Purina Pet Foods

[steel]

My 6 cats love purina cat food & Its all i buy.I like the bonus bags but they are never around that long.Purina has many diff flavors but they are doing away with purina chefs blend cat food.Thats too bad cause its my cats favorite.I often call purina & ask them to send me a few $2.00 discount coupons.Its great cause I get 2.00 off each 18 lb bag of purina cat food i buy.Heres the toll free number.Call them mon-fri.9-4 central time or go to http://purina.com. 1-800-778-7462

[momcat]

The proper food for our loving kitty companions is often a tough choice to make. We want only the best food that will maintain good health but at the same time something that our kitties will eat. Like many who are owned by a kitty, I have to depend on my vet for advice, the only problem is that at times the recommended food isn't available in stores. This post is a great help and valuable service to our PT family! Thanks for sharing.

[Jessika]

I'm not saying this is how your vet office is ran, but I will throw this thought out there. Every vet office I've been in is sponsored by a company; whether it be Hills, Eukanuba, or Purina. Since those particular clinics are sponsored by that company, they are required to carry and promote their foods as part of the sponsorship. That doesn't necessarily mean that that particular vet recommends that type of food over another, but in some cases, they are required to do so.

That having been said, of the "grocery store" foods, I would feed my pets Purina One over the other brands carried, but I still prefer to feed them their current diet (which shall remain unnamed in this thread, because that isn't the point) because I just have better results with their current food. This doesn't mean my food is better or that Purina is bad, it just means I have better results with this particular brand. And I even astounded the vet at their last visit because of all the Aussies she sees, mine have the best looking/feeling coats, clearest eyes, etc.

But just remember, no matter what anyone says -- feed what works for you and your pets! I encourage everyone to do their own research and find out what works best for you!

[Hellow]

I found this video on the web about normal, grocery store dog & cat foods. It was a video suggesting switching over to alternitave foods. I remember this part: "Would you feed your pets somthing that you wouldnt feed your kids? Well, consider this: Normal Dog & Cat foods normally contain beef from animals killed from disease, naturally, or by roadkill. And they contain a high amount of grains which dogs & Cats cannot digest. And, did you know that normal pet food contains chicken and fish heads, and sometimes animal waste. And normal Dog & Cat food is loaded with preservatives so that the food can have an longer shelf life. Sometimes, the food sits in an 18-wheeler trailer for over an year before being shelved. And, normally these trailers have no climate control systems. Would you feed this to your kids? i didnt think so." And that is the truth. I found som Dog & Cat food definitions on the web that describes the terms listed in the ingridents. I found out that the food that i had been feeding Reggie, which was Purina Bentiful, contained all of those as the top ingridents. So, never trust the commercials. I dont feed reggie any kind of dog food anymore, i feed her raw food. I feed the BARF diet. Do an google search.

[Medusa]

All of it, interesting. As I said, I wasn't trying to convince anyone of anything, merely passing along what my vet's office has to say on the subject. Obviously, we have to do what works for us, what we think is best for our furkids and, of course, what they'll eat. If they won't eat it, the point is moot.

[Scooter's Mom]

Obviously, we have to do what works for us, what we think is best for our furkids and, of course, what they'll eat.

Exactly! I tried buying a really pricey food, one of the high quality ones, to feed my kitties... they refused to eat for 4 days. I went and got some regular kitty food and put out and they ate it.

[jazzcat]

My vet keeps telling me that Purina is the brand she prefers and recommends now. She told me to get Ripley Purina Pro Plan for Sensitive Skin and Stomach and it's working great for him. He stopped having stomach issues all the way around (meaning from both ends). It actually is more expensive than the Nutro I'm feeding all the other cats but it's well worth it. I would just put all my cats on it but Scout and Decker don't seem to like it as well and Jazz is so picky that she wants change frequently.