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Hey looking for advice on cat food
Our previous one spent most of her life eating hills science plan untill the last few years where she seemed to get pickier and started wanting some wet too
We are hoping to adopt a British Shorthair (not kitten) and reading it seems we would be better off with a wet food with no cereals or is that marketing from the manufacturer's I mean the breed specific food from royal canin has cereals etc
So advice what do you feed your bsh
Also any other bsh tips and info greatly received
Cheers
Our previous one spent most of her life eating hills science plan untill the last few years where she seemed to get pickier and started wanting some wet too
We are hoping to adopt a British Shorthair (not kitten) and reading it seems we would be better off with a wet food with no cereals or is that marketing from the manufacturer's I mean the breed specific food from royal canin has cereals etc
So advice what do you feed your bsh
Also any other bsh tips and info greatly received
Cheers
Why did you last cat have Hill's Science Plan? I thought that was for special cases.
My cats have always eaten wet food from one or more of the main brands eg Felix or Whiskas, and biscuits if they want them. Mine hates Whiskas but happily scoff Felix, and has Purina or Perfect Fit for dry food. If you're lucky your cat will be satisfied with supermarket own brands, but if not you can work up from there. Don't start with the most expensive brands because they may refuse normal stuff afterwards!
I don't know about 'breed-specific foods' - I suspect that is marketing people at work. Most cats are cats
My cats have always eaten wet food from one or more of the main brands eg Felix or Whiskas, and biscuits if they want them. Mine hates Whiskas but happily scoff Felix, and has Purina or Perfect Fit for dry food. If you're lucky your cat will be satisfied with supermarket own brands, but if not you can work up from there. Don't start with the most expensive brands because they may refuse normal stuff afterwards!
I don't know about 'breed-specific foods' - I suspect that is marketing people at work. Most cats are cats
Simpo Two said:
Why did you last cat have Hill's Science Plan? I thought that was for special cases.
My cats have always eaten wet food from one or more of the main brands eg Felix or Whiskas, and biscuits if they want them. Mine hates Whiskas but happily scoff Felix, and has Purina or Perfect Fit for dry food. If you're lucky your cat will be satisfied with supermarket own brands, but if not you can work up from there. Don't start with the most expensive brands because they may refuse normal stuff afterwards!
I don't know about 'breed-specific foods' - I suspect that is marketing people at work. Most cats are cats
Previous cat was on hills because she was when we adopted her so never changed untill she needed meds and couldn't do it with dry food aloneMy cats have always eaten wet food from one or more of the main brands eg Felix or Whiskas, and biscuits if they want them. Mine hates Whiskas but happily scoff Felix, and has Purina or Perfect Fit for dry food. If you're lucky your cat will be satisfied with supermarket own brands, but if not you can work up from there. Don't start with the most expensive brands because they may refuse normal stuff afterwards!
I don't know about 'breed-specific foods' - I suspect that is marketing people at work. Most cats are cats
My number one thing is to try and do my best for them no matter what
I try and give my two the best I can afford (minium 50% meat). Some of the really cheap food barely contains any meat.
If money is tight Morrisons do a 50% pate range for 65p a tray which my two love. I get other food and biscuits from Zooplus.
My tom is a fussy bugger (but also, bafflingly, very greedy) so it can be tricky.
If money is tight Morrisons do a 50% pate range for 65p a tray which my two love. I get other food and biscuits from Zooplus.
My tom is a fussy bugger (but also, bafflingly, very greedy) so it can be tricky.
Every website that I read said british shorthairs should have wet food and not dry as their main source. My breeder also fed him wet food only but always had dry food out as there were about 10 cats in her household.
Our kitten refused to have the dry food that we brought home with us from the breeder but is happy to have the Lilys Kitchen dry food by itself. We mainly give him wet food and but have given dry at times.
Our kitten refused to have the dry food that we brought home with us from the breeder but is happy to have the Lilys Kitchen dry food by itself. We mainly give him wet food and but have given dry at times.
imho
EmilA said:
Every website that I read said british shorthairs should have wet food and not dry as their main source. My breeder also fed him wet food only but always had dry food out as there were about 10 cats in her household.
Our kitten refused to have the dry food that we brought home with us from the breeder but is happy to have the Lilys Kitchen dry food by itself. We mainly give him wet food and but have given dry at times.
Dry food is a modern phenomenon, it doesn't exist in the wild. The main advantage IMHO is that it can be left out for days without going off.Our kitten refused to have the dry food that we brought home with us from the breeder but is happy to have the Lilys Kitchen dry food by itself. We mainly give him wet food and but have given dry at times.
I've had 3 British Shorthairs previously and all of them have had dry food with no issues. One meal of wet food in the afternoon/evening usually, with some dry food available during the day. My sister and Mum currently each have a British Shorthair cross, both eat dry food. No issues.
We use Royal Canin, whichever variant is right for your Cat (they cater for everything). It is expensive but it's expensive for a reason.
I believe the reason some do not recommend it is that shorthairs have a predisposition to obeseity so if you leave a bowl of biscuits down and keep topping them up, they'll keep eating them. So it's important to measure and monitor. Like any cat it's recommended they have a high protein good quality diet but dry food won't harm your cat if fed in the right way.
We use Royal Canin, whichever variant is right for your Cat (they cater for everything). It is expensive but it's expensive for a reason.
I believe the reason some do not recommend it is that shorthairs have a predisposition to obeseity so if you leave a bowl of biscuits down and keep topping them up, they'll keep eating them. So it's important to measure and monitor. Like any cat it's recommended they have a high protein good quality diet but dry food won't harm your cat if fed in the right way.
My two are elderly now. They're getting harder to feed. They're on Katkin frozen wet food, which seems to go down well. Ideally they'd be on a prescription kidney diet, but I had to discontinue that because they wouldn't eat it and were losing dangerous amounts of weight. They have I
tine powder added to give some protection to their kidneys.
https://www.katkin.com/
tine powder added to give some protection to their kidneys. https://www.katkin.com/
Mine just have Whiskas 1+ dry cat food, which they occasionally supplement with a mouse.
They've been on that since they graduated from kitten food six years ago.
Wet food was just a waste - I'd put it down, they would eat a couple of bits and then wander off. It would then smell and attract flies. The dry food is much cleaner and more convenient for both me and the cats.
They've been on that since they graduated from kitten food six years ago.
Wet food was just a waste - I'd put it down, they would eat a couple of bits and then wander off. It would then smell and attract flies. The dry food is much cleaner and more convenient for both me and the cats.
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