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applegrove

(118,683 posts)
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 08:29 PM Jul 2015

Started feeding my cats all meat dry cat food. No grains or fillers. My one cat's hairballs have

stopped. Both are looking lean and fit. Sure it is more expensive. But I'm never going back to cat food filled with fillers again. And I had been buying the expensive cat food at a pet store for years. This all meat dry is the even more expensive stuff off to the side at the pet store.

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Started feeding my cats all meat dry cat food. No grains or fillers. My one cat's hairballs have (Original Post) applegrove Jul 2015 OP
What is the brand? Sanity Claws Jul 2015 #1
I've got the bag of cat food in front of me but Captain Morgan will not stop molesting it, me and applegrove Jul 2015 #4
It's not all meat, just no grain Major Nikon Jul 2015 #7
The guy in the store said that the amino acids would help the hairballs better than grain. applegrove Jul 2015 #9
Grains just aren't that great for dogs or cats Major Nikon Jul 2015 #10
I checked it out Sanity Claws Jul 2015 #12
I recently started buying more expensive brands - with meat as the first ingredient. at Whole Food Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Jul 2015 #3
I did that a while back, too. GoCubsGo Jul 2015 #5
Yes it is a bait and switch which you see in the food industry and others all the time. Grocery applegrove Jul 2015 #6
My dogs had major ear infections Texasgal Jul 2015 #8
I like Wellness too. Kali Jul 2015 #11
glad to hear they are doing well restorefreedom Jul 2015 #13
Yes. I had a cat named Monster who got pancreatitus. I was feeding my cats grocery store bought food applegrove Jul 2015 #14
sorry about monster. restorefreedom Jul 2015 #16
I Buy One Of the Higher End Brands Too ProfessorGAC Jul 2015 #15
Works with dogs too - TBF Jul 2015 #17
I feed my cat Merrick. LWolf Jul 2015 #18

applegrove

(118,683 posts)
4. I've got the bag of cat food in front of me but Captain Morgan will not stop molesting it, me and
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:06 PM
Jul 2015

the keyboard. It is called performatrin ULTRA Grain-Free recipe.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
7. It's not all meat, just no grain
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:43 PM
Jul 2015

Which isn't surprising since I don't know of any dry pet food for dogs or cats that's 100% meat. That's not entirely a bad thing as some carbs are OK for cats and dogs, but you want a high protein content and the more expensive pet foods tend to have much more protein.

applegrove

(118,683 posts)
9. The guy in the store said that the amino acids would help the hairballs better than grain.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:49 PM
Jul 2015

He listed off the top 5 ingredients that were all meat....so I thought. Anyhow. I'm sold.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
10. Grains just aren't that great for dogs or cats
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:54 PM
Jul 2015

I use Orijen for my dogs. It's also made in Canada and the first 5 ingredients are all meat.

One thing about high protein pet foods is that you really need to regulate how much you give them or there's a good chance they can get overweight. I feed my dogs twice per day and measure out how much they get. When I take them to the vet they get weighed and I adjust their intake accordingly.

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
12. I checked it out
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 01:43 PM
Jul 2015

Its website lists where you can buy it. Unfortunately, no store near me has it. If it's that good, a nearby store should stock it soon.

Glad to hear your cats are doing so well.

Response to applegrove (Original post)

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
5. I did that a while back, too.
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:08 PM
Jul 2015

My kitty also gets a small can of wet food. She's a bit pudgy, but she has the shiniest coat around.

They need to stop putting grains and other fillers in cat food. I'm convinced that's what is causing the rise in feline diabetes. Their systems are not used to being fed cattle feed.

applegrove

(118,683 posts)
6. Yes it is a bait and switch which you see in the food industry and others all the time. Grocery
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:20 PM
Jul 2015

store bought food is not what we fed our cats in the 1970s. What we fed our cats in the 1970s is probably going into hot dogs that we eat. It is one of my big pet peeves. I swear some day I'm going to open a grocery store called "Throwback" and sell coca cola made with cane sugar, meat that is hung, strub's pickles and other such quality things. It'll be a hit.

Texasgal

(17,045 posts)
8. My dogs had major ear infections
Wed Jul 29, 2015, 09:47 PM
Jul 2015

until I started with Grain Free food. Yes, it is more expensive but my savings is in no more ear infections!

I agree, grain free is the way to go. I feed my babies Wellness.

Kali

(55,014 posts)
11. I like Wellness too.
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 12:07 AM
Jul 2015

pricey, but I swear a bag lasts forever, and yeah the savings in vet bills - that is what people have trouble grasping. all those skin problems go away when you feed them better.

restorefreedom

(12,655 posts)
13. glad to hear they are doing well
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 02:08 PM
Jul 2015

grains and cats are not a good mix. companies like them because they are cheap and customers like to pay less. but in terms of obesity, chronic health problems, stomach issues, etc, it really is pay now for better food or pay later at the vet.

applegrove

(118,683 posts)
14. Yes. I had a cat named Monster who got pancreatitus. I was feeding my cats grocery store bought food
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 03:32 PM
Jul 2015

at the time. Monster didn't make it. Since then I've been buying food at the petstore. Now I'm upping it again to grain free. 3 times as expensive as what you get a the grocery store but worth every penny.

ProfessorGAC

(65,076 posts)
15. I Buy One Of the Higher End Brands Too
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 04:06 PM
Jul 2015

This one has urinary pH regulation as well, so our one kitty who was prone to UTI stopped having a problem.

It's probably 75 or 80% more, but keeps the vet visits down a lot.

TBF

(32,064 posts)
17. Works with dogs too -
Thu Jul 30, 2015, 05:05 PM
Jul 2015

I feed no-grain Fromms to mine. One has a sensitive stomach so that's what started it. Now I look for grain-free treats too. It's more expensive but they do eat less of it and their fur is beautiful.

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