WHICH ONE TO USE???????
If you read enough posts and reports you will end up starving your pets due to the possibilities of what could be bad for them. We are trying to decide what dry food to give our cats for the future. After a rocky start they are comfortably eating Royal Canin Growth dry food, there is no problems with it taking about 45g a day each they are 14 weeks. The vet we are using feeds her Bengal Royal Canin so it cannot be that bad but then you look at some post or a report and you think it cannot be that good for them. So you start looking at other dry foods which at times are prescribed by vets Hill's etc and they are all the same, or are they????

Looking at other dry foods (Orijen, Evo) which very little to no carbs and you think if it's that good why does my vet not recommend it? I've looked at the other posts about which dry food to use and it all seems a bit woolie with no real answer just what cats will eat, so is this how it's worked out feed them what they eat?

So is there a way to tell which dry cat food is the best or not? Just asking the question.

Cheers

Is that all you can do when i am at work STU get the housework done. The cats are eating so dont worry...


Only joking guys, its a valid question, any input would be appreciated.

thanks

Often vets are "encouraged" by certain manufacturers to recommend their foods and inevitably that means its the biggest companies with the most sophisticated marketing who will be most visible in the marketplace. I would like to think that no vet would ever recommend a food they knew to be poor quality but personally I wouldn't necessarily take their recommendation on foods as being the best informed advice available for a Bengal owner. At the end of the day, most vets are treating a wide range of animals (and breeds within each group) so it's unrealistic to think they'll know all the subtleties.

It's probably a fair assumption that the very cheapest foods are also the least healthy but there's a massive range of foods for cats now so provided you avoid the ones that are packed with fillers or grains, then I think it is a case of finding one they eat happily and are obviously thriving on. With Bengals you can tell a lot by the quality of their coat. When I switched mine from Hills dry to Orijen, the difference in their coats was dramatic. They're now on James Wellbeloved dry, along with Bozita wet and and their coat quality is still superb so I figure they're getting the nutrients they need.

STU - get that housework done

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I have noticed one thing. I thought smelly poos were from wet food alone, only my two are having smelly poos and all they are eating is dry, royal canin. I have noticed today one of them has soft poos. They drink loads of water.



water is on tap..lol

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Zeus Gone but not forgotten, RIP big fella, our Nookie bear.

Mine have smelly poo whatever I feed them on - seems to be one of those Bengal characteristics that isn't so well advertised

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I feed my 2 Bengal kittens Hills science plan for kittens. It comes in 2 flavours Chicken and Tuna and costs £13.99 for 2kgs. Pets at home are doing 2 for 3 at the moment. My 2 are growing beautifully are energetic and have beautiful shiny coats. The vet also said this was a good choice. At one point we trialed Royal canin Kitten and the smell from the litter tray was a knock you out at 50 paces. Thankfully this isn't the case anymore.

I feed a diet that is corn free, especially since all the deaths of pets last year. We use "Wellness" that has high protein, low ash and low carbs. It does have some grains, but no corn and the first grains are pretty low on the list. I was told by my breeder that Bengals don't do well with corn. Except for the diet change issues, the litter box has been 'reduced' so to speak and the smell has not been bad.

I use dry food sparingly these days and feed mostly wet and/or frozen food (after thawing, of course). My oldest Binky had issues first with constipation, then a bladder inflammation due to crystals, which I suspect was caused by too much dry food and too little moisture in both cases. Mikesch gets soft and smelly poos on foods with glutens or any kind of wheat in them. The dry foods that seem to work for them (as supplement/treats) are the grain-free varieties or corn/wheat-free foods (rice seems to be ok). Currently they're having Natural Balance, Wellness Core, and Solid Gold Katzenflocken.

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Carol Goodall

"People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life!"