When we switched to canned food from dry I looked over all brands and flavors at my local grocery stores for foods that did NOT contain any BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin, carrageenan, or any type of fruit or vegetable (corn, wheat, rice, soy) as a whole, as a starch or as a gluten and listed a muscle meat as the primary ingredient. This left me with a handful of flavors from Fancy Feast that met the criteria (Chicken Feast, Turkey and Giblets Feast and a few sea food based options).
Our oldest cat (12 years) will only eat the seafood based cat food. In fact the only thing we have been able to get her to eat that is not seafood based is a fully cooked rotisserie style chicken. However, I keep reading that it is bad to feed cats that much seafood, since it can cause hyperthyroidism and elevated mercury levels.
So my questions are how do I get her to eat the chicken or turkey based foods? Should I just keep feeding the sea food based foods? How likely are the problems that can be attributed to sea food based cat foods?
Our oldest cat (12 years) will only eat the seafood based cat food. In fact the only thing we have been able to get her to eat that is not seafood based is a fully cooked rotisserie style chicken. However, I keep reading that it is bad to feed cats that much seafood, since it can cause hyperthyroidism and elevated mercury levels.
So my questions are how do I get her to eat the chicken or turkey based foods? Should I just keep feeding the sea food based foods? How likely are the problems that can be attributed to sea food based cat foods?