his royal highness is deigning to try. Hopefully he will be healing up soon.😊

I don't know, it is very misleading isn't it? Seems like a trading standards thing to me.

The BBC still does a Watchdog section on the One Show, maybe contact them and suggest they look into pet food labelling.

Katkin Oink contains only pork protein, it was very helpful getting our cat with inflammatory bowel issues / stomatitis right again. We've since been able to reintroduce other proteins.
£10 Trial Offer (also gives me a discount on my next box). Moo and Baa are poultry free and Splash is fish plus turkey liver https://www.katkin.com/products

@AltitudeCheckmine all refuse to eat Splash 🙄

Why do cats like fish so much? I cant imagine them being very good fishermen in the wild, they are far to impatient and generally dont like getting their paws wet 🤔