I use Natural Balance Indoor wet food for mine.

 

I use to use Natural Balance but I stopped.

But today I returned the food and got Instinct because I read a lot more reviews and I thought it sounded great. I got her hard and wet food and will give her half and half.

 

NVI is great food. The only thing I don't like about it is that I end up picking out those bits of carrots and peas...but there's usually not too much in there, compared to other brands.

I also feed Tiki Cat in chicken flavors only, Wild Calling, First Mate, Merrick Purrfect Bistro (lots of flavors & textures), and Wellness grain-free.

I don't think feeding Wellness canned will translate to urinary crystals, in my research and readings it seems most cat owners who experience it always fed their cat some form of dry prior to their first run-in with crystals/blockages. I believe prevention is the key here, but that's my personal view.

 

My cat gets Nature Variety Instinct dry food, Blue Wilderness and Wellness canned food. If I go to the health store, where I pick up our dogs food, then I buy other canned foods (Canidae/Felidae, etc). Dry & wet food is grain free
Tried the "Pride by Instinct" and she didn't like it.

 

Grain free canned only here.

A basic list of what they eat is... Evangers, Wild Calling, Red Barn, Wellness, By Nature, Hound and Gato, Instinct, Merrick's, Weruva, Halo, Evo, Dave's, and a few others that escape me at the moment

 

I found myself seeing positive reviews with Wellness so I picked up Wellness Core & some Wellness wet food. I thought feeding her half dry and half wet would be better for her so she gets the water and benefits from the wet food that she doesn't get from the dry. She seems to like it. However, today I was reading more reviews and A LOT of people were saying it caused urinary crystals.

Apparently, dry food in general is thought to cause urinary crystals because cats aren't driven to drink water (like dogs do) so they end up getting dehydrated and that's what causes the crystals. At least that's what I understood!

What reviews were you reading that said that? For the dry food I assume?

 

Yeah I was on Amazon reading review after review of people having that problem on the dry food. I personally had no idea dry food was bad for cats so for the first 3 years she was on dry food, and luckily had no problems. But I want to make sure she has the best health.

She also drinks a lot of water because she loves when I turn on the faucet so maybe that's how she stayed hydrated. Either way I think adding half wet food will help her get more water in her diet.

 

Be prepared to see her drinking less water. Most cats on dry food are chronically dehydrated and once you add canned (maybe even with a little bit of warm water added) you'll see her less interested in the faucet.

 

Yes and the amount of pee that you see in the litterbox may increase exponentially as well! lol

 

Haha thanks for the tips guys! And I guess I did feed her wet food probably once a week as a treat (who wants to eat boring dry food their whole life?) But now I think she will be a happier cat getting some everyday. Hopefully she doesn't lose all interest in the faucet because its super cute lol

 

My ferals are on Taste of the Wild Venison that I soak with warm water until it swells up mixed with either canned food Nulo, Science diet, fancy feast, Wellness or Nature Variety Raw instincts. I soaked the food so they are not dehydrated from eating dry food since I can't afford to give the can food 2x a day for the 9-12 feral cats that come. They already are living a hard life so at least eating a good meal could at least prolong their lives.

 

I used to feed wellness canned only but switched to holistic select as there is no carrageen in it.
Just noticed ziwipeak which has no Guam ingredients or carrageen so going to try that when my order comes in.
Holistic select has one of the Guam ingredients in it so want to swap