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Changes to cat food

50Twuncle
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Why do manufacturers insist on changing the recipes/ingredients in dry cat food ?
They are extremely sensitive to change and refuse to eat it...... !!
The latest to change their recipes ("NEW IMPROVED") is Royal Canin
Our cats, detected the change and now, we are struggling to find an acceptable complete dry food.

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  • HappyMJ
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    50Twuncle wrote: »
    Why do manufacturers insist on changing the recipes/ingredients in dry cat food ?
    They are extremely sensitive to change and refuse to eat it...... !!
    The latest to change their recipes ("NEW IMPROVED") is Royal Canin
    Our cats, detected the change and now, we are struggling to find an acceptable complete dry food.
    Suppliers change over time.

    They can't source the same ingredients any more so have to change them.

    I would send the pack back to Royal Canin. There's a customer services number on the packaging.
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  • Person_one
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    Unrelated, but how are things with the puppy? We didn't get an update on your last thread.
  • 50Twuncle
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    Person_one wrote: »
    Unrelated, but how are things with the puppy? We didn't get an update on your last thread.
    Sorry - the puppy was returned to the breeder after 3 weeks - she was just too much for us - peeing and pooing all over the place and tripping me up on the stairs (I am disabled and have balance problems) - it was a hard decision but it was the only possibility !!
    She also chased the cats (one of them (the one with health issues), appeared to quite enjoyed the "thrill of the chase" despite being the target !!
    The other one (who we expected to be the brave one) was terrified of the puppy and disappeared for days on end - she weighed less than 1/4 of either of the cats but was scary to them.
  • Person_one
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    Oh dear, well I can't say I'm surprised, but at least its early enough in the pup's life that hopefully a new owner who is more prepared/experienced will be able to give it a true fresh start.

    You won't be looking to get another I presume?
  • takethatfan1978
    takethatfan1978 Posts: 82 Forumite
    edited 2 July 2016 at 11:17PM
    It sounds as though it was the best decision sending the poor pup back! To be honest it was probably not the best idea in the first place getting a dog but hopefully she will find a good home as she was still very young! Going by your posts she was just being a typical puppy!!

    Anyway back to cat food - I use Millies Lionheart which is a good quality dry food, there are many out there that are pretty poor quality. I like the fact that the Millies has a decent amount of meat/fish

    https://www.millieswolfheart.co.uk/cat-food
  • 50Twuncle wrote: »
    Sorry - the puppy was returned to the breeder after 3 weeks - she was just too much for us - peeing and pooing all over the place and tripping me up on the stairs (I am disabled and have balance problems) - it was a hard decision but it was the only possibility !!
    She also chased the cats (one of them (the one with health issues), appeared to quite enjoyed the "thrill of the chase" despite being the target !!
    The other one (who we expected to be the brave one) was terrified of the puppy and disappeared for days on end - she weighed less than 1/4 of either of the cats but was scary to them.

    Peeing and pooing all over the place is typical puppy behaviour until they are toilet trained, the most sensible decision really should have been not getting her in the first place!

    Research and knowing the commitment needed before getting any dog is essential.
  • GwylimT
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    edited 3 July 2016 at 8:57AM
    Don't personally feed dry, but royal canin is very poor quality so they have done you a favour really!

    If you buy from pets at home and your cat wont eat it you can take it back from a refund.

    Personally I would put her onto wet/raw, but if you really want to use dry the best are thrive, aatu and canagan. Both thrive and aatu are both available at pets at home. Aatu contains 85% meat (none of which comes from animal derivatives) and thrive is 90% meat, although I would avoid the fish ones as cats should only eat very small amounts of fish.

    Whether you feed, raw, wet or dry it is best to have a rotation of food to stop them becoming 'addicted' to a particular brand.
  • WeAreGhosts
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    GwylimT wrote: »
    although I would avoid the fish ones as cats should only eat very small amounts of fish.

    My cat won't touch meat at all. Not even steamed chicken or the best bit of beef, or any meaty wet food, so she's on a fishy diet. I managed to sneak some chicken biscuits in recently though :D
  • 50Twuncle
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    Sorry to drag this up again - but our older cat (13 years old) has now started to refuse to eat ANY tinned/packet food - except for Tuna (feline) - This is expensive and worrying (is feline tuna not bad for cats - mercury ?)
  • GwylimT
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    No, fish isn't ideal for a cat to eat.

    Have you tried to cat on raw food, or sprinkled fortiflora on wet food?
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