What's healthiest cat food

Our cats are descended from desert cats. They need everything which is in freshly killed prey.
Dried food, pouches and tins are all ultra processed junk food.
Your kitten isn’t leaving the meat as there is almost no meat, it’s cheap fillers plus additives, made to look like meat.

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On the subject of fish for cats, my cat would have killed for a bowl of cooked coley. She prowled around the cooker while the coley was on the hob. That was when coley was cheap of course.

My elderly cat 14 was losing a bit of weight and I think was getting bored with usual sachets -vet recommended cooked chicken and fish plus a little cooked broccoli mixed into wet food to help with hard stools
He has Royal canin kibble also plus plenty of water in bowls in different t locations to encourage drinking
Seems to be doing well

I love cats. We have twin rescue cats and they are quite fussy. They like royal canin and the Felix jelly . No other cats we have had have liked this. They are not so keen on raw meat unlike our previous cat. Unless, of course, it is high quality steak but that is going a bit far even for us cat lovers ! One of them is allergic to prawns, they make her sick. Very spoilt pussy cats but very loving.Brats!

I feed my two wet food, Felix, Hanningtons from Zooplus and leave also a good quality complete dry food such as Iams Adult Chicken overnight.
It’s best to feed them a variety so they don’t get bored.
2-3 times a week, I give them roast beef slices chopped up. Or roast chicken slices.
They love Dreamies too.
Mine are very active with bright eyes and shiny fur.

I inherited a semi-feral cat who sort-of came with my cottage. I would feed her mixture of different types of cat food through the week for her good health & nutritional balance ect. However, Madame Kittywhiskers Wildpants often used to bring back a lovely bit of freshly-killed rabbit
from the surrounding fields for her tea! Sometimes the rabbit was bigger than she was!!! 🥴

My vet said meat should be prime ingredient and no grain in first couple ingredients.

Smaller kibble easier for seniors and may need to mix some salt free broth to soften if poor dental health.

I have 4 healthy cats,12,9,9,6, I feed them a tin of sardines in oil once a week for their coat ,raw beef mince the rest of the time with a small saucer of dry food, Gain usually,,my dog gets the same except with Gain for dogs, occasionally I add raw liver ,and 2 like broccoli and carrots left over from our dinner, I leave this for them to snack on

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.

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.

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?!

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 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 .

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.

yes, of course

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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