Best recommended cat food?

Stripe was on Nutro Max Senior for a loooooong time and did very well on it. Now that I only have younger cats (5 yrs and 2 yrs) they all get the Iams Multi Cat. I used to buy the hairball/wt mgt formula combo, (Checkers was putting on wt.) but I can't get BIG 20# bags of that in our area. I'm still having occas hacking up ball problems, but I give them the Petromalt laxative to compensate since the FOOD isn't doing it.


After having fed Meow Mix, Purina and aaaaall the others, the extra expense is worth it to have less to clean in the box, and the STINK!! after their potty breaks isn't near as bad as when I used to feed my cat the cheaper, grocery
brands.

Only the garage cats get the canned and dry. Indoor cats get dry. If an occas. treat, I'll give a scoop of canned or the free samples of moist. I do give all of the cats a few pieces of roast turkey on the holidays, but that's the only ppl food they get. Pesky b/c of her jaw, gets the A/D, milk, or canned all pureed up and mixed w/milk for the calories.

I have used the Royal Canin, and liked it, but for some reason we fell into the SDiet and stick to that now. The best food we ever fed was a natural, organic feed that we got from my friend's shop for awhile, but honestly it was too expensive and we were buying bags every other week; the SD fits the bill!
We occasionally feed canned beef-type food to Inky as a treat (anything with fish makes me want to vomit and gives him fishy breath..) However rarely, we do give him a little tuna fish if we are making a sandwich, or Mark will pour the water out of the tuna can over Inky's dry food; he loves that! He oddly refuses to eat anything not canned that's people-food; he won't eveneat steak, chicken, etc.. the only thing I caught him at once, was lapping up chicken broth from a bowl of soup I had; he stopped and bolted under the bed when I saw this. Someone taught him well in a former home, I guess..

I fed Nicky kitty Royal Canin Mature...he seems to like it. He's going to be 13 years old soon....his favorite activities include sleeping, sleeping and sleeping, all preferably on or near mommy. =)

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Originally Posted by cassandra

I fed Nicky kitty

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Cute name! We always call our guy "Inky Kitty." :D

I feed nutro natural choice indoor cat food. I feed dry all the time and use the pouches of wet cat food for the occasional treat.

Abady & Wysong.

K~

My kitten was eating Chicken Soup for the Kitten Lovers Soul but that just gave her the liquid STINKING runs (how she got her nick name *Stinks*) and after a 2 months and many vet trips I switched her food and she has been fine ever since. Also that stuff is way to expensive and she didn't seem to really care for it!

I switched her over to Science Diet and she gobbles that right on up. Also we feed her boiled chicken here and there too.

Well I decided on Nutro Indoor Kitten Natural Choice for now.
With Shilohs adoption I did get a coupon for a free 4lb bag of premium food so if this doesn't sit well with them I'll use that to sample something else.

Well, if that doesn't work out for you... I've been feeding both my girls IAMS since they were kittens. They're 2 and 3 yrs old now. Zero hair balls, only 1-2 BMs a day, and they're both healthy & sassy! :P