Why switch? can you tell me why iams isnt as good as this other brand? you said switch but didnt give the reason why, I have feed my cats iams for over a year now and have noticed a change in them. I always got what ever was cheapest, as far as i was concerned they were lucky I got them any thing, if they were hungry go catch a mouse. But now being a cat person and raising cats I decided to get the best i could for them and ended up with iams, its the only thing that "honey" doesnt throw up, and after a litter of kittens my queen is healthy and doesnt loose weight like she did her first litter feeding friskies, 9 lives, ect. she had lost so much weight after her first litter she got sick and i had to bring her to the vets. now she doesnt loose weight. I have recently heard iams has lab animals that arent treated so well, but other then that i think the food is good quality, and there isn't too much more expensive then iams. so if some one gave me a real good reason to switch, i would be more then happy to check out other brands, untill then i guess iams it is, its certainly better then meow mix or some of the others with the red dyes that makes my "Honey" sick. I had heard of the Diamond, there was a pet store in my town that had it but they moved since then. I used it for my dogs, i was always a dog person and feed them what i thought was good food, (at the time it was pedigree lamb and rice) but my ex-boyfriends mother thought she was doing me a favor and bought any thing cheap, and i mean any thing, old roy, chuck wagon, all the bad ones, and when my boxer went bald, my vet asked my if i switched his food, and of course the answer was yes, he told me cheap food if its the same kind is better then switching foods, but some thing better quality and lamb would be best so thats when i found the diamond lamb and rice, and within weeks his coat was back and he looked great, but she closed her store shortly after that and i went back to pedigree, and i have never seen diamond since but it was a good food, and very costly. But seriously, i would like to know if i shouldnt be feeding iams, but i want good solid facts, like i said my cats like it, and i like they way they look now compared to what they did before. thanx
I didn't think it was good to feed just wet, I heard their teeth get soft, or some thing like that. I know that wet food probley is better, because of the meat content verses dry with mostly grain content, but that was some thing i had heard, what do you find? If you only feed wet then you must have personal expiriences you can share with me as far as the teeth condition feeding just wet, I am a cat person now, but not so much that i brush their teeth, LOL but isnt the dry good, helps to srape tarter, or some thing?
I cant talk for Kitty but Felidea is far better than Iams in my book it has no by products ( heads feet and internal organs) no ground corn(the least digestable of the grains commonly used) no chemical preservatives..... I like my kitty to eat less , digest more , shed less and her box to be fresher ... when you choose a food with out corn and by products you often get that since it is usually formulated with far more digestable meats and grains...
This was the generally accepted way of thought until dental science became more directed towards animals. I know that in the Siamese as a breed, gingivitis and other gum issues are rampant in the breed's lines. When you already have a whole breed of cats susceptible to such problems and then you give them the pet food nutritional equal of junk food, those problems are exponentially increased. The dry food leaves a residue on the teeth which provides a very hospitable breeding ground for bacterial growth. That bacteria, if not removed and treated with regular dental cleanings and when necessary, a thorough sub-gingival scraping is linked to causing secondary systemic infections - and they quickly attack the renal system.
Very useful, I did not know that.
In theory I would agree with you. But they don't have slaughterhouses in the wild, and slaughterhouses just happen to be pretty dirty, nasty places. Boiled-down random slaughterhouse leftovers are not the same thing as a cat eating, say, an entire mouse.
If you have a big pet store start there ie Petco Pet supply(?) Petsmart ..or if you have a pet shop that is small you can talk to someone go there ...
IF they have digest or animal dervived by products IMHO they are nt a good food .. NO actually I wouldnt as I have read every label within 35 miles of my home
I find that there is a lot of confusion over "expensive" versus "quality".
Here is the foods I find of decent to good at the grocery or big box non pet stores
Well said. I'm one of those folks that believe if the diet isn't good (whether human or animal) it will catch up with you as you age. We can get away with eating a lot of junk when we are young, but I always wonder what it is doing to our bodies (and our animals) when we reach those later years.Originally Posted by Mollysmom
It's not about the expense. You're right that expensive does not equal good. It's about the quality of the ingredients. There is an enormous difference between what I feed now (Felidae) and what I used to feed (Iams). Cheap ingredients commonly found in dog and cat foods are wheat gluten, corn (in any form), inspecific animal sources, byproducts, coloring dyes, and things that aren't horrendous but I much prefer not to have, like beet pulp and dried egg product.
It's my personal goal to not feed food from any grocery store or retail store again. If I am absolutely desperate Kirkland is better than a lot of grocery store brands.
Animals can do fine on low quality food, but that still doesn't change what is in the foods. I'm sure I can do fine if I eat french fries and cheese sandwiches every day but that doesn't make what I'm eating any more nutritious.
Just my .02.
