r/catfood

My 15 yr old cat used to devour anything in her path. The last 2 months she refuses to eat any wet food I give her, although she wants it. I’ve tried every brand, flavor and texture. The only thing she will eat is fancy feast gems. She is eating dry food.

She’s been to the vet, so no medical or dental issues.

Anyone have experience with this? What did you do? I’m extremely frustrated.

I don’t think I’m the only one who has noticed that Fancy Feast’s quality control has gone way downhill. We started throwing out the ones that were clearly bad (smell and texture), got rid of the gravy lovers which seemed to be the worst offender, but I think the sliced and cheese lovers ones still aren’t agreeing with them either, and those are what they like.

Maybe some of it is just normal eating-too-fast, but I’m not thrilled about throwing out one out of every 5 cans either, and it I also wonder if it is just too rich for their elderly kitty bellies. Problem is, I haven’t found a remotely similar replacement. They don’t like the pate (which would be easy to replace), they only like the chunky kinds. Are there any other brands that are similar? Would like to stick to under $2 a serving ideally, but at this point I just want them to eat anything else…

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Every vet tells me Purina is the best brand but I kind of doubt it since Friskies makes my cat vomit more, fancy feast helps but then my other cat has really nasty stool from it. I have been to PetSmart and another local pet supply shop but for the life of me I cannot remember what food they recommended. Right now, we have 5 cats so I would like something I can buy in big bags, price does not matter. I also like to do a mix of wet food and dry food for the day, wet in the morning and dry for the rest of the day. Lately I've been buying food from Dollar General and I feel like the cheap food is just not good for their stomachs at all! My older boy just has issues right now and the change in food is making him sick I think, he's due for the vet but I still need a food I can stick with for them.

Hello, as the title above says, I need alternatives as they are discontinuing the dry food. This was one of the few dry cat foods that had no fish on the bag as my cat is allergic to everything from the water. Unfortunately, veterinary food diets all one or more fish related products in it including soy sauce. They also don't like beef or pork either.

Does anyone feed their cat the Kirkland branded wet cat food from Costco?

If so, can you share your experience? What did you feed your cat previous to switching? Do you think it compares to any other brand?

I consider trying it every time I go, but my cats are picky and I don't know if I'd try flavors and return if they didn't like them (even though I know they'd take the return). I wish I could get a sample, or at least try whatever brand makes their food before purchasing, to see how my cat would react.

My kitty needs to be on this diet for 2 months now to test for chronic gut inflammation and she really likes it and is super excited but turns out to be constantly hungry. She is a rescue and when we got her she had pretty big food anxiety which we got under control with lots of patience and routine. Now with this new food it seems to be back and 100x more. She is usually the sweetest cat, doesn’t do anything wrong and is very well behaved. And now in 24h we got a full switch of her becoming the devil, not sleeping during the day anymore at all, breaking everything in sight and zooming through the apartment without a stop. Also constantly whining for food.. I know that’s cats can be very active and everything but this switch was just with the food.. we are at a loss of what to do but we also really need to give her the diet otherwise we need to do biopsies etc and that’s too much for her and us right now (and might end up needing the diet anyways)

Hi! I need your help po sana 🙏

I have 10 cats (yung oldest is 5 years old), and ever since Royal Canin wet and dry food lang po ang diet nila. Hindi pa po ako nakakapag-try mag-switch to other brands.

Gusto ko lang po sana humingi ng recommendations for more affordable options na pwede ipalit, since I’m currently spending almost ₱30,000 per month (kasama na rin yung cassava litter). Medyo hindi na po siya sustainable for me.

Also, I’ve tried Meowtech litter, pero parang may chemical smell siya after a few days, so hindi rin po siya okay for me.

Hoping po for your suggestions on:

• Dry food

• Wet food

• Litter sand

Thank you so much po 🙏

Hi, I have 2 cats(kittens?) Who are coming up on their birthday in a month and some change. I was advised by the shelter to keep them on kitten food until then. The food they ate there and have been eating since is Purina Pro plan. My question is since they will be upgrading to full-on cat food is there a specific way to choose their new food? Do I stick with the same brand or could I entertain store brands that are offered by my job for instance that are a fair bit cheaper? I'm not sure what to look out for in terms of comparing and needs in a food but don't want to risk compromising on their health a bunch

Currently feeding my cat rawz chicken and liver pate and saw that open farm has a certificate for good source of ingredients is rawz still better than open farm or should I make the swap?

Hi everyone,

My 11 week old ragdoll isnt the biggest fan of fancy feast, she'll eat it, but only when shes reslly hungry and usually leaves a lot on the plate, any other recommendations? I was looking at Fussy cat but apparently its not the best is that true?

I'm in Australia too btw! Thanks everyone!