Where can I buy this type of cat food (details included- name) Easy points!!!?

Question

Heyyy!

My 3month kitten is currently eating Whiskas kitten food and treats. We went to the vet yesterday, and he said that Whiskas isn't that good.

He gave us a sample of "Royal Canin- Medi Cal" cat food and treats, and my kitten loves it!

I was just wondering where I could buy it, I am located in Oakville, Ontario...so somewhere close would be great.

Here is the link to the food:

http://www.medi-cal.ca/diets/diets.php?diet=4

Here is the link to the treats:

http://www.medi-cal.ca/diets/diets.php?diet=40

Best answer gets 10 points!

Thanks so much!

Answer 1

Well, at their site there's the page where you can find where they sell it. Here's the link: http://www.royalcanin.us/

I think I might dry it for my kitten. I give him Whiskas treats too. Lol.

Answer 2

Why would you want to? Royal Canin and Whiskas are terrible cat foods.

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, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature's Variety Prairie, Nature's Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timber Wolf Organics.

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, Taste of the Wild.

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 3

Give a call to your vet's office because I think it is veterinarian medical diet and from what I see, I think, you will only be able to buy it at your vets.  Royal Canin has a line of veterinary diets that only the doctor can prescribe. (this is copied from their website: GROWTH DD 34 FORMULA

For growing kittens from weaning to operation.

ROYAL CANIN Veterinary Diet™ Growth DD 34 ™ is complete and balanced nutrition for growing kittens from weaning to operation. The diet is specially formulated to promote optimum growth and ensure digestive health. It is highly palatable to help young kittens start off with healthy eating habits. This diet is available exclusively through your veterinarian. )

That being said, Royal Canin products can usually be found at pet stores, and most of their food-line is pretty good.  They do have a Babycat 34 (for up to 4 months old) formula that I would think would be very comparable.

Put in your zip code and you will get a list of possible places to buy it http://www.royalcanin.us/products/defaul...

(And they have other growing diets as well).

Have fun!  

Answer 4

most pet stores should have them. if he gave you a sample, then he prolly has it

Answer 5

I'm sure that food is really good, and I think you can probably buy it at your vet's office or a local feed store. Just call around.

Whiskas is one of the worst foods to feed a cat because it has so many grains and fillers. There are better foods where you bought Whiskas, like IAMS and Purina One. They're not top of the line, but you also won't be paying an arm and a leg for them. They're more in the middle. My kitten already lives and eats better than I do, and IAMS has been good enough for all the other cats my family has ever had, so I'm sure he'll be fine.

Answer 6

http://www.petfooddirect.com though their shipping charges aren't very good.  I think that's one of Royal Canin's prescription diets so you might not be able to get it without a prescription.  Your vet might be able to order it directly from Royal Canin which may end up cheaper for you.  But why does the cat need to be on a prescribed diet?  Does it have any health issues?  

FYI - that link is to a DOG medical diet.

Answer 7

My local Pet Smart keeps this stocked. Try them.

Answer 8

I read the ingredient list.  The first ingredient is chicken meal (ingredients must be listed by weight) and that is good.  That's approximately 1/3 of the food.

The next two ingredients are grains (albeit more wholesome ones than corn).  That will be approximately 2/3 of the food.

When I evaluate a cat food I look for the first TWO ingredients to be a wholesome MEAT protein.  Foods that meet that requirement are CA Natural, Eagle Pack, Nature's Logic (millet is there are second and followed by chicken meal and salmon meal), Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Felidae, Chicken Soup.

I don't know if you can find those in Canada.

You should go to: http://www.littlebigcat.com and read Dr. Jean Hovfe's article titled "Choosing a Good Commercial Pet Food".  It will give you guidelines for any food you might consider for your cat.