Is Purina Cat Chow Indoor Formula good for cats?

[Catlady711]

I wouldn't use the Purina Indoor formula, it has too many dyes in it. Someone at our hospital accidentally got a bag of that like a year ago to feed our resident cats. They suddenly started acting all jumpy and no one could hold or pet them anymore. We finally figured out it had to be the food since there was nothing medically wrong with them. After about a week or two of being back on their normal food they went back to acting normally again. Turns out they'd had an allergic reaction to the dyes that showed up as a behavioural thing.

I've also seen a TON of cases come in our doors with all kinds of skin/ear problems from dyes in foods. If you're going to feed Purina stick with the plain cat chow formula, or just stay away from the dyes.

Switching foods around is not a good idea. Find one good food and just stick with it.

[Medusa]

I've never ever ever have had a problem w/any of the Purina products. My vet's office has even switched to Purina. I use the indoor formula, my cats love it, they've had no reactions to it whatsoever and I have no reason to change it. If they don't eat it, what good is the high priced stuff? Purina wasn't recalled for a reason.

[CultureJunky]

I think it's just best to feed what your cat likes isn't it. It seems some are happy with Purina and some are not, I think everything is like that, People have different experiences with different things. That's just life.
Sunny eats 99% dry (usually picks at wet food) and I have to admit she likes to have a variety and rarely has the same bag of dry every time. I try to look around for the better brands on offer. At the moment she has the pets at home premium brand of dry food mature light. She's fine with it and it has basically the same ingredients as say the higher costing ones such as IAMS and Purina One, James Wellbeloved etc.
I always go for one with a good meat content ie if it's a chicken flavour the good brands usually have say 27% chicken. These are the ones I try to get.
When I first had them she ate Whiskas dry food cause she really loved it but then I read the ingredients on the back (after reading about dry food in my cat magazine) and it said it only had 7% chicken in it which I thought was rubbish really. She now haves whatever I can find on offer of the better brands and she's fine. She's a total biscuit monster.

Jack however I have tried to give more dry but he hates it, he's my carnivore boy! Lol Though then again he'd eat the carpet if it had a bit of ham on it!