Heya! Long time reader, first time poster. The forum has been super helpful with so many of the weird things that have come up in my cat, but this question is pretty mundane, if specific.
SHORT VERSION: I'm looking for a canned cat food fish flavor that does not contain pork, potato, or rice ingredients. I think carrots are okay, but I know peas are fine, so that is preferable. You guys know any brands that fit that? Any type of fish is okay; my cat is only picky about poultry.
LONG VERSION: I have a nearly 4-year female cat, Dusky, who seems to be sensitive to a number of filler ingredients. I originally had her on Natural Balance, but wow did that make her poop stink sometimes. That got worse when I increased the amount of wet food in her diet to decrease urinary issues last year. I switched to Nutro, and that ended the stink problem, but then her UT issues came back. I'm guessing it's the pork broth in it, since that's the only ingredient that it has that Natural Balance did not. I switched her to Wellness Core (also no pork ingredients) after about two weeks of on/off suffering, and she started getting better the next day, and we're two weeks in the clear now. That said, the stinky problem is back, though only with the whitefish, salmon and herring flavor and NOT the chicken+chicken liver flavor. The main difference there is the chicken flavor has pea filler and not potato filler. So I'm thinking heavy starches i.e.(potatoes and rice in the case of natural balance) cause the stinky problem. Given that, I have one good chicken flavor for her. However, I've always had her on flavor rotation, and she definitely prefers it that way. She'll take longer to eat and futilely try to bury her food bowl if I don't switch the flavor when I open a new can. So like the short version says, if you guys know of a fish flavor that doesn't have rice, potatoes or pork, I would love to try it.
SHORT VERSION: I'm looking for a canned cat food fish flavor that does not contain pork, potato, or rice ingredients. I think carrots are okay, but I know peas are fine, so that is preferable. You guys know any brands that fit that? Any type of fish is okay; my cat is only picky about poultry.
LONG VERSION: I have a nearly 4-year female cat, Dusky, who seems to be sensitive to a number of filler ingredients. I originally had her on Natural Balance, but wow did that make her poop stink sometimes. That got worse when I increased the amount of wet food in her diet to decrease urinary issues last year. I switched to Nutro, and that ended the stink problem, but then her UT issues came back. I'm guessing it's the pork broth in it, since that's the only ingredient that it has that Natural Balance did not. I switched her to Wellness Core (also no pork ingredients) after about two weeks of on/off suffering, and she started getting better the next day, and we're two weeks in the clear now. That said, the stinky problem is back, though only with the whitefish, salmon and herring flavor and NOT the chicken+chicken liver flavor. The main difference there is the chicken flavor has pea filler and not potato filler. So I'm thinking heavy starches i.e.(potatoes and rice in the case of natural balance) cause the stinky problem. Given that, I have one good chicken flavor for her. However, I've always had her on flavor rotation, and she definitely prefers it that way. She'll take longer to eat and futilely try to bury her food bowl if I don't switch the flavor when I open a new can. So like the short version says, if you guys know of a fish flavor that doesn't have rice, potatoes or pork, I would love to try it.
