I need to put my cats on oral diet per their vet's suggestion. With most oral foods having poor ingredients/nutrition, I decided to continue feeding their regular diet and give them like 5 oral kibbles at the end of the day as a treat.
I am currently debating between two brands - one has tapioca and the other doesn't (I heard Tapioca is really bad and can cause diabetes and other health issues), the other one doesn't have tapioca but high carb still. Would you take a look at the top 12 ingredients for each food and let me know which one might be a better one for my cats - I initially thought I should get the one with more protein, but then remembered one might be higher than the other cause of vegetable protein.
Brand 1:
Ingredients:
Chicken, chicken meal, potato protein, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), sun-cured alfalfa meal, tapioca, peas, pea fiber, sun-cured ground miscanthus grass, natural chicken flavour, tricalcium phosphate, flaxseed,
Nutrition fact:
Crude Protein Min: 34%
Crude fat min: 18%
Crude fiber max: 11.5%
Moisture max: 10%
Brand 2:
Ingredients:
Chicken, Brown Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken Fat, Powdered Cellulose, Wheat Gluten, Chicken Meal, Flaxseed, Chicken Liver Flavor, Lactic Acid, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Choline Chloride,
Nutrition fact:
Crude Protein Min: 29%
Crude fat min: 17.5%
Crude fiber max: 10%
Moisture max: 10%
I am currently debating between two brands - one has tapioca and the other doesn't (I heard Tapioca is really bad and can cause diabetes and other health issues), the other one doesn't have tapioca but high carb still. Would you take a look at the top 12 ingredients for each food and let me know which one might be a better one for my cats - I initially thought I should get the one with more protein, but then remembered one might be higher than the other cause of vegetable protein.
Brand 1:
Ingredients:
Chicken, chicken meal, potato protein, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), sun-cured alfalfa meal, tapioca, peas, pea fiber, sun-cured ground miscanthus grass, natural chicken flavour, tricalcium phosphate, flaxseed,
Nutrition fact:
Crude Protein Min: 34%
Crude fat min: 18%
Crude fiber max: 11.5%
Moisture max: 10%
Brand 2:
Ingredients:
Chicken, Brown Rice, Corn Gluten Meal, Chicken Fat, Powdered Cellulose, Wheat Gluten, Chicken Meal, Flaxseed, Chicken Liver Flavor, Lactic Acid, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Choline Chloride,
Nutrition fact:
Crude Protein Min: 29%
Crude fat min: 17.5%
Crude fiber max: 10%
Moisture max: 10%