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SPECIFIC FOODS I RECOMMEND

This list is not complete, but it is a place for you to begin.  You need to learn to read pet food labels and to make your own decisions. 

Although I've listed a number of foods, it may interest you to know what I actually feed my cats.  I feed 80 - 90% home prepared raw, based on the Feline Future recipe  (www.catnutrition.org ; www.felinefuture.com) -- rabbit, chicken, turkey, and occasionally other meats.  I'm supplementing the home prepared more and more with commercial raw foods as they become available.  My first choices are Feline's Pride and Rad Cat.  I also feed Nature's Variety frozen rabbit and chicken/turkey.  One of my cats resists the raw foods, plus kittens need to be acclimated to canned, so I feed canned as well.  The canned foods I feed are almost exclusively the Fancy Feast in flavors listed below and the Pro Plan.   Every now and then they will get Wellness Core and Avo Derm Select cuts chicken chunks.  I add a LOT of water to the food, as I believe that you cannot over-do the water.

Below is The List.  To give you some frame of reference -- a cat living off the land (in the wild, as it were, with no PetCo around the corner) would be consuming a no grain, meat-based, wet diet consisting of approximately 45 - 55% animal protein, and 2 - 5% carbohydrates.  This, then, is our goal in choosing foods for our carnivorous friends.  If you can get their protein intake around 50% and their carbohydrate intake under 10% (on a dry matter basis), you are doing fairly well.   A wet food that lists approximately 75% - 78% moisture and 9% - 15% protein is going to have about 45% - 55% protein on a dry matter basis.  Accurately calculating carbohydrates based on the sketchy information found on the pet food labels is virtually impossible, however I believe the foods below to be low in carbohydrates and grain free but, again, check labels as manufacturers are continually changing their formulas and their marketing ploys.

Current list of commercial foods I recommend to my kitten buyers:

Feline's Pride: www.felinespride.com commercial pre-mixed raw food.  Excellent raw, frozen, shipped to you. Formula is based on the ideal w/no grains, fruit, veggies.

Rad Cat: www.radfood.com commercial pre-mixed raw food. Another excellent raw frozen food.  Look for it in a freezer at Pet Food Express.

Nature’s Variety raw frozen: Nature’s Variety comes in several flavors and nugget or patty sizes.  Look for it in a freezer at Pet Food Express.

Innova EVO: cat and kitten food

Nature's Variety canned: All flavors

Wellness canned:  Chicken and/or Turkey flavors – kitten Wellness is even better and  good for all ages. 'Wellness Core' canned is also now available and a good choice, as it is higher in protein.

Fancy Feast:  Fancy Feast has a surprising number of gourmet flavors that are grain free.  The food is very palatable to cats and reasonably priced.  The only draw back - if you consider it a draw back - is that it includes meat by-products.  In general, I don't consider this a deal breaker, plus the canned in my case is a supplement to the raw diet. Preferred, grain/veggie/fruit free flavors:  Turkey & Giblets Feast, Tender Liver & Chicken Feast, Gourmet Chicken Feast, Tender Beef Feast, Gourmet Chicken Feast, Tender Beef & Chicken Feast, Beef & Liver Feast (these flavors are meat based & low carb – stay away from the other flavors)

ProPlan: Chicken and Liver Entrée - both in adult and kitten variations (This is the only flavor I’ve found that is grain free.)  Note that the kitten variation has rice in it, but in a small quantity as its quite a way down the ingredients list.  It's a little higher in protein, than the adult variation.

Avo Derm: Select Cuts Chicken Chunks Cat Food.  This is a nice "treat" food.  A little expensive as canned foods go.

** When pricing pet food, my first goal is to save money down the road on veterinary bills and the heartache of chronic illnesses that may be related to diet.  Feeding a high quality diet is not inexpensive and it is not always the most convenient way to feed your pets, but can be worth it in the long run.  Each pet owner will have to decide for themselves.

 

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