Where to find best deals on quality kitten food?

Darkblade48 wrote: ↑ There are so many brands out there, so you'll definitely have to do your own research (along with whatever budget you're comfortable with paying).

I personally chose to go with a wide variety of brands (lest a cat become finicky for only one brand of food, and then imagine it goes out of business or if they stop the line, etc).

I've tried: Wellness, Nulo, Nutrience, Merrick's, Dr. Elsey's and Tiki Cat (no particular order) for wet food.

For kibble, I've tried: Nutrience, Tiki Cat, Petcurean Go, Solid Gold (also no particular order).

I've also read good things about Acana and Orijen.

I've found the selection on Amazon to be quite limited, and the prices not reflective of the typical prices in store. It's always been easier for me to pop into a big chain (Pet Valu, Petsmart, Ren's Pets, etc). Most do mail order and if you wait for sales, then even canned food isn't too expensive.

Kazuki1701 wrote: ↑ anything that has grains or wheat type ingredients listed first is never good. And if it's meat first, make sure the first 'meat' ingredient isn't a byproduct, that just means that their main ingredient is just byproducts that you wouldn't eat yourself.
Brands that I've tried and liked are Stella and Chewy, Orijen and Open Farm.
If you have a young kitten, I would recommend that you let them eat as much as they want because they're still growing.
There's also Aime Kitchen that's locally source and made in Canada, if you want stuff like that. What's most important is that they are willing to eat and willing to drink.

shoppingBear wrote: ↑ We are doing the same. The dry food is only a subsitute, so a bag last for a very long time. My cat doesn't like Tiki Cat at all!! (dont' ask me why) And recently he stops eating anything fish.. not even a snack.
So it's now just chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, rabbit...etc.

There is a pet food store called VanPet in Vancouver. We usually go there. And we also shop at Pet Valu stores.

shoppingBear wrote: ↑ We are doing the same. The dry food is only a subsitute, so a bag last for a very long time. My cat doesn't like Tiki Cat at all!! (dont' ask me why) And recently he stops eating anything fish.. not even a snack.
So it's now just chicken, turkey, beef, lamb, rabbit...etc.

There is a pet food store called VanPet in Vancouver. We usually go there. And we also shop at Pet Valu stores.

Blanche123 wrote: ↑ Our cats also hate fish - except of course they only like one food and one food only - and it is sold only through the vet clinic and it must be psychological because the food is fish based (I looked because of the 26 and counting other varieties I tried regardless of cost and they would not eat any of them). But they were at the vet clinic for several months and I think that it is emotional. I shudder at the thought that the food will eventually be discontinued or reformulated or they will decide they don't like it either (it happens a lot - just ask other cat moms). And supply is all in question these days. They didn't care of Tiki Cat, several organic brands, you name it.

And of course cats being cats decide what they will eat and that is that. Now our dog loved everything, and I mean everything.

Hopefully you will never have to give your cat medication - if you do, ask if it can be delivered via transdermal syringe. That is what we do with our cat who suffers from hypothyroidism - pilling a cat is impossible!

Blanche123 wrote: ↑
Hopefully you will never have to give your cat medication - if you do, ask if it can be delivered via transdermal syringe. That is what we do with our cat who suffers from hypothyroidism - pilling a cat is impossible!

kittypink wrote: ↑ Have you tried pill pockets? There are feline pill pockets that you shove the pills in and the cat will eat it like a treat. I have a cat that's on 3 different medication. She loves the pill pockets. It's literally a life saver. If I had to force feed her medication, I would probably be missing an eye right now.