Innova EVO kitten and cat food is best by far... blows fancy feast so far
away it is not funny.

My cats are softer, happier, no longer jump up on the counters or tables,
and seem more content than ever.
I used to feed only dry eukanuba, but now do wet and dry (Innova Dry)

There are as many food opinions as their are cats.  If it matters, I am a
veterinary assistant and vet student and have spent 10 years in feline
rescue... not that that makes me know everything, but it does mean I have a
whole lot of experience to base my opinions on... NOT hype.

I recommend against non-premium foods partially because of the lack of
quality control.  And more because of the number of clients complain that
their cat flatulence is peeling the paint off the walls, then when they
switch to a higher quality food, it helps.  Any food can disagree with the
system of any cat, but when you see something happening over and over and
over again for several years, you start to think that maybe... just maybe...
there is something to all of the science behind science diet (or one of the
50 premium brands).  In addition, the research that is done on long term
health is staggering.

Kittens should eat kitten food, obviously.  Kitten food has MORE in it,
however, than adult food.  Adult food does NOT inherently cause diarrhea in
a kitten.  Eating a less rich diet would not in itself cause GI upset.  Some
cats are sensitive to ANY change... whether it be adult to kitten formula or
kitten to adult.  In fact, for a kitten with diarrhea, the recommendation is
often to take them off the rich kitten food for a week ro so to let the GI
recover from irritation.

Kittens don't need kitten food to prevent diarrhea, kittens need kitten food
to supplement their higher energy demands during a time of growth.  Pregnant
and nursing mothers also should be on kitten food to match the calorie
intake with the calorie output.

Of course all foods have fillers, and they are necessary (like fiber in our
own diet is essentially a filler).  But unknown quantities of what fillers?
Your guess is as good as anyone's when it comes to cheap food.  Some cats
seem to do fine on cheap food.  And some people do fine eating McDonald's
every day, too.  Is that evidence that it is good to eat at McDonald's every
day?

When I do a self-examinaton of the mouth, I can generally only see the
filling in my upper left pre-molar, along with pretty severe crowding
and overbite.  I generally am not in the habit of finding bones stuck
in there, nor any canned food.  Not sure how that would help my cat
anyway!  8^P

--tension