Topic: How many more "special" cat foods can ther be? (Read 3887 times)

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #29 on:** May 20, 2007, 17:13:22 PM »

Ah right!!

Millys Mum · « **Reply #28 on:** May 20, 2007, 16:26:16 PM »

I think she means m/d t/d as in monday food tuesday food etc

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #27 on:** May 20, 2007, 12:29:48 PM »

Swamp - they do m/d, s/d, w/d and t/d already!!
The packaging on the RC food says stones/weight for the female and weight/stones for the male - they look identical though!!

Team Svartalfheims · « **Reply #26 on:** May 16, 2007, 10:04:03 AM »

Royal Canin now do a special 'Queen 34' food for pregnant and lactating cats. I haven't managed to get hold of any to look at the label but no doubt it's not much different to the RC and Hills kitten food!

alexgirl73 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 16, 2007, 09:59:25 AM »

Good grief!!

Can we please remember that 30 years ago cats were still being fed table scraps and what they could catch on their hunts!!

My two boys, Broxi and Cooper, after much taste testing have finally found a food they love! Good old fashioned KiteCat! And for biscuits they have aldis own brand. Looking lovely and healthy on that so far. Teddie does have a special food, RC wet sensitivity, but only because anything else gives her extremely bad runs, and she cant process biscuits at all!
TBH, I think it's a case of the cat food companies reallly succesful marketing campaign that is the reason for all these foods. They play on our love for our pets and the guilt we feel if they dont get 'the best' food on the market.

Ellie · « **Reply #24 on:** May 16, 2007, 09:06:41 AM »

I thought I had seen it all

My lot have normal food. I have a feeling that given time all cat food will be marketed for more and more "types" of cat

and with a hefty price tag

Makes you wonder how the kitties managed before all these super foods were available

swampmaxmum · « **Reply #23 on:** May 15, 2007, 12:00:22 PM »

R/d is pretty effective as a diet nosh for indoor fatties but can't be fed for more than a few months I think.

Valium - hoo hoo have you ever seen what happens when a cat's had valium? Both of mine have had it once when very off food - it gives them the munchies big time. NOT good for a quiet life lol.

I am waiting for Hills etc's M/d, t/d, w/d, th/d, f/d, s/d and sun/d foods

fluffycloud123 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 12, 2007, 21:28:41 PM »

i think i read somewhere neautered males are more prone to gaining weight? so maybe its a calorie watching one?

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #21 on:** May 12, 2007, 21:27:03 PM »

RC do neutered male and neutered female foods, I dont really know wht the difference is, but if I remember I shall look at the packaging.

Ann Clarke (Tabby cat) · « **Reply #20 on:** May 10, 2007, 17:45:42 PM »

Yes I could do with the valium for ginger cats one for Hobbes

I wish I had half his energy! I gave up on the kitten food with Hobbes too as he refused to eat it in the end and much preferred to steal Dylan's

so he gets adult wet food but a mixture of adult and kitten dry.

fluffycloud123 · « **Reply #19 on:** May 10, 2007, 12:13:39 PM »

ha ha i wish they would add valium for ginger cats

monkey sure needs it!

i just feed a sachet of wet in the morning and one at night and always a supply of dry down. with water.

i alternate between tesco own brand (cheap with the most meat %) and felix, but the boys only like them in gravy not jelly. fussy butter!

ooh and jasper refuses to eat kitten food so we have put him on adult food already

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2007, 12:00:36 PM »

don't know about the male, female one but royal canin do an incredible array of foods - they even do a "beauty" one for the coat during moulting! And they have an indoor and outdoor version of most of them. Then there are the breed ones - persian, siamese and maine coon that i know of.

Perhaps if they do a colour one they can add some valium to the one for ginger cats

Ela · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2007, 08:26:50 AM »

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Ela - they do male and female food.

Oh! right, what make is that please.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2007, 08:22:14 AM »

Ela - they do male and female food.

