I just adopted a kitten a few days ago, and I want to make sure that I'm feeding him good food. He was a rescue and probably has been eatting less than ideal food up till now. What brands do you guys feed your kittens?
Sharky, just curious....why don't you have Innova or Innova Evo listed? It's my understanding that the Innova brand is the highest quality feline and canine food product (wet or dry) available (excepting raw, of course).Originally Posted by sharky
Best for the least money
Chn soup
Nutros Max
Premium edge
slightly higer
Solid gold
Nutros natural choice
Felidea
Califonia natural
Sky high but good
Natures Prairie
Some Eagle pack
Timberwolf
I forgot Innova( I am not recommending them right now till all formula changes are finished and I can see what it is then)... I DONT think it is the BEST as I DONT THINK there is a best IT is a BEST for each based on that animal...Originally Posted by Auntie Crazy
Sharky, just curious....why don't you have Innova or Innova Evo listed? It's my understanding that the Innova brand is the highest quality feline and canine food product (wet or dry) available (excepting raw, of course).
If I understand you correctly, you like the Evo for dogs, but it caused problems when you fed it to your cats? What kind of problems, precisely? What does YMMV mean?Originally Posted by sharky
EVO I love for dogs for cats I had bad trouble with wet and dry ( YMMV) ... I know a few with great experience with cat Evo ...
I fed Blaze the Special Kitty when we first got her.She did really good on it.NO problems at all.Originally Posted by zak&rocky
Maxximum isn't bad... I started my new cat Tribbles on Nutro Max kitten and she did great on it.. She was extremely underweight at first and she got right up to normal in no time it seemed and now two months later she looks great.. She's about six months now and she is integrated with the other cats so it is difficult now to keep the food separate so I have some kitten food set out still but I don't know who is eating it..The last two kittens I had ate nutro max to start as well. I would not reccomend kitten chow or special kitty kitten or anything that has a lot of red dye in it.
I thought the same thing tooOriginally Posted by ClaireBear
Thanks for the replies. I've been feeding the Maxximum kitten, I just wasn't sure if it was considered a good quality food. I know the ingrediants when I looked at them sounded good, it was just so cheap that I felt maybe there was something wrong with it. But I guess not if everyone's feeding it with no problems.
Thanks for the reply, Sharky! I'm learning everything I can in preparation for migrating my kitties to a high-quality adult food when they're ready for it, and you've given me some good info here.Originally Posted by sharky
Yes I like evo for dogs ... it seems better tolerated ... My cats the younger one had constant diarrea and the other vomitted ... YMMV your milage may very...EVO is INCREDIBLY high in ash ... If you want a near raw food might I suggest Natures prarie Raw instinct .... The food s that help with UTI health often have corn gluten which acidifies the chicken common in high end pet foods or has things like cranberries .... The best ingrediant and having been tested I have found is Nutros Max adult and lite( kittens usually arent to prone)... fish is a common UTI culprit
Premium edge has the same Fatty acid as Nutro Max less than Natural choice... Premium edge makes a great kitten food I personally wasnt thrilled with the adult .... So mine went to Nutro( no by products no grd corn) which I found has less grains and extras ...lol.. she has an allergy to corn so I am now with Felidea chn and riceOriginally Posted by MamaKitties
I have two kittens that I started out with the Nutro Natural Choice Complete for Kittens for about 2 months. I later found Premium Edge which is a lot better than the Nutro, at least for my kittens. I have noticed just 1 month of feeding them Premium Edge, their coats has become extremely soft and they shed less (they use to have flaky skin too that I found on their bed). I know premium edge has omega fatty acid which is food for their skin and coat as well as a healthy heart but I'm not sure whether Nutro has it. I believe premium edge contains no by-products, not sure about nutro. Few other premium food were mentioned in this posting but haven't tried them on my kittens so can't say anything yet about them. I wouldn't go for any "commercialized" brand like Iams or Purina brands as they all contain by-products (their second ingredient).
Is there a reason as to why you felt the adult premium edge wasn't good? I'm debating on switching to Natural Balance sometime mid next year when they turn 1. I'm trying to give them more fiber than what the dry food offer right now but it seems like Natural Balance fiber is at 3% versus the premium edge hairball control at 8%. It seems like natural balance does offer a reduced calories formula since I'm concern about one of my cat being a bit on the overweight side. Fiber factor may not be the biggest concern since I give them fresh wheat grass to eat.Originally Posted by sharky
Premium edge has the same Fatty acid as Nutro Max less than Natural choice... Premium edge makes a great kitten food I personally wasnt thrilled with the adult .... So mine went to Nutro( no by products no grd corn) which I found has less grains and extras ...lol.. she has an allergy to corn so I am now with Felidea chn and rice