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oishii
Aug 13, 2006
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Olothreutes posted:

I was feeding my cats EVO wet food only, but I went to the store to get more yesterday and found there was none. Apparently they are having distribution issues due to the whole recall thing, despite this being wet food vs dry food. There isn't anywhere else in town that carries this food, and the guy behind the counter mentioned that natura was having some pretty serious issues due to getting dropped by the major chains and might fold. So now I'm looking for a new food for the cats. I'm a poor student at the moment, I feed wet only because my cats are worth it, but the ~$50 dollars a month on the EVO food was pretty much the most I can afford. They love dry food, but it makes the litter box an absolute nightmare, and I'd like to avoid it if at all possible.

What wet food brands would you guys recommend as comparable to the EVO chicken/turkey without breaking the bank? If I could get natures instinct for that price, I'd probably move to that, but it's more than twice as expensive at the local store. Nothing else that I saw was a 95% formula.

It looks like the instinct cans only come in 5.5 oz, I was getting the 13.2 oz EVO cans.

How many cans do you go through a month? I've been feeding Wellness canned food and it seems to be pretty similar? I buy the cases of 12oz cans on Amazon, and you can even do Subscribe & Save with them which knocks the price down to like $23 after the 15% discount. It's pretty hard to find the big cans of cat food in any store here... I've asked before and they just say "nobody needs that much cat food" :doh:

edit: oops just saw you have already considered it!

oishii fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Sep 30, 2013

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oishii
Aug 13, 2006
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This might be a dumb question, but do some kitties just have a really difficult time eating wet food? My oldest kitty LOVES kibble and will crunch that poo poo all day, but when it comes to wet food it's like she doesn't know how to eat it. She licks it a bit and then kinda turns her head side to side and licks her mouth- the way a dog would when it gets peanut butter stuck in their mouth. The food just gets mushed into the bottom of the bowl.
Is she just bad at food? It sucks when 3 out of 4 kitties will eat whatever but then the last one won't :argh:

oishii
Aug 13, 2006
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Crooked Booty posted:

I guess it's possible your cat is just dumb, but I tend to associate what you're describing with cats who have pain in their mouths. Has she had her mouth examined by a vet lately?

I've also seen a few cats who are missing most/all of their teeth do that with mushy pâté-style foods. If you're feeding a pâté-style food and her teeth are healthy, you might want to try something chunkier.

That's what I thought at first too... when I took her to the vet they said she needs her teeth cleaned. She does have pretty icky breath. I wondered about the pain thing too but she'll happily crunch down on kibble all day long so I wasn't sure. I can try to find some chunky ones to try (she's already super picky about wet food)... I wish they made something other than pate style in the big cans!

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