"Quality" Pet Food Makers -- Who are they really?

[penipitcher]

Hope your vet visit went well. Those are all good brands. I do believe, however, for Weruva only the Chicken one is nutritionally complete.

The basic idea for urinary tract infections is to change the diet to either raw or wet canned and away from dry food. Cats get most of their moisture from the food they're eating. If they are on a good quality raw or wet canned diet, it's not often that you see them drink water because they're getting all they need from the food. Of course, you can encourage more water consumption by offering a water fountain too.

It's common and understandable that your cat is going outside the box with the urinary tract issues. After you've got her diet back on track, she should pee normally in the box again. If not, you may have to re-train her to use the litterpan.

Looking for recommendations for a cat with urinary issues. She's 6, and has been eating exclusively dry ActrIm food (which I'm reading is perhaps not so good).

We're off to the vet tonight for a urinalysis, as she's been urinating outside the box and it's crystallizing. Not to mention the massive amounts of water she's drinking. I know the vet (quebec vet) is going to suggest science diet, so I want some other choices.

So far I've got:
Wellness
Nature's Instinct
Weruva

Are any of them better than the other for urinary tract issues? Thanks!

[pebbles11]

Thank you for reminding me. My cats had this same problem with Orijen, which is why I switched to GO! in the first place, I just couldn't remember. Still need to find something cheaper. I don't understand why NOW is more expensive than GO! even though GO! is the premium line.

now is the premium line.

find the 16 lb bags of go and the price comes down. if the store you go to doesn't sell it, ask them to order you a bag.

[shadow_cruiser]

now is the premium line.

find the 16 lb bags of go and the price comes down. if the store you go to doesn't sell it, ask them to order you a bag.

According to the first 10 ingredients, listed in order of quantity, it seems to me GO! is the premium line with more meat and less fillers.

GO! FIT + FREE
Grain Free Chicken, Turkey + Duck Recipe
http://www.petcurean.com/for-cats/go...en-turkey-duck
Chicken meal, de-boned chicken, de-boned turkey, duck meal, turkey meal, salmon meal, de-boned trout, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), natural fish flavour, peas

NOW FRESH
Grain Free Adult Recipe
http://www.petcurean.com/for-cats/no...ain-free-adult
De-boned turkey, potato flour, peas, potatoes, whole dried egg, canola oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), pea fibre, tomato, natural flavour, flaxseed

[Narci]

Go, Now, orijen, Acana...

When it comes to 'premium' dog foods, it's really nitpicking which is better.

I have used ALL of the above brands and what works for my dog is Now.

He has smaller poop even though we are feeding hime the same amount them orijen or acana. Leaves me to believe he might be actually digesting the food them just going straight through him.

He's happy to eat the whole bowl all the time. He would often skip meals when we had him on Acana, origen and Go.

He does't scratch his ears as much. When on origin and acana, his ears were all red from scratching.

With the premium brands, you have a good choice for what suits your pet knowing whether brand A has 0.05% more of ingrediant A then brand B.

[greenleaves]

Ivan, I'm not sure what you are saying about Fromms foods because you don't specify what names in black mean.

[ji2o0k]

Ivan, I'm not sure what you are saying about Fromms foods because you don't specify what names in black mean.

I think names is black are good brands that people can trust and buy for their dogs...

Everything else is buyer beware (gray and red)

[champ91]

My vet recommened royal canin urinary So because my dogs have crystals in their urine? so we've been feeding them that for now but I see that brand on your naughty list. Is there an alternative?

[mrdc]

How do you guys feel about the premium dry and wet cat food offered by well.ca? http://well.ca/categories/premium-cat-food_2221.html

I've been feeding my 2 year old male cat Blue Wilderness, with some wet Innova on the side. But I'd love to purchase his food online so I can get it delivered to my door. Are any of the "premium" foods listed there worth considering? There are quite a few brands that I've never even heard of, though the inclusion of Merrick makes me pause.

[mrdc]

I would suggest a grain-free dry cat food from Orijen or Acana. If you do need some other alternatives, then possibly any of these other grain-free lines from: Nature's Variety Instinct or Petcurean's Now! line.

For grain-free canned cat food, I love any Weruva that has the chicken or beef formulas only. Unfortunately any fish products produced in Thailand must use Menadione, so stay away from those ones...

Here are the ones you can look into, they are great....I feed them to my very own cat:

Paw Lickin' Chicken
Grandma's Chicken Soup
Funky Chunky
Amazon Liver/Nine Liver
Green Eggs & Chicken
Peking Ducken
On The Cat Wok
Steak Frites

"Weruva chicken using only antibiotic free, free range boneless, skinless white chicken breast"

Here is the Weruva canned food link:
http://www.weruva.com/

The calorie count in Weruva is quite low, so do you supplement it with anything else, or do you just feed more?