Wellness sent me some samples of their new dry cat food.  It was
introduced in January and they eliminated the garlic.  They didn't think
there was enough garlic to be a problem but the public conception of a
problem led them to make the change.  I feed mostly canned food but use
the dry for bedtime treats.  So far the cats like the new food.

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This afternoon, I ordered a case of Wellness canned food from Pet Food
Direct before someone else on this forum mentioned that it contains garlic.
When I was checking the ingredients, I was focused on the first four or five
ingredients, so completely missed the garlic. My gut reaction was to try to
cancel the order or change it to a different cat food. Now, I think maybe
I'm overreacting. I'm kind of in a quandry regarding what to do. I am torn
between feeding Alex, my CRF kitty, the Wellness versus the NF prescription
kidney diet. He was cured of diabetes last year and is not supposed to be
eating high carbohydrate cat food. But the kidney diet, being low protein,
is high carbohydrate (if you eliminate one ingredient, you have to fill the
gap with something else). OTOH, I don't know that I'm convinced that there
is any validity to the current wisdom that the low protein content of a
prescription diet helps the kidneys not to have to work so hard and results
in prolonging the life of the cat. I have also read that while the reduction
in protein helps the kidney, it simultaneously leads to muscle atrophy
(wasting) because the cat is not getting enough protein to sustain his
muscles. OTOH, I am thinking maybe Alex should be on NF but stay on OM dry
for grazing and the other cats could do what ???
1.  Eat the Wellness because it's a great quality cat food and the garlic
really is insignificant??

or

2. Stick with the Pet Promise canned food which is also great quality but
does contain more carbohydrates in the form of brown rice and potatoes (as
does some of the varieties of Wellness -- although not the Beef and Chicken,
which is the variety I ordered) ??

I would be interested in any thoughts on this subject. (The vet wants Alex
on the NF prescription canned food, which he will probably reject, the other
cats on a good quality canned food of my choice, and everybody on OM for dry
food).
Thanks in advance.
Best regards,
---Cindy S.

I give my cat wellness dry food as a little something extra when she is done
with her canned Nutro Max.  She stopped wanting to eat the Wellness cans a
while ago but I noticed on the bag of dry it says "no gluten" wheat" or
something to that effect.

--
Barb
Of course I don't look busy,
I did it right the first time.