What is a good brand of cat food?

Question

I want to buy some really good cat food with not much fillers. maybe a nice organic one? I am feeding my cat purina kitten chow right now and shes pooping all the time and its runny. I dint free feed I give her like 1/3 a cup 3 times a day which is the recommended amount for a kitten her age. Any recommendations?

Answer 1

A good organic with no fillers is Wellness. I feed all my animals this brand, it is alittle expensive and u can only get it from the pet store but well worth it.

I lost a cat to the recalled pet food and i would never feed my animals that other stuff again.

Answer 2

you should try meow mix it works wonders

Answer 3

i heard

IAMS

is a good one

Answer 4

my cats LOVE IAMS even tho its d**n expensive i get it for them cuz they are so d**n picky they wont eat anything else now.  

Answer 5

Fancy Feast!  I don't think it's organic though.  My cat loves it, she will eat nothing else now.

Answer 6

We have three cats and they all eat Purina. They are all extremely healthy. We just put out a bowl of food and re-fill it when its empty. Hope that helped!

Answer 7

I wouldn't put too much stock in organic cat food.  Although there is such a thing as "certified organic" for human foods, in the cat food industry the label isn't regulated.

However, foods that claim to be organic are typically better quality than grocery store foods.  So organic or not they're still a step up.

I would choose any food from this list.  All are good quality and most are grainless.  What to feed:  

http://www.catinfo.org/commercialcannedf...

And FYI, wet is better than dry.  Dry food is more likely to contain fillers and allergens.

Answer 8

Science Diet has an all natural line which is really good or Eukaneuba makes one I've used both and my cat loves it he is very healthy and looks great.

Answer 9

i feed them fancy feast..they love it..or purina thats really healthy for the body..hope it helps

Answer 10

go to the vet and see what he recommends  

Answer 11

My kitten gets Max Cat kitten food, the older cat gets Science Diet. My kitten had gas previously when i was feeding her Purina kitten chow and now it has dramatically improved.

Answer 12

Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly happy to dump cheap leftovers in. Will it kill your cat? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot.

Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets.

Thankfully, there are some excellent cat foods being made these days that include organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption.

Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Whiskas, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Meow Mix.

Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Felidae, Fromm, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety, Nature's Logic.

Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you're getting what you're paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients... this means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less p**p!

A great option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Diets high in grain have been attributed to problems with diabetes in cats. Cats are obligate carnivores, so why should there be grain in their diet? Many of the high quality foods now put out grainless formulas. Some good grainless diet's include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature's Variety Instinct, Orijen, Fromm Surf & Turf, Now!, and Sold Gold Indigo Moon.

Some of the high end foods can be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness and Solid Gold. If you can't find a food, most of the high quality food brands have websites with store locators on them.

Remember that foods should be switched gradually, especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies.

Another option for feeding cats is to feed raw. This is something that should be thoroughly researched before being attempted:

http://www.barfworld.com/

http://www.rawfedcats.org/

http://www.rawfed.com/

http://www.wysong.net/controversies/rawm...

Now the question is, do you feed wet or dry? Wet is the correct answer. The reason is, in the wild, cats normally get most of their water content directly from their prey items and drink very little. Domestic cats are no different, and because of the fact that they are designed to take in water with their meal, they have a very low thirst drive. Cats often just don't drink enough. This leads to urinary tract infections and crystals. The bit about dry food being better for teeth is a myth and has not been proven in the least. Canned/wet food is better because it more closely mimics the cat's natural diet. More on why canned food is best:

http://www.catinfo.org/  (Excellent cat nutrition information by a vet)

http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/canne...

http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?ac...

Another option to get cats to drink more would be a cat fountain. Cats tend to like to drink from running water and cat fountains see to that need, encouraging cats to take in more water.

More:

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_... (Dog food reviews. It's for dogs, but most of the high quality brands also put out excellent cat foods. Anything with five or six stars is a great food.)

Answer 13

NOT Purina..

NOT Iams

NOT Science Diet.. not any from grocery store or Wal Mart

most from big box stores are c**p too

you didnt say what country you are in so its hard to reccommend a brand ( Purina is in several countries)

read this link..

http://www.gomestic.com/Pets/What-is-in-...

it tells you what are good and what are bad ingredients so you will know  how to pick out a food

personally I buy my food at a livestock feed store.. they sell junk food too, but typically all foods are $3-$6 cheaper than elsewhere, and I read lables until I find one I like and trust.. (In Canada, Nutram, or Acana)

I free feed since that is best expecially if on good food...

read the link - make yourself a smarter food buyer dont trust others to tell you what is good brand name..

also groomers and smaller pet stores often have better foods than bigger chains  

Answer 14

i feed my cat iams healthy naturals.