Ambercat, I knew I had checked Lily's Kitchen cat food ingredients thoroughly before I started to feed it to my kits (who WOLF it down..) and couldn't understand how I could have got it so wrong, when I took a quick recheck of their website this morning. It's misleading, as it cites brown rice amongst the general ingredients, not sure if it's the dog food contains the rice, but here is the full list of ingredients for the cat chicken dinner (the lamb is also grain and carb-free):
Organic meat minimum 60% - Organic Chicken (30%), Organic Beef (15%), Organic Turkey (10%), Organic Pork (5%), Organic Carrots 4%, Organic Dandelion, Organic Nettle, Organic Spirulina, Carageenan, Taurine, Minerals, Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol) 20mg/kg. By using the highest quality raw material this meal provides just the right amount of Vitamin A and D3 your cat needs.
Nutritional Breakdown:
Typical values per 100g
Protein 10%
Fat 5.5%
Fibre 0.3%
Ash 2%
Moisture 82%
Grain-free.
Certified Organic and Holistic.


It really is pretty good food - maybe there is a question mark over the use of Carageenan, and I already mailed them about that, but they use tiny amounts, and it is all triple checked by a certified food inspector.

Ah, thats interesting - yes, I see they've put a list of general ingredients which I took to mean was included in the cat food - but the ingredients you've listed for the cat food do indeed look pretty good, so I guess your'e right, its probably the dog food that has all the other stuff in. Might even give it a try now!

I use Lily's Kitchen for my cats - there's no grain in there at all?! Their dog food has spelt, but not their cat food. My cat adores their food - her coat smells and looks amazing. I'd prefer feeding a certified organic diet as I know there's absolutely nothing nasty in there. Plus they put in lots of good herbs..

Sorry but just to clarify, if you can't completely avoid feeding dry as well as raw (for example, you have to go out to work), then spacing their meals out as much as possible is advisable?

Do you mean you need to leave food available for your cat while you are at work Carriee? because if so, cats don't need food available all the time. If you are concerned about not being able to feed at usual mealtimes you could maybe use a timed feeder, put the raw in (think they come with space to put ice packs) and time it to open for the usual mealtime.

Re petroleum jelly, just as well I didn't try it.