Best Wet Food For Cats

mozzyc

rita-rabbit wrote: »

Do not change food too much/often:eek:: cats do like routine & alot of change can sometimes result in over-fussiness.....

Hi. Sorry, what i meant, is that while one might like a certain flavour, the other 2 might not. ie Foster loves Rabbit flavour, but Buddy and Mindy not! haha, so it's all about trying to find a brand and flavours they all like. So want to see out of hi-life and Bozita which one they like the best. Do a gradual swap over from Felix.

~Chameleon~

mozzyc wrote: »

Hi. Sorry, what i meant, is that while one might like a certain flavour, the other 2 might not. ie Foster loves Rabbit flavour, but Buddy and Mindy not! haha, so it's all about trying to find a brand and flavours they all like. So want to see out of hi-life and Bozita which one they like the best. Do a gradual swap over from Felix.

I don't think it matters much when feeding wet food, many people just buy whatever is on offer in the supermarket and have done for many years. The only time I'd advise doing gradual switch over is when feeding a complete dry diet and switching from one brand to another. A sudden change in these circumstances could lead to an upset tummy.

LittleMissAspie

Shoshannah wrote: »

Take care with feeding a dry only diet; it is the general consensus nowadays that cats should have regular wet food in their diet to prevent bladder problems.

Cats generally like their water bowl to be away from their food bowl. It may be the case that some cat owners are unwittingly dehydrating their cats by keeping the water near the food. My cat's water bowl is in the living room and she drinks from it several times a day, usually right after she's eaten. My boyfriend sometimes puts a second water bowl down next to her food and she won't touch that one.

mozzyc

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

Cats generally like their water bowl to be away from their food bowl. It may be the case that some cat owners are unwittingly dehydrating their cats by keeping the water near the food. My cat's water bowl is in the living room and she drinks from it several times a day, usually right after she's eaten. My boyfriend sometimes puts a second water bowl down next to her food and she won't touch that one.

I agree with that. Ours have a water bowl next to there food, buy they also have one just outside the back door, which i call the magic water bowl, as they always drink from that one mainly. Plus, i think they like it when it gets full of rain water!

rita-rabbit

Fire_Fox wrote: »

I just Googled it!!
http://www.seapets.co.uk/products/cat-supplies/cat-food/cat-food-pouches/bozita-cat-food/all-products.html
http://www.k9capers.com/shop/products.asp?cat=445
http://www.amazinganimal.co.uk/bozita-m-24.html
http://www.rlpetproducts.co.uk/store/cats/food
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=bozita+cat

Looks like Chi will need wet food:( - at least in the short term - & I was going to buy Butchers Classic but remembered Mia's dandruff & would prefer something better to avoid that coming back.

I will look at all but I am looking for a stockist that I can pay with my debit card.:money:

Thanks

~Chameleon~

rita-rabbit wrote: »

Looks like Chi will need wet food:( - at least in the short term - & I was going to buy Butchers Classic but remembered Mia's dandruff & would prefer something better to avoid that coming back.

I will look at all but I am looking for a stockist that I can pay with my debit card.:money:

Thanks

I think you need to follow advice from your vet rather than an internet forum, as according to your other thread you cat is quite sick right now.

rita-rabbit

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

I think you need to follow advice from your vet rather than an internet forum, as according to your other thread you cat is quite sick right now.

Chi is 10+ & has been in excellent health until recently so whilst I do now think more wet feeding could have helped him:( - I do not regret the dry feeding benefits they had for the past 5+ years. Now they are senior cats I had been looking at insurance & dietary changes anyways.

Fingers & toes crossed for his return to good health.

cazscoob

I have been reading about all the different raw cat foods and im confused? i have a 11 weeks old seal point ragdoll and she is fantastic! she is being fed on 1.5 packs of whiskas pouches and dried biscuits mixed in(this is spread over 3 feeds) i would like to find out more about the raw food or what else i could feed her as she does smell when at the toilet and as she is my first kitty im a bit scared of making her ill! Is she too young to be fed on the raw food and how do i make the change over?
sorry for alkl the questions!

Apricot

She's not too young for raw, the earlier you get started the better. However, if you want to go for an all raw diet you need to ensure that you are getting the correct amount of nutrients in her food. There are hundreds of articles regarding raw feeding online. When Coco was a kitten, I started off by giving him just a little bit of raw chicken off the bone once a day (alongside his normal food) until I was confident that he could handle bones (moved onto bones around 4 months old).

I would suggest you firstly get rid of the whiskas and start giving her a higher meat content food. PAH Purely does a kitten range and it is reasonably priced. Perhaps give her this throughout the day and introduce her to raw bit by bit (eg. little bit of mince if you are cooking bolognaise etc.)

Fire_Fox

cazscoob wrote: »

I have been reading about all the different raw cat foods and im confused? i have a 11 weeks old seal point ragdoll and she is fantastic! she is being fed on 1.5 packs of whiskas pouches and dried biscuits mixed in(this is spread over 3 feeds) i would like to find out more about the raw food or what else i could feed her as she does smell when at the toilet and as she is my first kitty im a bit scared of making her ill! Is she too young to be fed on the raw food and how do i make the change over?
sorry for alkl the questions!

If you search on YouTube you will see there are many tinny kittens tackling whole raw chicken wings, I also asked over on Purrsinourhearts forum and several reputable breeders confirmed they wean onto raw. Providing you practice good hygeine with your raw food you are very unlikely to give your cat food poisoning, as they have a digestive system that is designed to cope with raw meat.

My personal experience is that tuna wet food and kibble containing cereals (possibly mainly rice) make Noah's poop mega stinky. I now feed a range of high meat content foods and we are down to once a day hardly a smell from three times a day! :T Some people advise not to feed wet and dry foods at the same time as they may digest at different speeds so causing smells, so you might experiment here?

As far as what brands you are feeding at present, you don't say which dry food but I might look to change this whilst leaving the pouches - you don't want your kitten to have a stomach upset from too many changes. Look for a dry kitten food that has a fairly high meat content, Pets at Home Purely have a 40% meat, Orijen (75%) is suited to both cats and kittens or Applaws do a kitten range.

Raw ... The first thing I would do is test your kitten - she may take to it like a duck to water or she may think you are mad! You can either buy some cheap chicken wings, joint them and slit open the skin to reveal the meat or just give her a tiny bit of chicken or mince when you are next cooking some. There have been loads on links on raw feeding on the boards over the last few months, I recommend you read several before embarking on raw full time so do run a search.