Purina Mainstay?

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Originally Posted by Kfamr

Roxy may be okay though, as far as I recall she wasn't fed raw for long and not consistantly thru that time, either. It may be easier for her to adjust back to low-grade kibble. Hopefully you'll be able to convince her to get a higher quality food. Even something like Purina One or Nutro would be better than this. Good luck.

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She's been fed Raw for 2 weeks, then back on kibble for 3 days, because she wouldn't eat the Raw. Then, I started feeding it to her frozen, and she's been on it 3-4 weeks. I will most definitely switch her back to Raw when I can, seeing as I found a place that's perfect for getting different varieties of meat.

Irescue, I don't really understand your praising Mainstay for dividing three equal sources (ground yellow corn & corn gluten & feed corn) instead of combining them. Actually, by seperating those 3 sources, it makes it seem like there is less of each, when actually at least 50% of this kibble is feed-grade corn, period. Purina One is not 50% corn... it isn't a premium kibble, but it's leaps and bounds better than Mainstay. There CANNOT possibly be a large amount of beef & bone meal if the protein level is 16%. I would consider this one of the worst dog foods out there... might as well praise Ol Roy as species appropriate! The fact is that Briana has no choice what her Mom buys, but hopefully she can begin to save up money to pay the difference between cheap brands and a higher quality brand.

Briana, I honestly think you should make a gradual change to raw. Raw chicken quarters are good for acclimating, but feeding just that for a month (I might be wrong about that, but that's all that I gathered) is not a balanced diet. Remember that quarters are very boney, and at least 1 muscle meat meal should be fed per week. Additionally, so should an offal meal, with half of that being liver. I'm glad you are waiting, but I don't understand why your Mom would pay around $1/lb for raw, but refuses to buy a kibble that is around $1/lb? You can get wonderful brands such as Innova for $1/lb.