Primal comes in chicken & salmon, pork, venison, beef & salmon, turkey, rabbit & duck. I feed the chicken & salmon - this is from their website: [h=4]Ingredients:[/h]
Chicken, Chicken Necks, Chicken Gizzards, Salmon, Chicken Livers, Organic Kale, Organic Squash, Organic Carrots, Organic Apples, Organic Broccoli, Cranberries, Blueberries, Organic Pumpkin Seeds, Organic Sunflower Seeds, Montmorillonite Clay, Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Organic Parsley, Salmon Oil, Taurine, Organic Coconut Oil, Cod Liver Oil, Organic Quinoa Sprout Powder, Dried Organic Kelp, Alfalfa, Vitamin E Supplement, Mixed Tocopherols (natural preservative). [h=4]Guaranteed Analysis:[/h]
Crude Protein (min) 52%
Crude Fat (min) 32%
Crude Fiber (max) 1%
Moisture (max) 3%
Ash (max) 12% [h=4]Additional Product Information:[/h]
Chicken 85%
Salmon 5%
Produce 8%
Supplements 2%
Organic Ingredients 8%
Organ Meat 9%
Bone Content ā
10%
CA-to-P ratio 1.67:1
[h=4]Nutritional Facts[/h] Calories: 161 per oz.
1 ounce = approx. 3Ā½ nuggets
Youāre telling me! And it aināt cheap either.
I am presently trying Wellness. Itās actually Turkey, with a 4% carb [ so matches his Fancy Feast he was getting, carb-wise ] and 200 Phos. I understand heās supposed to be under 250 Phos [Do correct me if Iām off there] ā¦. there are so few choices!!! Why??
His Kidney values are BARELY in the range of intervention, stage 1, barely. But he has protein in his urine, and some other values led the internist to want to get started now on holding this off.
The Novel protein idea was because his ultrasound [did I mention Iāve spent a small fortune on this cat in the last 3 months?] showed mild inflammation in the GIā¦ could be normal-for-him and not IBD, or it could be IBD.
Before the Uāsound and food change and ACE [ never change that many things at once! ] we never had diarrhea, we actually gave him miralax because he would get constipated.
I tried Nulo, in a fish variety cause I never fed him fish except as a treat, initially, but that REALLY did him ugly.
We started him on an Ace Inhibitor for protein in the urine, and then he started with some lovely butterscotch diarrheaā¦ so I took him off that and am hoping itās not the Wellness doing it. Itās day 3 off the Benazipril and they are starting to firm up so I am hoping weāre past that hurdle.
I just canāt even.
His BG has been stubborn in the 300-400 range too. Weāve had to go up to 5u BID of insulinā¦ itās dropped some and today we increase the dose again to see if we can get it to budge more.
Thankfully heās VERY good for his test and shot.
Heās about 13, and most cats live about 3 years post diabetes diagnosisā¦ and itās been a year since the initial diagnosis and remissionā¦ so I either have 3 years or 2 depending on where you consider the diabetes to have started. My goal is quality [ his not mine, he has me up at 4am to start his treatments ] at this pointā¦
That catinfo.org site was what first sent me down this rabbit hole! Iām so overwhelmed with the data Iām paralyzed. Not to mention that once I do find the best food for my guys, itās about a 30/70 chance theyāll even eat it :\
Yes, itās overwhelming for sure. Iām lucky my Meow eats well, but now if only the food would do what itās meant to do
For now my girl is eating Purine One Grain Free. She hasnāt tired of it yet, so Iām hopeful. I have paid more for other brands from the pet store, but she doesnāt care how much the food costs; if she gets tired of it, sheās done with it. I figure if low-carb is good for me it is even better for her.
Sometimes I wish I were an obligate carnivore too.
