Alternatives to Sheba Cat nosh

DKLS

Have checked the Sheba website and they are stopping production of Sheba cat nosh, this will not impress my two furry terrorists. :mad:

Any recommendations for alternatives, they will turn their noses up at lesser brands.

spike7451

This brand is excellent & contains good stuff!
http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?freeText=purely&x=0&y=0&storeId=10551&catalogId=10601&langId=-1
It's Pets@Home's own brand but very very good! The small tins of fish for example have no addatives.
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/purely-adult-sardine-cutlets-in-jelly-tin-156gm-14733
The closest I'd say you'd get to Sheba is Gourmet Gold/Pearl.

DKLS

spike7451 wrote: »

This brand is excellent & contains good stuff!
http://www.petsathome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?freeText=purely&x=0&y=0&storeId=10551&catalogId=10601&langId=-1
It's Pets@Home's own brand but very very good! The small tins of fish for example have no addatives.
http://www.petsathome.com/shop/purely-adult-sardine-cutlets-in-jelly-tin-156gm-14733
The closest I'd say you'd get to Sheba is Gourmet Gold/Pearl.

Thanks but have tried all 3 of those on my pickycats the Purely range was discarded with a complete disdain.

Looks like its Iams then.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Lidl Opticat is devoured by my fussbags

spike7451

DKLS wrote: »

Thanks but have tried all 3 of those on my pickycats the Purely range was discarded with a complete disdain.

Looks like its Iams then.

I know the feeling,my Daisy's a fussy little girl,she wont eat anything in gravy!

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

Mine liked Iams until they tried the Aldi sensitive cat crunchies. Now they laugh at the offer of mere Iams.

It's a bit of a faff having to go to Lidl and Aldi for cat stuff (esp when the litter and the remainder of the heavy household shopping is conveniently delivered by Ocado), but at £2.49, I'm not complaining loudly!

Fire_Fox

DKLS wrote: »

Have checked the Sheba website and they are stopping production of Sheba cat nosh, this will not impress my two furry terrorists. :mad:

Any recommendations for alternatives, they will turn their noses up at lesser brands. Thanks but have tried all 3 of those on my pickycats the Purely range was discarded with a complete disdain.

Looks like its Iams then.

IMHO neither IAMS nor Sheba are particularly good value for money, you are paying a lot for the advertising. I'd suggest choosing a new brand and mixing the two together for a while, perhaps just 20% and working your way up as they get used to the new brand.

Brands that have a high meat content (as opposed to animal derivatives) include Pets at Home Purely, Bozita, Tesco Luxury and Feline Fayre. Alternatively you might try them on a small amount of raw meat when you are cooking - if that goes down well raw chicken wings and Food4Cats mince mixes are very reasonably priced.

DKLS

Fire_Fox wrote: »

IMHO neither IAMS nor Sheba are particularly good value for money, you are paying a lot for the advertising. I'd suggest choosing a new brand and mixing the two together for a while, perhaps just 20% and working your way up as they get used to the new brand.

Brands that have a high meat content (as opposed to animal derivatives) include Pets at Home Purely, Bozita, Tesco Luxury and Feline Fayre. Alternatively you might try them on a small amount of raw meat when you are cooking - if that goes down well raw chicken wings and Food4Cats mince mixes are very reasonably priced.

Thanks, I will try a few of your suggestions, and see what happens.

Edit: Is IAMS a good food? am not that fussed about the cost, as I can get into the pet wholesalers if needs be.

Fire_Fox

DKLS wrote: »

Thanks, I will try a few of your suggestions, and see what happens.

Edit: Is IAMS a good food? am not that fussed about the cost, as I can get into the pet wholesalers if needs be.

I don't think IAMS kibble is an ideal food for an obligate carnivore like a cat: my interpretation of value for money is a food with a high meat content. Cats have NO requirement for carbohydrates in their diet: the addition of maize, wheat and rice to cat food is simply profiteering.

The IAMS rich in chicken is 26% meat, better than most of the supermarket own brands and other big names (Go Cat, Whiskas, 4%) but not a patch on Hills (~50%), Fish4Cats (70%), Pets at Home Purely More Meat (70%), Orijen (75%) or Applaws (80%).

These foods are marginally more expensive than IAMS but you should see a lot less coming out of the other end (i.e. wasted money)! Noah dropped from three poops per day to one when I switched from James Wellbeloved and Felix to high meat foods - and this was an overnight change. :T

spike7451

Fire_Fox wrote: »

I don't think IAMS kibble is an ideal food for an obligate carnivore like a cat: my interpretation of value for money is a food with a high meat content. Cats have NO requirement for carbohydrates in their diet: the addition of maize, wheat and rice to cat food is simply profiteering.

The IAMS rich in chicken is 26% meat, better than most of the supermarket own brands and other big names (Go Cat, Whiskas, 4%) but not a patch on Hills (~50%), Fish4Cats (70%), Pets at Home Purely More Meat (70%), Orijen (75%) or Applaws (80%).

These foods are marginally more expensive than IAMS but you should see a lot less coming out of the other end (i.e. wasted money)! Noah dropped from three poops per day to one when I switched from James Wellbeloved and Felix to high meat foods - and this was an overnight change. :T

So the pet food companies are basically increasing their profit margin by bulking out their foods with unneeded additives? Funnily enough,Daisy's poo's have decreased since I switched her dry onto Purina One.

Plushchris

spike7451 wrote: »

I know the feeling,my Daisy's a fussy little girl,she wont eat anything in gravy!

LOL @ Cats

If one of mine ever gets food with gravy she sucks all the gravy off it and spits it back out completely dry!