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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / September 2005*sigh* Fickle Oscar
The only canned food she's been willing to eat is Wellness Salmon & Turkey. Well, for the last three feedings, she hasn't touched it. I finally relented and gave her a few of her old Nutro kibbles, which she hoovered up, so I know she's not protesting food in general. She's so much more energetic and lively on wet food ... I don't want to put her back on dry! But if that's all she'll eat ... I've tried all the "good" brands, the boutique stuff. Maybe I should try some basic grocery-brand canned foods. Are those better or worse than dry? *sigh*  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > I've tried all the "good" brands, the boutique stuff. Maybe I should > try some basic grocery-brand canned foods. Are those better or worse > than dry? Fancy Feast's formula has been changed. Every flavor that has "beef" or "salmon" or "chicken" etc in the first three ingredients listed is probably superior to Wellness. (FF used to have "byproducts" listed first, not real meat.) It may "stink" to you but you are not a cat. Cats love it. Wellness is not as good as it used to be, as its formula has changed. Therefore you can start Oscar on FF, save money, and also give him better nutrition. Wellness, with its nice-sounding ingredients, appeals more to humans than cats. Good luck. >> I've tried all the "good" brands, the boutique stuff. Maybe I >> should try some basic grocery-brand canned foods. Are those better [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Good luck. My husband just called to tell me that she's eaten all of her wet food, in addition to the bit of dry I gave her this morning. So maybe I spoke too soon. I've never heard anyone say that FF is a good food -- not even my vet, who says she feeds it to her cats because it's all they'll eat. She said they're particularly heavy in salt and mercury. Anyone else swear by FF? Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > My husband just called to tell me that she's eaten all of her wet > food, in addition to the bit of dry I gave her this morning. So maybe [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > who says she feeds it to her cats because it's all they'll eat. She > said they're particularly heavy in salt and mercury. I repeat, the formula has changed in the last few months. It is a new thing. Google groups for it. It has been discussed in depth and with nutrient breakdowns in one of these cat groups. Also discussed was the negative change in the Wellness formula. Still, any food that has real meat (and not just byproducts) in the first three ingredients may be considered a premium cat food. Above all, don't buy anything but FF in the grocery store--they are all just byproducts and fillers. > I repeat, the formula has changed in the last few months. It is a > new thing. Google groups for it. It has been discussed in depth and [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > all, don't buy anything but FF in the grocery store--they are all > just byproducts and fillers. Well, I looked at all the FF cans I could find today, and a large number of them had wheat gluten in the first 2-4 ingredients. Almost all of them had by-products in the first 4-5. But there was a lot of meat-type stuff listed, although a lot of preservatives and big long chemical names, too. I picked up a few cans to see what Oscar thinks. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca > The only canned food she's been willing to eat is Wellness Salmon & > Turkey. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > try some basic grocery-brand canned foods. Are those better or worse > than dry? FWIW, I've maintained any number of healthy, energetic cats on grocery store brands. Most of them refused to eat any of the "good" (read "pricey") brands. It's true I have outlived most of them, but none of them died of nutrional insufficiencies - in most cases, cause of death was essentially "old age". > *sigh* |
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