Hey folks,
After reading everything that people are posting about EVO and Cal. Natural, I've decided to give it a try with my kittens.... That is, if they'll eat it.
I've got some Q's concerning both the dry and wet foods and feeding them to my cat and kittens. Sorry about the long post and many questions.
Before I get into the multitude of questions, let me give you some background info:
I have two kittens, ~7 months old now, neutered DSH males. They are very lean, although I am not sure if it is due to diet or genetics... Right now they get two meals of dry food (nutro nat. choice kitten, ~1/3 C.) and one meal of wet cat or kitten food (authority or nutro, ~ 1/4 of a 5.5oz can). I have been adding a little cooked meat in with their wet food also. I have suspected that they might have feline herpes, so they are also getting a dose of powdered lysine with their wet food daily.
I also have an overweight DSH neutered male cat (~3 years old, or so the shelter told me). He is about 16lbs and needs to be about 13-14lbs. He has an enlarged heart (causing lower metabolism) and has had ocassional seizures (possibly due to the heart issue, or so the vet says). He has been eating nutro nat. choice weight management for the past few months and pretty much holding steady weight on 2/3c. a day. I switched him to nat. choice adult, hoping that he would loose some weight, but he gained weight, so back he went on the weight management. At one point, the vet told me I could go down to 1/3 C. a day of dry food with him. He gets ocassional wet food, but not everyday at this point.
Now that you know the background, here are the questions:
EVO dry food:
I've ordered a sample sized bag (2.2lb) from pet food direct because there are no suppliers locally and I didn't want to be out a huge amount of money if they won't touch the stuff.
That said, I know that some people on here have said that their cats have gotten fat on EVO, hopefully this won't be an issue with kittens, but how much should I feed them per lb of weight?
Also, Could my overweight cat possibly benefit from the high protien/low carb EVO?
If I can try EVO with him as well, how much would he get per lb of body weight?
California Natural Chicken/Rice Dry:
As a "safety" I also ordered a small bag of Cal. Natural chicken and brown rice... I like the fact that it has very few ingredients compaired to other foods. Unfortunately they didn't have a trial size of it, so I got the 4lb bag. How is it compaired to Nutro Natural choice kitten? If they refuse the EVO, would Cal. Natural be a good choice for them instead of the Nutro kitten and/or instead of the nutro weight managment?
Wet food Q's:
I got a free can of EVO with the 2.2lb bag, so I am also considering ordering some more of it as a good wet food to supplement the kittens or overweight cat, if they will eat it, that is. I could not order any of the Cal. Nat. cans, because there wasn't an option to try a single can...Only a case.
That said, I am open to any suggustions about other "premium" wet foods that might work for my cats...I'd prefer to go with those with less ingredients and fewer grains. While (and I know this is the hard part), staying in a moderate price range... Preferably around $1 a can or less (not including shipping).
If I can get all three to eat the same type of wet (that will work for all three), I could go with the larger cans (13 oz) which would, I think, make it more affordable to feed them the good stuff.
Well, I think that is all of my questions for now...Although I am sure I will come up with more once I have posted this.
Thank you so much for your help and time in posting/ reading this!
Art
After reading everything that people are posting about EVO and Cal. Natural, I've decided to give it a try with my kittens.... That is, if they'll eat it.
I've got some Q's concerning both the dry and wet foods and feeding them to my cat and kittens. Sorry about the long post and many questions.
Before I get into the multitude of questions, let me give you some background info:
I have two kittens, ~7 months old now, neutered DSH males. They are very lean, although I am not sure if it is due to diet or genetics... Right now they get two meals of dry food (nutro nat. choice kitten, ~1/3 C.) and one meal of wet cat or kitten food (authority or nutro, ~ 1/4 of a 5.5oz can). I have been adding a little cooked meat in with their wet food also. I have suspected that they might have feline herpes, so they are also getting a dose of powdered lysine with their wet food daily.
I also have an overweight DSH neutered male cat (~3 years old, or so the shelter told me). He is about 16lbs and needs to be about 13-14lbs. He has an enlarged heart (causing lower metabolism) and has had ocassional seizures (possibly due to the heart issue, or so the vet says). He has been eating nutro nat. choice weight management for the past few months and pretty much holding steady weight on 2/3c. a day. I switched him to nat. choice adult, hoping that he would loose some weight, but he gained weight, so back he went on the weight management. At one point, the vet told me I could go down to 1/3 C. a day of dry food with him. He gets ocassional wet food, but not everyday at this point.
Now that you know the background, here are the questions:
EVO dry food:
I've ordered a sample sized bag (2.2lb) from pet food direct because there are no suppliers locally and I didn't want to be out a huge amount of money if they won't touch the stuff.
That said, I know that some people on here have said that their cats have gotten fat on EVO, hopefully this won't be an issue with kittens, but how much should I feed them per lb of weight?
Also, Could my overweight cat possibly benefit from the high protien/low carb EVO?
If I can try EVO with him as well, how much would he get per lb of body weight?
California Natural Chicken/Rice Dry:
As a "safety" I also ordered a small bag of Cal. Natural chicken and brown rice... I like the fact that it has very few ingredients compaired to other foods. Unfortunately they didn't have a trial size of it, so I got the 4lb bag. How is it compaired to Nutro Natural choice kitten? If they refuse the EVO, would Cal. Natural be a good choice for them instead of the Nutro kitten and/or instead of the nutro weight managment?
Wet food Q's:
I got a free can of EVO with the 2.2lb bag, so I am also considering ordering some more of it as a good wet food to supplement the kittens or overweight cat, if they will eat it, that is. I could not order any of the Cal. Nat. cans, because there wasn't an option to try a single can...Only a case.
That said, I am open to any suggustions about other "premium" wet foods that might work for my cats...I'd prefer to go with those with less ingredients and fewer grains. While (and I know this is the hard part), staying in a moderate price range... Preferably around $1 a can or less (not including shipping).
If I can get all three to eat the same type of wet (that will work for all three), I could go with the larger cans (13 oz) which would, I think, make it more affordable to feed them the good stuff.
Well, I think that is all of my questions for now...Although I am sure I will come up with more once I have posted this.
Thank you so much for your help and time in posting/ reading this!
Art