What food brand do you feed your cat, and how does it benifit them?

Ive moved on to dry food with my cats, the wet always gave them tummy upsets. Im using Purina One Natural Balance, they really like it. Also fish once a week.





But what does your cat eat? And what benifits does the food have for there health?|||One of them is eating raw meat - chicken turkey or rabbit - 5 days of the week. On the weekends I'm still letting her have some canned food. I use Nature's Variety Instincts.





The other is still transitioning to raw and is currently eating Wellness canned food.





The canned food helped Poppy lose weight, ended her digestive problems and cleared up her dandruff.





Sophie lost a couple of pounds after the switch but remains much the same.





Both are blooming with health due to their improved diet.





Neither get any dry food at all except as the occasional treat.|||i feed my cats "grandma's recipe cat food" its really cheap and made from organic matter.|||I feed my cat's special kitty. They like it and it's not expensive. They've always been fine with it.|||All Burns products have been developed by John Burns BVMS MRCVS using holistic principles to ensure excellent health.





Say 'No!' to animal and cereal by-products, colours, flavourings and EU permitted preservatives!....and 'Yes!' to barn raised duck, chicken meat from non-caged birds, ocean fish and the goodness of brown rice!





Burns Real Food will naturally maintain a healthy immune system, coat and skin, digestive tract, skeletal, respiratory and nervous system. It is also suitable for use where holistic veterinary treatment is being used in the nutritional management of disease





hi i use burns food for my cat, not only is it good for him it is a very reasonable price, around £7 for a 2kg bag and he loves it!


it contains no dairy/wheat/soya or beef, no gm,colours or flavourings, naturally preserved with vit e and rosemary oil.


the only limitation is there are only two flavours, chicken and brown rice and ocean fish!


my cat had the same problem as yours and this sorted him out pretty quick! =^..^=


i also give my cat a piece of freshly cooked fish! :)|||I personally feed a ground Raw Meat, Bones and Organ based diet to my cats and they are very healthy. I HIGHLY recommend it.





Cats are obligate carnivores after all and must derive ALL their nutrients from meat based sources. They are unable to absorb them from any other source. Despite thousands of years of domestication they remain strictly carnivorous. True and honest meat eaters and that is what they need most. Protein from meat!





If you are interested in feeding a raw diet some great places to start learning are http://www.catinfo.org/ , http://www.catnutrition.org/ , and http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/ .





If you would like to try raw with your cats and don’t want to get all technical about it but want to try a trusted, time tested and balanced raw diet you can order from http://www.felinespride.com/products/cat… . I purchased this myself when I first started and my cats loved it!





Another premade Raw you can try is Natures Varity. I personally have never used this but know many people that do and it’s pretty easy to find http://www.naturesvariety.com/content.la…





Here's a bunch of websites to help you learn what you need to know.





http://www.catinfo.org/





http://www.catnutrition.org/





http://www.rawfedcats.org/





http://www.felinespride.com/





http://www.felinefuture.com/





http://www.felineinstincts.com/index.htm…





http://www.raisingcatsnaturally.com/





http://www.blakkatz.com/index.html





http://www.holisticat.com/





http://goldcoastragdolls.com/MyOwnCatFoo…





http://www.mypetcarnivore.com/rawfeeding…





As for dry food... Cats were never meant to eat dry food, also known as cereals or kibble. We, humans, make them eat it for convenience to us. It has nothing to do with them or their nutritional needs. It's completely species inappropriate.





In the wild, cats derive their entire liquid intake from their prey. They do not have a thirst mechanism because they don't need it when eating a species appropriate diet. They get all they need from what they eat. So they do not drink water. Regular ol' house cats have descended from those same wild cats.





So in a home environment, your kitty does not get the moisture it needs from dry food and it’s almost always in a constant state of dehydration. Water fountains are encouraged to TRY to get your cat to drink more and your kitty may even enjoy it, but it will never meet its water intake needs drinking from a bowl.





Deadly feline illnesses such as diabetes, kidney failure, obesity, allergies, Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD), bladder stones, kidney stones, urinary tract blockages and Urinary Tract Infections (FLUTD), with and without deadly crystals run rampant these days. Cats are not taking in enough water to stave them off. Proper water intake through a species appropriate diet alone can prevent most of these conditions.





Overall, wet is all around better for any cats diet, be it canned or Raw and they should never be fed dry cereal kibble if we wish to most closely match their wild nutritional and dietary needs. Kibble meets our needs… not our cats.





It is also bogus that kibble cleans teeth. DRY FOOD DOES NOT CLEAN TEETH. It's an old myth that has been scientifically disproved for years, but old-school vets drilled it into people's heads for so long (and sadly still do) that people still believe it. Cats can not “chew”. They do not have flat “chewing” teeth. Their molars are not for grinding food. They have meat ripping pointy carnivorous teeth. You may see them “crunch” a piece of food once to crack and break it… but they are absolutely unable to chew a hard piece of food. Want your cat to have clean teeth? Give them an appropriately sized raw bone to chew on. :o)