Cat food?

[katladyd]

I don't know what brands are carried in Europe, but I feed grain free, my cats both act like young kittens now (my old guy is 13). I love Blue Wilderness dry and Wellness, Royal Canin, and Wilderness wet. My boys are doing so well on this diet!

[Sonia59]

I have heard about the brands you mentioned but I don't know them, only Royal Canin. I also buy from zooplus. They have a French version of their site, and a stock platform near Paris, so what I order does not come from Germany and arrives faster. They are among the lowest prices you can find in France, not the only ones, but one of the few. I also appreciate the free shipping (above a certain amount).

[Barbara]

We have a zooplus shop here but I never went- just because another shop is closer to the supermarket I usually go.
It is true that lots of dry food, even vet ones have carbs as their main ingredient- which doesn't sound good to me. Eg the Royal canin for the exigeant cat (which they all love, as they are exigeant all over) contains plants as the first ingredient.
That Almo nature stuff that you mention is wonderful meat, chicken or tuna. It looks as if you could eat it by yourself- not yucky at all. It is very expensive, I think it is made in Italy but I buy it from time to time.
The normal shop variety wet food contains only 4% of the meat after which it is named, i.e. chicken, rabbit etc. There seems to be a tendency now to name it in a way that appeals to humans- like "beef fillet stripes in tomato sauce". On the back cover it usually says that there is only 4% of beef, the rest is mixed stuff.
There are now some foods that guarantee you more of the food that's on cover e.g. in Germany there is Miamor on which they guarantee you 60% chicken if there's chicken written on them. They are not as expensive as Almo .
When Filou was sick he used to love Almo chicken which contains chicken in (of course unsalted) broth with 1% of rice- that was just his cup of tea

[Bengalz]

When Natura sold out to P+G, I switched Eve's wet food to Almo Nature for her dinner meal and since that change have never had a problem feeding my girl She loves it and there is such a wonderful variety of flavours (Eve likes almost all of them) - it is entertaining trying to decide which feast she should enjoy today You are right Barbara it is expensive (but, comes in small cans so there is little waste - love that!) but really it looks good enough to eat myself!! And there are never any leftovers For breakfast she usually has 1/2 pouch of Wellness - also available in many flavours - Eve's favourites are Chicken + Chicken Liver, Turkey and of course, Tuna!

Her coat is fantastic, her eyes are bright and she has boundless energy - the cost is worth just to see her happy and healthy

[Randi]

Thank you everyone!

I found the Almo food on the site and I'd like to let Fister try that, rather than the Whiskas in Gele pouches. It IS possible to get Purina (Pussi) also, I believe that is slightly better, but I have to go to a pet store quite far away to get it.

So if I and a few others can order this Almo food, that would be great. There seem to be quite many varietes, but I know Fister likes the ones with gelé. Then, I've heard that older cats should not have food with too much protein. Do you know if that is true?

This is the link to what they have:
http://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/c...t_food_pouches

One of these says that it has at lest 26% of meat. Some of them do look delicious!

[krazyaboutkatz]

Randi, as far as I know feeding an older cat a high protein diet shouldn't hurt them unless they have kidney disease. Also feeding a cat a high protein diet won't cause kidney disease. This is what I've read. My Storm is 15 and he's been eating a high protein diet for several years now. All of my cats are now on Wellness Core dry food which is 50% protein. My 4 oldest cats are also eating the Wellness grain free canned food which is 10% protein and they all love the 5 flavors that it comes in: Turkey, Turkey & Salmon, Chicken, Chicken & Herring, and Chicken & Beef. I would also feed the canned food to Alani & Blaze but they still have very sensitive tummies and so it causes them to make loose stools. I hope that whatever you decide to buy for Fister that he'll approve. Good luck.

[Barbara]

Senior cats should not eat too much protein as it could increase their kidney levels- as far as I know. The Almo stuff in pouches is in jelly, the cans rather with broth. I suppose the food is high in protein but I know they have a chicken and pumpkin variety too which Orion loves very much.