Know of Corn-free Dry Cat Food? - Page 2

moggiegirl · 06-12-2005, 01:54 PM

Some corn free foods available at Petco:

Katz n Flocken-It has barley in it.
Natural Balance-already mentioned and the Venizon and green pea is grain free.

As long as you have access to a Petco store you can find something.

Another grain free food you can get on a prescription basis is any one of the IVD diets, rabbit and pea, duck and pea, venizon and pea. My cats have found the canned rabbit and venizon to be quite palatable. I haven't tried the dry yet but I'm thinking about it. I was once told by a receptionist in a holistic vet clinic that the IVD diets are used for cats that refuse to eat raw meat.

Could you guys please educate me? I want to know why corn is not good for cats. As I understand it, it is only the hulls of the corn that are hard to digest and that is removed before it is processed in the food.

JackieT · 06-12-2005, 02:11 PM

I don't know how common it is, but my kitten has a "relative" that is allergic to the grains, and my kitten has been going in for scratching excessively--- he has gotten tested for bacterial, fungal, mites, etc... and now all tests are coming back negative. So the next step is to try a new diet, just like his relative did--- that cat went onto innova and within a week was doing 100% better.

emma_pen · 06-12-2005, 05:53 PM

For anyone in the UK - Burns for dry, Denes for tinned!

icklemiss21 · 06-12-2005, 05:57 PM

I used to feed Chicken Soup and now feed Innova EVO just because the pet store had it on special offer so I thought I would try it and now mine won't touch anything else - even though the price of EVO (expecially up here) makes it very expensive... but if thats what they want - thats what they get!

06-12-2005, 02:11 PM	#12 (permalink)
JackieT Tom Cat Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 402	I don't know how common it is, but my kitten has a "relative" that is allergic to the grains, and my kitten has been going in for scratching excessively--- he has gotten tested for bacterial, fungal, mites, etc... and now all tests are coming back negative. So the next step is to try a new diet, just like his relative did--- that cat went onto innova and within a week was doing 100% better. __________________ "Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia." - Joseph Wood Krutch

06-12-2005, 05:57 PM	#14 (permalink)
icklemiss21 Cat Addict Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Burlington, Canada Posts: 2,976	I used to feed Chicken Soup and now feed Innova EVO just because the pet store had it on special offer so I thought I would try it and now mine won't touch anything else - even though the price of EVO (expecially up here) makes it very expensive... but if thats what they want - thats what they get! __________________

06-12-2005, 01:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
moggiegirl Senior Cat Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 840	Some corn free foods available at Petco: Katz n Flocken-It has barley in it. Natural Balance-already mentioned and the Venizon and green pea is grain free. As long as you have access to a Petco store you can find something. Another grain free food you can get on a prescription basis is any one of the IVD diets, rabbit and pea, duck and pea, venizon and pea. My cats have found the canned rabbit and venizon to be quite palatable. I haven't tried the dry yet but I'm thinking about it. I was once told by a receptionist in a holistic vet clinic that the IVD diets are used for cats that refuse to eat raw meat. Could you guys please educate me? I want to know why corn is not good for cats. As I understand it, it is only the hulls of the corn that are hard to digest and that is removed before it is processed in the food.

06-12-2005, 05:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
emma_pen Cat Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 2,655	For anyone in the UK - Burns for dry, Denes for tinned!

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