Cat food question - Maxximum Nutrition?

[Catty1]

Maybe offer to buy a bag of the better stuff for your sis, just to see how long it lasts. Price it per day.

I get my food from the vet as Oscar has had urinaty concerns, and it seems to last a LOT longer!

[catnapper]

One nasty little secret that people don't know about, and the food companies don't share: notice how "chicken" is first. Sounds good, right? "Chicken" is the whole chicken, bones, lung, brain, toes, etc. all ground up. By products are the meat separated from the desirable parts. Chicken Meal is the meat separated from the undesireable parts.

I wouldn't trust anything WalMart puts out. Tell her to try the Petsmart brand name. Its a good food and typically at the same price or a $1 more than the cheap stuff. Plus, like someone else said, they actually eat less of it, so really it IS the same price when you consider how many meals they get.

Also tell her that the better the food, the less chance of needing expensive vet care. I swear! My vet told me that she sees a lot of people with problems related to poor food and she doesn't see the same problems when people use a premium food.

[JenBKR]

One nasty little secret that people don't know about, and the food companies don't share: notice how "chicken" is first. Sounds good, right? "Chicken" is the whole chicken, bones, lung, brain, toes, etc. all ground up. By products are the meat separated from the desirable parts. Chicken Meal is the meat separated from the undesireable parts.

I wouldn't trust anything WalMart puts out. Tell her to try the Petsmart brand name. Its a good food and typically at the same price or a $1 more than the cheap stuff. Plus, like someone else said, they actually eat less of it, so really it IS the same price when you consider how many meals they get.

Also tell her that the better the food, the less chance of needing expensive vet care. I swear! My vet told me that she sees a lot of people with problems related to poor food and she doesn't see the same problems when people use a premium food.

hmm good point about the vet, I didn't think of that. The petsmart food, do you mean Authority? I could recommend that one, sounds good, thank you!