THEN... I started to mix a bag of Nutrience Adult Original Maintenance Cat Food in with a bag of Purina Cat Chow Advanced Nutrition.
Nutrience Adult Original Maintenance Cat Food's first five ingredients are CHICKEN MEAL, GROUND CORN, CHICKEN FAT, BREWERS RICE, DRIED BEET PULP. From what I have read this is a good quality cat food (again- not the best!) and my vet and other people (including a few breeders) have also agreed that it is a good food.
I figured that by mixing the two that my cats would get some more good out of what they were eating. I was originally going to completely stop the Purina Cat Chow but when I saw that they were picking around the Nutrience I decided to continue mixing them in the hopes they would atleast pick at the Nutrience by accident. This was four months ago and since then they have been eating both the Nutrience and Purina and don't seem to "mind it" but they still try to leave the Nutrience to last. HOWEVER, I have noticed that my cats are loseing weight. Not unhealthy by any means but definately not what I would call adequate. My cats are healthy, regularly vet checked and vaccinated and are parasite/worm free. Their activity levels have increased and other then being what I would call a little thin they are fine.
Could their weight loss have to do with eating the Nurtience cat food?? At first I was wondering if maybe it "looked" like they were loseing weight because more hair is coming out now that it is spring. But I can feel the difference in weight when I pick them up and by just looking at them I can tell they are thinner.
Should I be concerned about this??
BTW- I do free feed. I only put out the amount each cat should be getting daily plus a little extra so I do not over feed. At the end of the day they still have a small amount of food left over.
Thanks in advance