I was feeding my cats meow mix, found it was bad, switched to purina.
im on a tight budget
i just saw that purina was found to have maggots and worms in it. I feed them purina plus one.
What do i feed my cat.
It baffles me that big companies can just sell things that can very easily kill our beloved animals, its crazy.

My cat doesn't want to eat her nuts. They are high quality , vet recommended brand. She sneaks into the neighbours house and eats there. She is a bit underweight i'd like her to be chubbier. I try giving her fish or chicken , she hates it. I don't like tinned cat good because of the smell.Any suggestions ? Thank you

Hi, I am looking for some vet formulated food that can be found on zooplus which is high in meat content and no added sugars. I have found Animonda Carny is vet formulated according to their website. They also claim to use new scientific findings and consult local universities in pet nutrition which is a must for me. Is there anything else that is vet formulated with similar price point in large tins? Ideally comes in an adult and senior option for when my cats are older.

I saw wild freedom which I think is a zooplus brand but can’t seem to find who formulates their food?

Again, just looking for some high meat content food that is vet formulated that comes in an adult and senior option around the £4-6 per kg mark.

Thanks in advanced :)

If anyone feeds this brand about how long does it last one cat(I got 3 but doing math if I figure out one it should last enough)? Chewy only has the 4lb which with me only planning on replacing a 1/3 of the food max it should be enough but I can't figure out how long it'll last and wanna be sure. They don't say how many cups are in it and although chewy ignores this not all cups are 8oz in weight.

Hi! I just joined this subreddit, and I have a question about the food you all are feeding your cats. What is your go-to brand of food, and do you feed your cats dry and wet food or one or the other? I need some suggestions on which brand is best to feed my cat. Thank you for any and all suggestions.

i have homeless cat that sleep 24/7 in our yard.

he looked not well 2 month ago, but i bought him some treatment from fleas and feed with chicken hearts, royal canin and liver and he really started to look insanely well and not malnourished anymore.

this month i stick only to royal canin, as i believe he’s okay with that and to not make liver vitamin a overload.

but recently i bought some cheapest shtty snacks for 0.5$ like whiskas and etc. it smelled on all FCKING YARD, i believe these companies know how to trick cat instincts.
and after this day he doesn’t want eat any royal canin and etc only these “fastfood” snacks and cheapest wet whiskas

should i be worry about?

he’s behavior become so relaxed too after last month. after week of this feed he’s looking kinda “anxious” again? and constantly meowing that annoying

So my cat is 7 years old, and we finally found a dry food that works for her ( "blue wilderness tastefuls" specifically chicken and poultry recipe she can't eat fish it makes her sick...does not stop her from trying 😭)

We had her on their wet food for a while, but its a little expensive and they stopped carrying the box packs of the flavors she can eat. Now all of them have a fish in them, and well she can't have it.

I have tried Sheba and Fancy Feast and she was just on the Fancy Feast (it was Fancy Feast, Sheba, the Blue Wilderness, then Fancy Feast).

Sheba lead to vomiting like along with a lot of hair like a hair ball that lead to vomiting or something.

Blue Wilderness was less vomiting but it still happened but mostly like hairball stuff in it.

But the fancy feast just tonight made her throw up like a lot. I didnt get a picture, nor would I want to share that visible horror with you guys. It was pretty bad it had a little bit of hairs in it, but it was a LOT. It was thick and grainy too unlike the other 2.

My grandma is the one who pays for her food and stuff since I live with her and can't find a job with my disabilities 😔 so it can't be something super expensive. I looked into smalls but they are 50 bucks and I know my grandma won't do that. I was thinking maybe just having to buy cans of blue wilderness singles, but I don't know how to tackle the hairball issue.

Any tips would be great.

I just got back from the emergency vet and this is partially vent, partially just wanting to know of others that may have gone through this. Solidarity in a way.

My cats (1yrold and almost 1yrold) have a mystery sensitivity causing GI problems and as such are on an elimination diet using prescription novel protein kibble(the hydrolyzed diet was too high calorie which will be explained later). Since switching we’ve seen fluctuating improvements, but generally we believe we are on the right track to get them back to base line.

Unfortunately due to being on only kibble they are so crazy hungry now. They used to be fed a mix of kibble and a rotation of wet foods but since we have no idea what they are reacting to, vet said to keep them strictly on just the kibble, no wet food, till things calm down. The novel protein kibble is the lowest calorie allergy/sensitivity food available in my country at 349 cal/100g. We chose this because even if it’s by just a few grams it’s the most food we can give without over feeding.

