I have tried my cat on various dry and wet foods and she eventually regected any wet food I gave her (Including bozita, whiskers, felix which gave her an upset stomach, and various other wet foods available through zooplus) and now will only eat dry food.

I have found with dry food though including Hills Science Plan, Whiskers, Go Cat etc etc they are full of grain which is unheathly for cats as they put on weight. I can across a brand called Taste of The Wild (Vension) on zooplus and my cat loves it as it is made with berries, roast chicken, venison, smoked salmon, omega 3 and 6 and Taste of the Wild claim it to be grain free.

I would like some views on this product does anyone else use it? Is it really as healthy as they say it is (I have only been using it for a few days now, and I know you are meant to ween cats from one food to another over 2 weeks but she seems happy with the new food and I have had no need to use the Go Cat or Whiskers I have left)?

Thanks

Mine eat it and have been for the last couple of years. They are mostly on wet, but this is the "snacking" dry to have out during the day. They don't seem to have any issues with it. They're all healthy and shiny and happy. Only one out of 6 with a major health issue (Henry, 11, just diagnosed with hyperthyroidism) but I put that down to age, my old misconceptions about what's right to feed, etc. Fat little Gwennie has lost some weight on it too--it became my dry of choice when switching to grain free as it seems high quality and is pretty reasonably priced.

They all like it too. I go between the venison/salmon and the trout/salmon so they don't get bored or picky if one flavor or another for some reason isn't available.

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As far as dry foods go it is definitely one of the better ones and in my experience most cats do like it.

If you are planning to feed it solely, then it might be worth emailing the manufacturer to ask the Ash content of the food, from memory this isn't listed. Some grain free dry foods tend to be very high is Ash which may have the potential to contribute to urinary problems.

I have just asked them and won't know anything for 2 days as it takes this long for them to respond to emails. What is the normal ash content out of interest for cat food?

For a grain free dry food I would consider 7-8% to be a reasonable Ash content, if it was over 9.5-10% it may be a concern.

OK thanks. I will see what they say

The crude ash content of Taste of the Wild is about 8.9% (9.9% at dry matter)

Rule of thumb is that grain-free dry foods contain more crude ash than foods that contain grains (exception being one Almo Nature food - the venison one).

Of the grain-free ones, Applaws has the highest crude ash content (with over 10%), while Orijen and Acana are around 7 and 7.5%.

Can I ask then, will this be ok as I don't want my cat developing urinary problems?

To be honest, if you want to minimise the risk of your cat developing urinary (and kidney) problems then don't feed a purely dry diet.

I have decided I am going to keep her on the Taste of the Wild Rocky Mountains food as I have tried her on almost everything else and this seems to be the healthiest dry food I have come across. Regarding kidney and urinary problems she hasn't had any and to be honest she is really healthy according to the vet I use. The vet also told me on the last visit in October there is nothing wrong with feeding cats dry food as not all cats eat wet food plus some of the wet food out there has more grain in it than the dry food. I am not entering into this debate over wet food is better than dry food as it is silly. My cat will not eat wet food and only wastes it which at the end of the day has cost me alot of money trying to find out if she will eat wet food. All cats are different.