|
lamb posted:I have a 10-year-old cat whose buddy recently passed away. Next Tuesday, we're going to pick up a friend for him from the shelter who is considerably younger (4 months old). Get a food that's good for cats and kittens, or all life stages. I'm using Felidae which both my kitten and cat seem to like.
|
#
¿
May 16, 2013 15:22
|
|
|
|
| # ¿ May 4, 2024 03:42 |
|
|
Daeren posted:So after seeing this thread, I looked at the food we feed our three cats. Apparently we recently switched from some other food - I think Iams? - Purina ONE Indoor Advantage. Since Purina ONE is in the awful foods category, and the OP said that anything with "indoor" in the name was probably worse than average, I decided that we could probably stand to feed our cats better - especially after one of my cats kept sneaking bits of actual meat from our sick dog and his coat MASSIVELY improved. I went out and bought the Indigo Moon 15 pound bag after the mention in the OP, and crunching the numbers myself. However, I compared the nutritional values tables and calories, they don't seem all that different to my untrained eye. Indigo Moon had more protein but not enough to raise my eyebrows, and it only has about 60 more calories per cup, which isn't that giant of a leap, though it probably adds up quite a lot over the fifteen pounds. I know the ingredients list is important and gives an idea of the proportions of actual carbohydrates, but I'm not really experienced enough at scrutinizing this sort of thing. I was really interested in this too--I'm sure Indigo Moon is healthier, but is it cheaper? So I did some math. Math was never my strong suit, so correct me if I'm wrong. According to http://www.k9cuisine.com/showProduct.aspx?ProductID=373&OrderBy=3&pagenum=1&returnurl=#comments 4.85 cups are in a lb of Indigo Moon. So a 15lb bag has 72.5 cups. Each cup has 450 calories--thus, a 15lb bag of Indigo Moon has a total of 32625 calories. According to http://www.purinaone.com/products/cat-food/smartblend-indoor-advantage#feeding-instructions a lb of Purina One Indoor has 1616 calories/lb. So a 15lb bag has 24240 calories. So that's a difference of 8385 calories. That means every 20lbs of Purina equals 15lbs of Indigo Moon--not factoring in the fact that Indigo Moon will make your cats feel fuller on account of the higher protein content. If 15lbs of Indigo Moon is $40 and 15lbs of Purina Indoor is $30 (approximations taken from Amazon, not using sale prices) Indigo Moon ends up being about 4 or 5 bucks more for a WAY healthier and filling food. edit: quoted wrong person Cyber Dog fucked around with this message at 22:31 on May 18, 2013 |
|
#
¿
May 18, 2013 22:24
|
|
|
Xavier434 posted:Just sort of an FYI, 15lbs bags of Indigo Moon at my local All Pets store is $34. So shop around before committing. Oh yeah, I'm sure it can be found cheaper--just for the ease of the comparison I was doing each at pretty much their max price.
|
|
#
¿
May 20, 2013 16:28
|
|
|
Anyone have any experience with Trader Joe's Canned Cat Tuna? The ingredients are good and the nutrient spread is good, and my cats seem to love it; but online I've read here and there that tuna can be a source of UTI's etc. Thoughts?
|
|
#
¿
Jun 2, 2013 23:35
|
|
|
HelloSailorSign posted:Could you put some of those links? I've never heard of tuna being a source of UTIs. I just read it on some dumb cat forum after googling so I assume it's not true, but thought I'd check here to be safe.
|
|
#
¿
Jun 3, 2013 03:54
|
|