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What shape is your high quality cat food? Innova, California Naturals, Other Brands?

Jul 19, 2009 by Summer | Posted in Cats

I thought I'd post this in a better way. Can you tell me what the shape is of your cat food? Round, three point, crescent, or other description. I'm looking at high quality brands and I need something pointy or triangular in shape for a very finicky cat.

Thank you!!

I have two dry foods in my cupboard right now. California Naturals Pure & Simple Chicken and Brown Rice formula is a three-point kibble. Felidae Platinum is shaped like a capital H.

I've had occasion to email Natura customer service with some finicky-cat questions, and found them to be very informative and helpful. http://www.naturapet.com/ They make California Naturals, Innova and some other lines. I bet they would be happy to tell you which of their entire line of foods that are shaped in a way that is acceptable to your kitty.

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Well I know for sure that you need to get him off Science Diet. What organic food were you thinking of? There are very few technically “organic” dog foods, but many that are a lot better than Science Diet. I recommend Innova, Canidae, or Timberwolf Organics (Not actually an organic food). The same company that make Innova makes an organic food called Karma, but I think its quite expensive.

I switched food recently and didn’t focus on the organic issue so much as the ingredients and their source. I chose California Natural (made by same company as Innova) because it is human-grade and did not have wheat, corn, soy or any artifical colors, fillers or preservatives. The food is sourced within the U.S. so the contamination issue from Chinese ingredients is not an issue. I think these issues are more important than organic in the pet food industry at the moment and it gives you more choices of brands for your dog. I am happy with this food, but it is not advertised as organic.

I have found that each dog is an individual. Go by the condition of your dog. Is he really healthy? Weight Good? Coat Shiny and doesn’t shed too much? Then don’t switch his food. What does your vet say? I feed my cat Science Diet and my dog Canidae. Both have received a clean bill of health from the vet, are in good body condition and have good coats.

The issue is much more one of ingredients. The cheaper foods rely mainly on grain sources for protein, such as wheat and corn. A dog’s digestive system is not well suited to digesting grains. Think about what a dog’s diet would be if it were living in the wild - animals and birds that it could catch. Not only would it eat the muscle, but also the organs, the bones, the entrails with whatever plant or animal material that happened to be there, and so forth. Their digestive system is adapted to handling this, not grain , so when they’re fed corn or wheat the food is not absorbed as well. They have to eat more, so consequenly poop more. Many dogs will show intolerance to grains - I have a dog that does not tolerate wheat well, especially wheat gluten, so I make sure that whatever he gets doesn’t have any wheat or corn in it. Higher quality foods often require less, since they are more nutrient dense, and the nutrients are more readilty utilized. That will help offset the cost somehwat.

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