My older kitty Henry is 14 and has IBS. My younger kitty Sophie is about 11 and seems to be sensitive to chicken and beef. They have been eating the Royal Canin selected protein rabbit formula. I would like to try something cheaper and better, but every time I think I’ve found an alternative, I see something that makes me hesitate. The instinct formula that is similar contains menadione sodium bisulfate. There is a natural balance venison formula that looked ok, but it sounds like the quality of this food may be questionable? And it sounds like both this and my current food have much higher carbs than they should, but maybe that’s true of all dry foods.
Henry will not usually eat much or any wet food; gravy will interest her a little, but she still usually doesn’t eat much. Sophie would be an easier convert, but my schedule won’t allow for a completely wet diet and that won’t help the budget problem either. She also loves to eat and is already overweight; if I start putting wet out more often she’ll probably just eat twice as much.
I’m not sure if there is anything out there that might be a better option than the ones I’ve already listed. Most other foods have a lot more ingredients. Henry has been on prednisolone for a long time so maybe it wouldn’t be as much of an issue at this point.
AFAIK no issues with fish, but I think it is generally accepted that a fish focused diet is not good for cats, right? Plus it’s probably all contaminated fish anyway!
Henry will not usually eat much or any wet food; gravy will interest her a little, but she still usually doesn’t eat much. Sophie would be an easier convert, but my schedule won’t allow for a completely wet diet and that won’t help the budget problem either. She also loves to eat and is already overweight; if I start putting wet out more often she’ll probably just eat twice as much.
I’m not sure if there is anything out there that might be a better option than the ones I’ve already listed. Most other foods have a lot more ingredients. Henry has been on prednisolone for a long time so maybe it wouldn’t be as much of an issue at this point.
AFAIK no issues with fish, but I think it is generally accepted that a fish focused diet is not good for cats, right? Plus it’s probably all contaminated fish anyway!