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #15 on:** May 09, 2007, 12:08:37 PM »

Quote from: Susanne (urbantigers) on May 09, 2007, 12:07:46 PM

At least mine are both the same colour so I wouldn't have to buy different foods

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #14 on:** May 09, 2007, 12:07:46 PM »

At least mine are both the same colour so I wouldn't have to buy different foods

Ela · « **Reply #13 on:** May 09, 2007, 12:05:43 PM »

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colour cat food - 'formulated especially for ginger cats'

I think food formulated for different colours is about the only thing left to have now, apart from male and female food,

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #12 on:** May 09, 2007, 09:50:17 AM »

Lexy has a weight problem right now and the regular foods have too high a fat content. The indoor foods have lower fat content for more sedentary cats. I use Perfect Fit, JWB Light dry and she gets a premium wet food once a day to help. If she was more active she would be on normal food.

rosiesmum · « **Reply #11 on:** May 09, 2007, 09:10:19 AM »

Thanks all

Will keep her on regular for the time being then - she loves Tesco own and Felix, I guess I can always supplement her diet with vitamins if need be.

Mark · « **Reply #10 on:** May 09, 2007, 08:49:21 AM »

I find it all confusing. Thats why I made the mistake of buying senior food for kylie recently not realising it is high fat. Hills also do a senor/light. I bought Kylie a 5kg bag of Hills light on Monday (with a free bag of regular for willow! ) but now see there is an r/d - which I guess is even lighter than light!

- I will try it when this stuff runs out

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #9 on:** May 09, 2007, 08:41:33 AM »

Mine do just fine on regular food!

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #8 on:** May 09, 2007, 08:13:45 AM »

Neutered cat foods contain lower things so that cats dont put too much weight on, and other things to help prevent UTI's - and something else, that is all I remember from when I looked at the bag last night.
Indoor only foods contain things they think they will miss out on, extra vits that you normally get from the sun, and poss something that replaces grass.
All very odd if you ask me!!

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #7 on:** May 09, 2007, 08:12:47 AM »

I always notice that with the royal canin foods. There's so many different ones - indoor, neutered cat, senior, light... what do you feed if you have an overweight, senior indoor, neutered cat?!

rosiesmum - quite a few do an indoor food - they tend to have something added for hairballs (can be more of a problem with indoor cats as they don't generally have free access to grass) and may be lower calorie to allow for indoor cats not being as active. I'm a bit sceptical about them though tbh - I'd read the ingredients and compare them to the regular variety as sometimes they have poorer ingredients. I've never used an indoor food for my cats.

rosiesmum · « **Reply #6 on:** May 09, 2007, 06:33:28 AM »

I'm glad I've found this thread. I have decided after recent events with Rosie that she will be an indoor cat (not risking letting her out again) Whiskers do an 'indoor cat' dry food. Has anyone tried this? Does anyone know what is so special/different about this one?

Many thanks

Denise

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #5 on:** May 08, 2007, 23:50:48 PM »

well said Dave

DaveD · « **Reply #4 on:** May 08, 2007, 23:37:49 PM »

Quote from: Kittybabe (Ruth) on May 08, 2007, 23:26:21 PM

Or am I missing something.

I thought it was the cat that was missing something!

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #3 on:** May 08, 2007, 23:26:21 PM »

There will be as many as the big boys can find new "reasons" for. I am all for providing diff foods for diff ailments, ages etc, depending on dietary requirements, but do neutered cats really have to have diff food? Can't see what is so special with this one other than new packaging? Or am I missing something.

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #2 on:** May 08, 2007, 23:21:50 PM »

I know, it makes me laugh in places like Jollyes, rows and rows of dry foods all for a 'special' type of cat. I'm waiting for them to introduce colour cat food - 'formulated especially for ginger cats'

Mark · « **Reply #1 on:** May 08, 2007, 23:11:48 PM »

How about this

Hill's "Neutered Cat"

http://www.hillspet.com/zSkin_2/_refacing/minisite/MinisiteLeftNav.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395183204&bmUID=1178662265153&bmLocale=en_GB

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