What's healthiest cat food

Gosh Sue, my Maine Coon isn't like that at all, thank goodness!
They do seem to have a wide range of temperaments

Purina dried cat food. She's been on this since a babe - Purina do different products for different ages - and at 15 this year, she still has a shiny coat and good teeth.

Very occasionally give her the odd treat such as chicken or salmon.

This pair live in a very rural area, Fanny so they can roam far and wide. They hunt as a pair, the girl is the brains while the boy provides the brawn, then they bring home their loot between them. The boy lives out for much of the summer while the girl prefers to sleep at home. They’re happy to have their meals and a cosy bed provided in the winter though!

From the health point of view I suspect they are much of a muchness.

That said, however, yes, cats do get fed up if expected to eat the same brand all the time, so trying somethiing else might be appreciated.

Do buy a single pouch or tin, as there are absolutely no guarentees that your dear puss will eat it.

Mine has been known to turn up his nose at perfectly good cat food and recommend me to give it to the passing poor!

If he is refusing dried food, it might be because he old teeth are not quite up to it any more.

My soon to be 14 cat is not madly interested in dried food these days, but as he still crunches pork crackling that my elderly teeth can't cope with. I gather his teeth are still fine!

We give our cats Butchers Classic. It comes in tins, which puts a lot of people off, but we have stuck to it over the years, & we believe it to be the best. It is gluten free.

My old Siamese female has had most of her teeth removed, and though game to try dry food, most of it comes back up . My solution at last is CARNY by a German firm called Animonda available through online supplier, Zooplus, or direct by googling. Sold in small tins, it smells like proper meat because it is very high in protein, unlike cheap supermarket brands. It is a sort of chewy, chunky, pate which seems to satisfy her need to get stuck into into something more solid than a tiny sachet full mostly of jelly and tiny shreds of meat or fish. Not cheap, but I am full of guilt for all the rubbish foods I fed cats in the past when there was no internet to look things up on. She gets through a whole tin a day and a bit more, sometimes.

Thank you to all for advice on cat food, very helpful

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I've always fed my animals with freshly cooked food - very rarely buying commercial brands .
I think that you can't beat food that you prepare yourself .
They certainly prefer it .

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My cats def let me know what’s acceptable and what isn’t! He really only likes fish based food, although he loves a bit of chicken if we have it. Maybe check with your vet if you have any concerns.

Over the past 42 years, I've had several cats, and they've all had various wet and dry foods, as well as freshly-cooked chicken and turkey.

I took in a stray a few weeks ago, and he's enjoying Webbox wet food and Scrumbles dry food, as well as cooked chicken and turkey

April 2021 thread, I doubt Tabby is still reading this.

My experience is that cats of any age get fed up with the same food all the time, so I buy two or three different brands of cat food, and once or twice a week give the cats either raw mince or a tin of tuna or mackrel. Some cats like sardines too, mine don't.

Home made meat balls are greatly appreciated too, as is raw bacon and pork in any form at all.

If your elderly cat still has good teeth, he will probably happily eat dry food as well.

If his coat is still soft and without tangles, and he still is playful, cuddly, and has bright eyes and a cold nose, then he is happy and well and probably getting all the nutrition he needs.

Ours have Felix as good as it looks wet pouches twice a day both meat and fish and Lilys Kitchen dry food and a bit of specialist dental dry food which is good for keeping their teeth healthy. They think the dental food is like crack cocaine and go mad for it.

They have tuna or cooked chicken when we have it for treats . Our vet seems to approve and they are all healthy

JaxJacky You never know - one of mine lived to be 19, one 17 and one 18

🙂 I was hoping her problem may have been solved by now! 🐈‍⬛

yes, of course

Years ago my cat always refused a particularly cheap brand of tinned cat food. I once left an opened tin on the shelf for a couple of days and found the water had evaporated to leave a miserably small residue of solid food at the bottom of the tin. The cat wasn't stupid.

I feed my cat Purina one sensitive dry kibble and she has 2 meals of Sheba wet food a day , but only turkey or chicken and only in jelly .
I never feed tuna or salmon which causes problems down the line . Is your cat a pedigree ? Sometimes different breeds do better on certain foods . Make sure there is plenty of fresh water down at all times .

JaxJacky, the OP might not be reading this anymore, but this is the first time I came across this thread and I got a lot of info out of this for my four 🐈‍⬛

I feed raw meat plus occasional sardines or tuna and a small snack of dried food at bedtime.
I regard all supermarket cat food as low quality rubbish.
So how come daughter’s cat just died at 23 after a lifetime of Felix?!

A former student who used to work for a well known tinned cat food brand told me that the salesmen always carried a,spoon so they could open and partly eat from a tin they were selling to retailers! Yuk.

Does your cat likedry or canned or both? I recommend leave kibble and fresh water out and offer canned once or twice a day. Food with less grain is better. Vet said first couple ingredients should be meat related.