Thatās so hard! I donāt know why :no: 
Wellness is a good brand but I struggle so much with all the fruit and veggie stuff these companies like to add. WHHHHHYYYY??! Cats donāt need blueberries! It sounds like youāre working really hard to get things just so for your meow, AngelaāI hope you have many happy, healthy years to come :yes:
FWIW, for those with picky kittiesāI feed my cats in small wire dog crates and it helps SO MUCH with the pickies. There is Meal Time in the crate and then we are done with meal time and kitties are let out. Itās a lot tougher for them to be picky, I think, when meal time is definedā¦they canāt walk away, and theyāre locked in with their food. If you have multiples, it keeps each cat on their own bowl, and you know who is eating what. If you have a poor doer, you can feed that cat more times/day in their crate. It really works SO WELL.
Well, I spoke too soon. She ate the Purina One Grain Free very well for a day and a half. So I went back to the store to buy more of the same. Now she wonāt touch it. Wonāt even smell it. I went back to the Friskies Tuna & Egg she had liked previously; she wonāt eat that either now, or the 9 Lives. She did eat some treats for breakfast this morning, and wolfed down some Cat Chow.
Guess it is off to the pet store later today to try Weruva again and whatever grain-free they offer. I canāt go right now because I donāt think they are open this early and besides she is asleep in my lap. And dreaming.
RPM, Out of neccesity, I have fed Purina One Hairball off and on for a long time. Every so often I get a bag that
neither of my two will touch. Something changed in the ingredients and my cats know it and donāt like it. Purina
is known for substituting ingredients so the mix is never guaranteed.
If you can get Blue Buffalo, thatās a good quality wet and dry feed. After a day or so both of mine liked it and
the best part- they were both noticeably shiner and healthier looking. Chewy.com will send right to your home
if you decide to try it.
I wish they still made this cat food:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_CqHumT1xw
I tried a can of Blue cat food, but cats donāt need fruits and vegetables any more than they need grain. I canāt understand putting cranberries in even turkey cat food.
Blue Buffalo gets excellent results in reviews on Amazon. Most cats, after a day or so, enjoy eating it and seem to
do well on it. Itās far, far better quality than the cheap, filler type food bought in supermarkets. Cheap food causes
health problems down the road also. Iāve been very satisfied with BB and so are my cats.
Not sure if this will help, but I couldnāt get my picky elderly girl to consistently eat anything that was GOOD for her. So right now sheās getting a combo of Friskies Indoor Homestyle Turkey and Tiki Cat Napili Luau Wild Salmon and Chicken. The Tiki Cat food is like feeding gold in a can (i.e., expensive!), but both foods are low(er) in phosphorous and high(er) in protein. Picky kitty is now 19.5 and has had chronic kidney disease for going on 6 years.
High protein for a kidney kitty? Prescription kidney diets are low in protein, AFAIK. My girl is 13 with no kidney issues and right now I prefer more protein to more carbs since I donāt want her to get diabetes. I will see if my local pet store carries Tiki Cat. They have something called āLuauā IIRC so maybe it is Tiki Cat.
Whoops, finally saw this question! Sorry, AF, I was not ignoring you.
Elderly kitty IS on a phosphorous binder supplementā¦ Iām convinced thatās what has kept her going for so long.
Yep, youāre right, prescription kidney diets are low in protein. If I recall, itās because digesting protein is harder on the kidneys. However, the lack of protein also seems to result in skinny kitties, because they need the protein for their muscles and whatnot. The last thing I read (sorry, I cannot remember where) and echoed by my vet, was that early stage kidney cats should be on higher-protein foods so that they donāt start getting skinny. Mid-stage, start thinking about lower protein to ease the burden on the kidneys. Late stage, switch back to protein because by this stage they probably are quite skinny and we donāt want the cat to waste away to nothing.
Mind you, Iām not a vet so this is my memory of what I read from a source that may or may not be credible.
I have a siamese mix cat who was having some issues and the vet prescribed i/d for awhile and rabbit. I bought the canned rabbit food from a place called Reynes I think. They had a bunch of different kinds of cat foods if anyone needs a good source.
Iām not sure about the specifics for your dietary restrictions, but weāve used Wellness and Blue Buffalo (on sale so they wouldnāt break the bank!) canned cat food and theyāve done wonders for us. Thereās practically nothing in there that we wouldnāt eat ourselves, and itās great. You can get limited ingredient cat foods as well in both wet and dry, so those might help with the dietary restrictions youāve got. Good luck!
