Hi there, I've looked through the cat food ingredient spreadsheet (which I'm so grateful for!) several times, but it doesn't have the answers I'm looking for so am hoping someone here can help!
I'm searching for a cat food from a big reliable brand that contains relatively few questionable ingredients (I understand that those brands have more questionable ingredients, but I'm hoping to find the least offensive ones).
I've spent many hours and so much money trying to find a wet food that will work for my girl Squish, but nothing is working. She was eating Nutro Senior Soft Loaf Chicken for years, which was great because the ingredient list was pretty good and the brand was pretty reliable, but she seemed to start to develop an allergy to the food right as they were discontinuing it, so it was time to switch foods either way. The vet said it was most likely the chicken that she was allergic to, and while I'm not 100% sure, I suspect that to be true because she has done better with other proteins.
Since then we've tried the following:
Long story short: I'm looking for a wet food that has no poultry (or poultry parts) from one of the big brands that isn't completely terrible. Any thoughts?? Thanks so much for reading.
I'm searching for a cat food from a big reliable brand that contains relatively few questionable ingredients (I understand that those brands have more questionable ingredients, but I'm hoping to find the least offensive ones).
I've spent many hours and so much money trying to find a wet food that will work for my girl Squish, but nothing is working. She was eating Nutro Senior Soft Loaf Chicken for years, which was great because the ingredient list was pretty good and the brand was pretty reliable, but she seemed to start to develop an allergy to the food right as they were discontinuing it, so it was time to switch foods either way. The vet said it was most likely the chicken that she was allergic to, and while I'm not 100% sure, I suspect that to be true because she has done better with other proteins.
Since then we've tried the following:
- Dr. Elsey's Cleanprotein Turkey: Loved the ingredients but her allergies persisted, and as I understand a cat that's allergic to chicken might very well be broadly allergic to all poultry.
- Hound & Gatos Rabbit: This food seemed ok but then they discontinued it? Chewy has been sold out for months and I was finding some on Amazon but not anymore. Chewy has no answers about what happened or if it will ever be restocked.
- Tiki Cat Wild Salmon: This food seemed ok as well but it didn't seem to agree with Squish. We introduce new foods very slowly but even with just a tiny amount added to her old food she started throwing up daily, so I was afraid to continue.
- Instinct Limited Ingredient Rabbit: I want to like this food, but i HATE this food. We have used it for several months, in between the other options, but about 2 cans out of every case have had lids that aren't cut so they can't be opened without a can opener (out of MANY cases, so this was not a one-time fluke). The texture and color of the food is very different each time, which the company claims is normal, but with the can quality control already clearly being an issue, I have been highly suspicious of the food. Then tonight we opened a can that was covered in mold (!!!). It has an expiration date a year out. I don't trust this company as far as I can throw one of their cans.
Long story short: I'm looking for a wet food that has no poultry (or poultry parts) from one of the big brands that isn't completely terrible. Any thoughts?? Thanks so much for reading.