Cat food recommendations

[platinumsage]

Our cat has been on Felix pouches with meaty chucks in jelly since we got her nine years ago, simply because that’s what the previous owner fed her and I was advised by the Cat Protection fosterer not to rock the boat. However since having some teeth out she doesn’t seem so keen on the chucks any more, and just leaves them. She’s still as enthusiastic about eating in general, so I think it’s the chunks specifically and not a more general appetite problem. Tried switching to the similar Felix good as it looks but again the leaves the chewy bits.

So I’m looking for some food that is more like a paste I suppose, but something that more affordable than those delectable paté things in tiny pots. Does anyone know of any normal-sized tins or pouches that would meet this description?

 

[seeformiles]

Our two won't entertain Felix but alternate between Whiskas and Aldi's Vitacat Select. The latter is gobbled up enthusiastically by both of them and has the advantage of not only being cheaper than Whiskas but also having much more in each pouch. I've heard similarly good things about Lidl's own brand from Leyton Cat Lady.

 

[UrbaneFox]

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[polly]

I once fed a feral cat who loved Butchers cat food. It was kind of a block of paste. I dread to think what it has in it, was always the cheap option. But could be good for a toothless cat.

Also lots of kitten food is more like paste. It probably doesn't have things (vitamins? Etc) in it she should be eating though. This one is very soft. But a bit spendy.

 

[Epona]

Yeah don't feed kitten food to an adult cat, very high in calories and protein which could lead to obesity and kidney issues in an older cat that doesn't need that much of those things!

Now it's been a while since I've had any cats that have been eating regular food, but my lot used to like Purina Gourmet Perle pouches - it's not paté (which mine never took to) but it is small flakes rather than chunks, it's also fairly decent in nutritional terms. It is Nestlé ofc, I don't buy their stuff for myself but for a while this food was the only thing my Radar would eat.

Not much experience with paté foods as none of mine ever liked that style. You could try mashing her current food with a bit of water and see if she prefers it - that might help determine whether it is the shape causing her problems, or whether she has just done that cat thing of going off the taste of it!

 

[stavros]

No advice to offer, but I will say that the moment I clicked on this thread my desk was jumped upon. These two sentences have been written with brief intermissions for nose-rubbing.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Tuna flakes. At least that's what one of mine tells me.

 

[strung out]

When Milo lost a bunch of teeth and went off food we switched to Katkin, which is a chunkless fresh cat food that kept him very happy for the last couple of years of his life.

It's mail order, and comes monthly, so you need to keep it in the freezer when it arrives. Pricier than the usual stuff, but cheaper than a lot of specialist food.

 

[Callie]

Lidl do this food which is slush not chunky. Tiny Poo likes it comes in meaty of fishy versions.



Who doesn't want giblets?!

 

[Epona]

Oh I forgot, for a while my lot were on the chunks in gravy version of Lidl's Coshida wet cat food, and as Callie rightly says they do a Paté version too which would be worth a try - it's pretty decent and good value for money.

 

[platinumsage]

Thanks for the suggestions. I was all set on getting a pate-type one but I thought I'd check with the vet and was told that it might not be the best for cats with missing teeth because they can't manipulate it so well and it's more like a human trying to eat a bowl of peanut butter - it can get stuck in their mouth.

In the end I tried "Sheba Select Slices Wet Adult Cat Food Poultry in Gravy" and it's done the trick, clean bowls for the first time in ages, and no more dragging it out and eating it all over the floor boards as she used to do with the Felix.

Obligatory picture:

 

[Dandred]

My seven all get a raw diet, fresh chicken or pork with liver. They even manage to go through the chicken leg bones which surprised me.

I feed them canned tuna once a week.

 

[Dandred]

One of mine just had all his back teeth all removed so I have to smash the bones up but he eats them all up.

 

[ddraig]

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