I finally had a chance to make it to the pet store tonight. I would have liked to have had more time to prepare for the trip, but it didn't work out that way and I had to go by memory as far as which ingredients to avoid, which brands to look for, etc. All things I read on the forums here. I picked up some Wellness Grain Free wet food - it was one of the only brands I could for sure recognize that I had read about on the forums. I also got the Wellness Grain Free dry food for my kitties. I assumed the expensive brands were at least "supposed" to be healthier, so I started checking the labels. I saw a lot of peas and carrots and sweet potatoes - stuff I've learned that cats can't digest, so I passed over those ones. But something else I noticed was a lot of cranberries, and even blueberries in certain brands. I know cranberries are good for human urinary tract health, but the cranberries in the cat food weren't even in the varieties that were specially marked as urinary health blends. Is that what it's for? Or is it just another filler like peas and carrots? I just didn't remember seeing cranberry mentioned on the forums here, either as good or bad.
As far as the wellness goes - I didn't read the label close enough (was a little rushed) - and forgot that it's pate and my kitties don't like pate. Either way, Miles thought the venison smelled yummy (I must admit, it does smell just like real deer meat), and he ate a small amount of it. River only at one bite before she moved on, but she kept coming back to sniff at it like it smelled good to her. Mike, our recently adopted feral/stray, is the resident garbage disposal and quickly ate it all up. Another side note that just popped into my head - feral cats don't eat deer, so is deer meat cat food even a good idea, nutritionally? I suppose they also don't eat beef in nature, so maybe that was a silly question lol
As far as the wellness goes - I didn't read the label close enough (was a little rushed) - and forgot that it's pate and my kitties don't like pate. Either way, Miles thought the venison smelled yummy (I must admit, it does smell just like real deer meat), and he ate a small amount of it. River only at one bite before she moved on, but she kept coming back to sniff at it like it smelled good to her. Mike, our recently adopted feral/stray, is the resident garbage disposal and quickly ate it all up. Another side note that just popped into my head - feral cats don't eat deer, so is deer meat cat food even a good idea, nutritionally? I suppose they also don't eat beef in nature, so maybe that was a silly question lol
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