Cat Food Without Fish

[Le0nard]

I have a cat with a very bad fish/shellfish allergy. I was previously feeding Instinct Original beef, and he was doing very well on it. However they just changed the recipe and added fish oil.

Can anyone recommend a canned food without fish/shellfish products? Seems to be a unicorn and impossible to find.

 

[duckpond]

against the grain has some poultry that does not have fish oils, and almo nature has a few complete chicken food with no fish oil. Rawz has a beef without fish oils, and i think wellness core does too. nutro perfect portions beef do not. Chicken soup has a beef stew that does not. Health Extensions beef does not. hound& gatos has a beef, a rabbit, and a lamb that has no fish or oils.

 

[LTS3]

These might help:

Looking for fish-free food
My New Kitten Is Allergic To Fish
Fish free canned! Yay!

 

[sabrinah]

I recently discovered Open Nature at Safeway. It's not great but it's not awful. At $0.80 per 5.5 oz can it's not bad. I haven't tried it yet but the Chicken&Beef can I grabbed has no fish in it. It may be worth checking out. Some Whole Earth Farms flavors also have no fish or fish oil, as do some PureVita, Ziwi Peak, Nutri Source, FirstMate, I'm sure there's more out there. Again, it's not all flavors and I haven't tried all these foods, I just looked around a bit at ingredient lists for various poultry or novelty protein flavors.

I did just notice that she has a shellfish allergy as well, and I believe at least one fond in the list had mussels.

 

[terriesdoll]

Not a canned food but Stella and Chewy chick, chick, chicken doesn't. It is freeze dried and reconstituted with water. One of my cats is very sensitive to fish but not allergic so I found that helped.

 

[Tobermory]

I don’t know how often the site owner updates the data, but I’ve found the following website useful for research purposes: CatFoodDB - Cat Food Reviews to help you find the best cat food for your cat I don’t use it for its “best of” listings. I use it to check ingredients (which is where you might find it handy as a starting point) as well as protein, carb, and fat info. Dozens of brands of both canned and dry are listed. You might narrow down your search there and then read the labels in the store to make sure nothing has changed.

Before I began making the cats’ food I was feeding Rawz 96% Chicken & Chicken Liver Pâté, Rawz 96% Turkey & Turkey Liver Pâté, and Weruva Paw Lickin’ Chicken. No fish or fish oil in any of them—at least as of last November—and they’re all higher protein and low carb. FYI, Rawz is very pricey.

 

[terriesdoll]

I don’t know how often the site owner updates the data, but I’ve found the following website useful for research purposes: CatFoodDB - Cat Food Reviews to help you find the best cat food for your cat I don’t use it for its “best of” listings. I use it to check ingredients (which is where you might find it handy as a starting point) as well as protein, carb, and fat info. Dozens of brands of both canned and dry are listed. You might narrow down your search there and then read the labels in the store to make sure nothing has changed.

Before I began making the cats’ food I was feeding Rawz 96% Chicken & Chicken Liver Pâté, Rawz 96% Turkey & Turkey Liver Pâté, and Weruva Paw Lickin’ Chicken. No fish or fish oil in any of them—at least as of last November—and they’re all higher protein and low carb. FYI, Rawz is very pricey.

Thank you so much for the link. I found answers to questions I have had and now see why Stella and Chewy was ignoring my emails. I will not be ordering their food again.

 

[abyeb]

Here’s some options I found while searching around Chewy:

Wellness CORE Natural Grain Free Turkey & Duck Pate Canned Cat Food

Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet Grain-Free Real Chicken Pate Recipe Canned Cat Food, 5-oz, case of 24

https://www.chewy.com/merrick-limited-ingredient-diet-grain/dp/115598

https://www.chewy.com/merrick-limited-ingredient-diet-grain/dp/115600

Wild Calling Cabin Fever Chicken Recipe Grain-Free Adult Canned Cat Food, 5.5-oz, case of 24

https://www.chewy.com/wild-calling-cowabunga-beef-recipe/dp/105195

 

[xcourtney3]

For budget foods, Friskies Mixed Grill and Country Style Dinner do not have fish

 

[LTS3]

This chart is helpful but it's several years old so always double check a current ingredient list online before you buy: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1M32MmM6UZdJkaRawyWZxIgTetPOUH1aIWMQQO__OAcA/edit?hl=en&hl=en#gid=0