I am a brand new cat owner with my first ever kitten. I have done too much research and don't know what to do. I know this is a common question in the forum but I would appreciate some further answers. I just would like some brand opinions and opinions on which is the lesser evil.
She is a 14 week old devon rex and I have only had her for 6 days. I got the same food her breeder had her on so that she would settle in easily but have now done my research and not sure they are very good foods. She was eating fancy feast wet and purina pro plan dry. I know you should do your best to avoid dry but I work 8 hours a day so can't really come home to feed her a wet lunch. She has about 40 grams wet every 12 hours and maybe 20 grams dry through the day (is this a good amount?). The pet shop recommended Hollistic wet but that has cranberries and she doesn't seem to love it, she'll eat it but I can tell she'd rather not. I've now got Wellness wet for her to try (but that has cranberries too), and I also picked up an Advance because they have minimal ingredients which I thought looked pretty good:
chicken, pork, lamb, rice, gelling agents, minerals, vegetable oil, flavour, fish oil, vitamins, taurine, plant extracts, colouring agent
Maybe weary of the "agents"?
She's also a bit sick already, sneezes quite regularly.. anywhere from 5-20 times a day and has a little bit gooey eyes/sniffles. Vet said it's a cat cold and has given Vibravet but I haven't seen much difference. I thought maybe if I got rid of the grains in her diet (pro plan, full of wheat/gluten/meal) it might help, so the dry foods replacements I thought were strong contenders are Nutro natural choice (but that has maize gluten as second ingredient) and Wellness (but that has 4 different cranberry ingredients).
Can someone please give me some thoughts/experiences of the above listed brands, your take on cranberries/lesser evils (I don't want her to slowly die from cranberry toxins but I also don't want her to have urinary issues)...and any other advice that might help. I'm sorry to bring up the same old topic and I know it's a hefty question so thank you so much.
She is a 14 week old devon rex and I have only had her for 6 days. I got the same food her breeder had her on so that she would settle in easily but have now done my research and not sure they are very good foods. She was eating fancy feast wet and purina pro plan dry. I know you should do your best to avoid dry but I work 8 hours a day so can't really come home to feed her a wet lunch. She has about 40 grams wet every 12 hours and maybe 20 grams dry through the day (is this a good amount?). The pet shop recommended Hollistic wet but that has cranberries and she doesn't seem to love it, she'll eat it but I can tell she'd rather not. I've now got Wellness wet for her to try (but that has cranberries too), and I also picked up an Advance because they have minimal ingredients which I thought looked pretty good:
chicken, pork, lamb, rice, gelling agents, minerals, vegetable oil, flavour, fish oil, vitamins, taurine, plant extracts, colouring agent
Maybe weary of the "agents"?
She's also a bit sick already, sneezes quite regularly.. anywhere from 5-20 times a day and has a little bit gooey eyes/sniffles. Vet said it's a cat cold and has given Vibravet but I haven't seen much difference. I thought maybe if I got rid of the grains in her diet (pro plan, full of wheat/gluten/meal) it might help, so the dry foods replacements I thought were strong contenders are Nutro natural choice (but that has maize gluten as second ingredient) and Wellness (but that has 4 different cranberry ingredients).
Can someone please give me some thoughts/experiences of the above listed brands, your take on cranberries/lesser evils (I don't want her to slowly die from cranberry toxins but I also don't want her to have urinary issues)...and any other advice that might help. I'm sorry to bring up the same old topic and I know it's a hefty question so thank you so much.