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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: #1, at about 90% of the diet, is home prepared raw, based on the Feline Future recipe  (www.catnutrion.org  www.felinefuture.com) -- rabbit, chicken, turkey, and occasionally other meats ;  #2 is raw commercial Nature's Variety frozen rabbit and chicken/turkey; #3 is canned Fancy Feast in the flavors listed below, ProPlan in flavors listed below, Wellness chicken & turkey, and occasionally Avo-Derm as listed below. 

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%, 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.  Very good because it has no fruits or vegetables, though a bit pricey.

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.

Natural Balance: Venison and Pea, and Chicken  & Liver Pate, Duck and Pea

Fancy Feast: 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 carbs – 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, and as with the Wellness, the kitten variation is going to be the best for all ages.)

Avo Derm: Select Cuts Chicken Chunks Cat Food.

 

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