For All Cat & Dog lovers...Please Read!

Our kitties are getting older and are now requiring special food from the vet, but we fed them Iams and then Science Diet for years. The Science Diet is a little more expensive, but they seemed to like it and they stayed healthy while eating it. Our dog eats Science Diet as well. Perhaps I should've bought stock in that company, now that I think of it...

Science Diet
They make one specifically for kitties that are prone to UTIs

I currently feed my cats Purina Naturals.

We have a diabetic cat who gets UTI's if we feed her anything but Purina Cat Chow. Petsmart finally has a store brand that is identical to Purina and cheaper, so I've been feeding her that, and she has not had any issues with it.

Cats don't NEED wet food. Every cat I have ever owned has eaten exclusively dry kibble, and have lived to ripe old ages with minimal health issues. I currently have sixteen cats living in my home, and except for the one diabetic cat, all are perfectly healthy eating Purina Dry food, including the geriatric ones.

Look at petfoodratings.org and maybe take some time to learn about good pet food. Purina and iams are generally considered 2 star foods on a 5 star scale. Visit a pet food store and they can show you some great alternatives to stuff sold in a grocery store. Canidae, innova, Blue come to mind. also talk to your vet and ask for their recommendations for a 4 or5 star food. You get what you pay for!

We use purina cat chow.

Go to Iams website and they list what states were effected by the recall. They also give you the lot numbers if you have already purchased a bag. I had to go look it up this morning. It looked as if only the eastern seaboard had possible tainted product. I think Kansas if fine. I had just bought a bag the other day and checked the lot number at the top back of the bag and mine had a different number.

We feed our cats Blue Buffalo Turkey and Potato. We have to avoid chicken due to allergies so we use this formula but they have other flavors as well.
We used to feed our cats Iams until they changed their hypoallergenic Lamb and rice and included chicken but neglected to change their labeling for around 6-8 months. Ended up making our cat so sick he died. The vet couldn't figure out what was happening to him and we didn't know because the packaging wasn't changed so we didn't think it was the food. Turns out that legally they don't have to change the packaging right away if they change the formula, unlike foods made for humans. We don't feed Iams or any other large commercial brand to our cats anymore.
It's a little more expensive, but it's so nutrient dense and without fillers that they don't eat as much to get the same nutrients. My pickiest eater loved it before she passed on. The 4 cats we have now love it as well.

My mom works at a pet store and they won't even sell the commercial brands like Iams or the ones in like Walmart because they are not good for animals. We also have to avoid chicken for our dog, so we buy Candidae, or Royal Canaan. There are also a couple other brands that they sell, but these are the best. I like the Royal Canaan because their factory is human grade so if the kids get into they won't get sick. At least not any more than if they kissed or were licked by the animals. Good luck!

Blue Wilderness is awesome. As one poster said, check ratings and read the ingredients. Iams used to be a good quality food, but the formulations have changed.

Phew. Just checked the expensive, fancy cat food I recently purchased, and it's Purina.

Thanks for the heads up.

We have always used Royal Canin. Our kitties are shiny, healthy, and playful! (We buy it at either PetSmart or Petco... pretty much any pet store.)

The stuff you find in the grocery aisle or frankly, Pet Co or Pet Smart, are inferior foods. If you go to a healthier pet store (they usually aren't franchises, but mom and pop), they'll hook you up. For a dog or a cat, it should be grain-free kibble, hands down. I like to bring an empty bag into my vet when my animals have check ups so that she can take a look at the ingredients and percentages in whatever current food that we're using. That being said, they just had a recall of EVO cat kibble and that is one of the healthier brands, too. If you can't afford the healthier versions, ask your vet what percentages of protein, etc. that you should be looking for when you go to purchase. But like I said, it *should* be grain-free and those tend to be more expensive. But cats particularly absolutely need wet food, too.

You just need to check your bag and make sure it was not in the contaminated lots - produced only over a 10 day window. Then you can go buy another bag of the same food from a different lot.

Many if not most of the pet food companies have had recalls. Including Blue Buffalo, California Naturals, EVO, Hills, Iams, and of course all the raw diet brands.

My kitty eats Pro Plan for Urinary Tract Health. It comes in both dry and canned.

Purina One makes a kibble for urinary tract health that is just fine. You mainly need to avoid fish-based foods, which have high magnesium, and ensure that kitty has plenty of fresh water.

Royal Canin also makes an awesome kibble for urinary health that is available by prescription. It's what I feed my kitties. We call it Kitty Crack because they love it so much.

Royal Canin as a whole is excellent kibble. I'm sure they have a variety that will work for your kitty.