There are old bags going out still. I buy from Amazon and they still have the old bags. But likely it already contains the new ingredients, it's just not on the label, because legally pet food companies can change ingredients and have 6 months before they have to update their labels. I don't feed S&C exclusively so it's not a huge issue for me.
Northwest Naturals and EZcomplete are both popular here! I also like feeding Feline Natural. And I completely agree with you about the convenience of freeze-dried: it's great to just be able to mix up whatever you need, in whatever combination you want to feed. Most meals we feed have at least two kinds of food.
Ah thanks good to know.
YMMV. My cat does well on about 50% freeze dried and 50% homemade raw. His stools don't smell. He likes S&C the most but I also use Instinct raw market and Fresh is best. He doesn't like NWN that much, for some reason. I wouldn't throw S&C into the "not good" category but it has some issues, as basically all commercial foods do.
With properly made home made raw you probably cant go too wrong with the other 50%. I didnt mean to offend or anything. I was just disappointed that it didnt seem to work out that great for my ginger boy. My black kitty is on 100% primal frozen raw nuggets but i dont have the freezer space for the raw for my ginger so ive been looking into freeze dried raw for him. He seems to do well on primal and natures variety instinct raw market.
No worries. There may be something in the S&C that just doesn't agree with your kitty. My other 9 cats wont even touch S&C lol. I'd like my old guy to eat 100% homemade raw but he wont. So I have to keep changing it up for him.
Woah you have 10 cats and do you feed all of them some raw? Wow! At first my ginger was kinda meh about S&C. I noticed it doesnt have as strong of a smell as primal and it had more of a gooey consistency than primal. Let me know if you know of any other freeze dried raw brands that worked out for you.
Yeah. 7 eat about 90% raw I make and some RC and a tiny amount of canned as a snack, one eats RC and some canned, one eats 100% canned, and one eats 50% FD 50% homemade raw. Fresh is Best is pretty good. It's a lot different consistency than both Primal and S&C, it's more crumbly and dry, but almost all my cats like it. It does have some fruits and veggies but less than Primal. Really good company, too. My cats go insane over their freeze dried meat treats. Northwest Naturals is good too, but for whatever reason mine aren't crazy about once i add water. I've been using it as a topper on raw.
Thanks for the recs. Its a little out of my price range but they seem like theyre really good foods. Ill keep it in mind in case i get an economic upgrade later.
i switched my ginger to half raw once i got a promotion lol.
I think S&C is still fine in rotation. The pea fiber doesn't bother me, although I think it's unnecessary, but the synthetic vitamin K is a bummer. However, it's a small amount so if you feed it in rotation I think it's fine. There is no commercial food (other than Rad Cat) which doesn't have anything that's controversial in them. Even the best canned foods, Ziwipeak and Feline Naturals, aren't perfect.
Thanks for the info, from reading your other posts I know you have done your research about nutrition. That eases my mind and makes me feel a great deal more comfortable.
yes, it's terrible! I have feed my pets S&C for over two years, they loved it! But all in a sudden, they start to have very soft poop, and sometimes diarrhea!. Then the pet store owner told me they have changed the ingredients. Also, they changed the source of most of the protein.
The good news, though, is that they've taken those ingredients back out of their foods. I'm not sure what the "use by" date is that you need to look for to be sure to avoid the peas and menadione but I'm sure that if you call the company, they can tell you.