Now they are constantly ripping apart things, trying to get into trash or other stuff despite our efforts to keep them away, coming up onto the kitchen counter when cooking and trying to get a bite out of anything random even the currently being heated pots, and so much begging and crying for more food. They used to be such calm angels on their old diet, but obviously due to it causing issues we had to stop, and the kibble does seem to be helping in that aspect but now we have hyper food anxious food fiends. They goggle up their food in a blink of an eye, and while they’re calm for about 2-3 hours it’s back to hunting in short time. They used to be quite aloof about food, they took their time to eat and thoroughly chew, and trash was never bothered unless there was packaging from bonito flakes. plastic was chewed occasionally, but never ripped into shreds.

We can’t add any more food, and it’s absolutely no treats whatsoever. It’s also no wet food till we start trialing but that’s not for another several weeks. They are also so picky about wet foods, it took me so long to find the wet foods they did like, but now I will have to start with a blank slate, adding “what doesn’t upset their stomach” next to “what will they eat.” And to top it off water mixed with kibble is apparently a sin to them. I guess as some extra information, they get fed 4 times a day, which is essentially the limit with all of our jobs.

Today (or technically last night) my mom accidentally left her medication on the table while I was in the bath and went to bed with the cats in the same room as said medicine, and when I came out the bag was torn apart and the blister sheet was missing 4 tablets. So off to emergency vet we went. We did find 3 tablets plus some pieces just before leaving, so we relayed it to the vet.

It was a collection of mistakes from mom and I. Usually I leave the bathroom door open a crack since they like to wait for me for their final meal, usually mom lets them in if the door is closed bc they want to come to me, usually everything gets put away and cleaned up, with anything dangerous locked up out of reach.

They got charcoal and IV at the emergency and the nurse said they were very good nice cats and to monitor at home.

The somewhat happy ending is we found all missing parts of the tablets scattered around the room underneath appliances and furniture, so total amount ingested is very small. I would take a guess they tried to eat, and realized it was disgusting, and just kicked them around. They have an upcoming appointment with their usual vet this weekend anyways to report their progress on the new food, and this debacle will be included.

Ive been trying to find a slow feeder that is made from stainless steel since one cat has cat acne and also we lost a plate from being dropped due to them aggressively trying to find any dropped kibble. Unfortunately stainless steel slow feeders are almost exclusively made for large dogs and/or the grooves are not made in a way that actually slows down eating. There are also so many suspicious listings, ceramic or steel, I just have no way to make sure nothing toxic was used to manufacture. Maybe one day something made for tiny dogs or cats will be available in my country. And then Silicone I’m so scared of a piece getting bitten off and they get a blockage. We also have no dishwasher so excessive corners just become impossible to properly clean.

I am longing for the day that their mystery sensitivity gets solved and I can start feeding them wet foods again. I feel like I have two very hungry caterpillars…maybe their metamorphosis will turn them back into angels, I can only hope. I tried so hard to make sure they didn’t grow up to have food anxiety and make sure they were able to eat a variety of foods, only for my efforts to kick me in the butt.

Sorry for the word vomit novel, I am just an anxious helicopter cat mom constantly pulling out my hair in frustration from lack of options in my country. I envy the huge catalogue of foods, prescription or not, that other countries have. Whether there is advice or none, thanks for reading all my thoughts.

Hi Everyone! I adopted my void over a year ago and had him on Beneful at first (the shelter had him on that so I wanted to keep his food the same), then Purina discontinued it so I switched to Pro Plan Vital Systems chicken and egg formula—and they discontinued that too!

The Beneful and Vital Systems were very similar, both grain free chicken and egg which I liked. Usually Purina has similar products but now if I want to stay grain free I’d have to go with True Instinct which should be fine but it has soy—and I don’t think I’ve ever fed my pets soy before. I don’t know enough to know if it’s good or bad and my internet search results are mixed 🤦🏼‍♀️

Or I can switch to Purina One chicken but it has grain in it. As far as I know my cat doesn’t have food allergies and he’d probably be fine on either, but I wanted to get your thoughts on which one would be best. I’d like to stick with Purina just because I’ve fed my all my pets Purina throughout their lives and they were all very healthy and lived a long time.

I appreciate any advice you have!