Pet Nutritionist Ranks Cat Foods | Purina, Orijen, Fancy Feast, and More!
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- We take a look at Fancy Feast, Friskies, Rawz, Purina Pro Plan, Meow Mix, Essence, Royal Canin, Hills Science Diet, Nutrisource, Kit & Kaboodle, Orijen, Taste of the Wild, Diamond Naturals, Nature's Domain, IAMS, Nature's Variety Instinct, Blue Buffalo Wilderness, FirstMate, and Carna4. Which cat food is the best? Which is the worst?
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Chef's Kiss:
10:22 Rawz
13:25 Essence
27:52 Carna4
Oh Hell Yeah:
16:52 Nutri Source
18:52 Orijen
24:02 Nature's Variety Instinct
26:35 First Mate
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Basically brands I’ve never heard of are the best, and ones you see everywhere are the worst lol
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Just like restaurants too...the chains are always the worst
Yeh they also cost an arm and a leg and she is sponsonsored by them lmao
yeah, it’s expensive too, high quality food it’s always better even tho it costs more but it’s a good investment, you could also buy the raw meat and grind it
@@mp-sv2cp how do you know she’s sponsored by anyone?
I FRIGGIN LOVE YOU!! You take the time to break it down and categorize each food, which I have been looking for! Thank you so much!!!
FYI if you email Essence and Nutrisourse, they'll mail you samples! Just emailed this week to try out their foods before spending lots of money and my picky cat not liking them. Thought I'd share!
HELL YES THANK YOU BBY MY GIRLS ARE PICKY EATERS! EVEN WITH MEAT LOL SPOILED TO THE MOON
What is Essence E-mail?
I don’t see a “contact us” section on their website, did you message them through one of their social medial profiles?
@@debutchi sadly, it looks like both sites have removed the sample request pages. Some local pet food stores may offer samples perhaps. I'm in Texas and Natural Pawz provides food samples.
@@mallorygHTX bummer :( thanks for replying tho
My husband has pet nutrition training through the company that he works for (Mud Bay) and he and I love that you're bringing all of these common misnomers about pet food to the front and educating people about what they're actually feeding their animal. I've already gotten a couple of clients (I'm a dog groomer) to change over to better foods by sharing your videos
I love Mud Bay! I am a big believer that when people know better, they do better and a big part of what is missing in the pet industry in general is education
Ranking starts at 5:19
Bless you!
Thank you!
Real MVP
If watching from 5:19, you will miss out on her explanation of the rankings which is an important part of the video.
I'd recommend watching from 2:50
This is so helpful! Thanks for helping with leg work, extra understanding of some ingredients and finding these quality products I've never seen before!
it freaks me out that your "cheers" section is the *chef's kiss* of the area in which i live. this video seriously helped me SO MUCH. thank you for this.
So basically Iams lists three different versions of corn because if they were just called "corn," it would be listed as the first ingredient
It's so they can get away with putting in more filler without it looking obvious that the food is actually 50% corn.
Yes, but each different part of the corn have different nutritional properties.
@@theone5404 It's still just corn. Chicken byproduct meal is listed separately because it contains more than just meat. Cats are obligate carnivores and shouldn't be eating that much corn. The main type of protein in corn, zein, lacks some essential amino acids and is therefore not of a high quality. More transparent ingredient listings is needed in pet and human food. If they had to group ingredients and give percentages and people realized how much of their cat food is made up of corn rather than meat, they may think twice.
@@bkbff I'm apart of tyne industry, so I know how it works. However, this part of the corn provides energy and protein. Definitely not the best, but better than wheat and soy. None the less, I rotate between Farmina Prime, Origen, Life's Abundance and Nature's Variety Instinct.
@@theone5404 But so many dogs & cats are allergic to corn including all of my dogs & cats I had lived with & my sister's dog ! 💜🥁🐉🎤💞
I just wanted to say thank you so much for doing this! I switched to Carna 4 about 3 weeks ago and when I say there is a HUGE difference and improvement in my cats skin and fur the coat is silky and shiny. Even my boyfriend was bragging about how nice his coat was.
Hello! First time cat mom but long time dog mom here and I wanted to say thank you for this information and helping me feed this sweet stray some good food and a whole diet! You are amazing.
I appreciate all the hard work you put into this and sharing with us. My frustration is having to always order on-line. There have been a few times where I ran low on food and HAD to make a trip to a local store. They don't normally carry most of the better brands you like.
Could you please do a canned cat food ranking!?
Would like to see it too.
Agreed!
Same!!!
Please!
I would love to see you touch on schesir! Not sure if it’s popular everywhere but it’s a cat food with lots of fruit in it and I truly do not understand 😂
Thank you so much for all you have done! Thanks to your videos my dogs and cats are eating a much better and healthier diet and same thing can be said for the countless of other people who have see your videos. I hope you know how much thousands of pets appreciate you for taking the time out of your days to research and share this amazing information with all of us!
I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you for your lovely comment!
To add to the Instinct...I have one cat that absolutely refuses to eat wet canned food or raw/cooked meat. She's a kibble girl all the way but she loves the freeze dried nibblets in Instinct, and its the only way we can increase the amount of meat in her diet which is a big plus for her. So if you have a picky cat but want to add more meat, freeze dried seems to be a good option, at least for us.
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You’re describing my cat! Thinking about adding coconut oil but she tends to ignore the bowl when I add fish or oils so idk what to try aside from freezing the oil to trick her
Dude one of my cats refuses most foods except for friskies and like 2 other ones
@@carenbouchard4305why….she shared nothing but facts
@@laurelkendun
She shared nothing but her opinion.
I’ve watched a lot of videos before I saw yours and they didn’t help me. But yours is so helpful!!!! Thank you. I am done with dry food, now gonna watch your video about wet food and decide on that one!🙏🏼
Hello! New cat parent here. Love this video and I'm now subscribed! I have a video suggestion: How to read ingredients panel like a pro pet nutritionist! One for kibbles, one for canned/wet. I think this would help us pet owners a lot in making informed purchasing decisions. Thank you! 😊 💕
Great idea!
Love this idea
I love this too. Why they don't make them as easy to read as human nutrition labels is irritating and frustrating. Especially for pets with special diets
That's very very good 👍💜🥁🐉🎤🎶🐈🐈⬛💞
@@noellem9319 Because the more they put we think it's more valuable !! Lots say " Oh that's it !!? I can make that !" & not buy it !! Lol. Also we usually don't understand ( I studied a lot on my own for my cats ,so I know a lot ,not all ) the most of chemical names ,they put more fillers to gain the weights to sell it higher ,but minimizing the costs for more profits !! They add sawdust & sands ,also chemicals to gain weights so that cats/ dogs get bigger & eat more !!! They do this to us ,too ! Into frozen dinners !! They cause cancers to us & cats & dogs ,too !! Evil !! 😰💜🥁🐉🎤🐈🐈⬛💞
I'm so excited I found your channel! I'm always looking to learn more about how to enhance my pets' diets. I love this tiered review because some of us out here are just doing the best we can with what we can afford ❤️ I've got 2 cats and a dog.
Just found you!! So glad.. now I have more tools to review cat food ingredients on my own, thank you!! I’m a subscriber for life!!
This is so helpful! I’ve been feeding my cat (her name is July and she is an American Short Hair we got from the shelter a few years back) Purina Fancy Feast canned food and various brands of kibble, for the treats, we fed Temptations for her treats. I have moved to China for about two years and had to leave my cat behind with a friend. Your food tier lists are really helpful. Thank you very much!
omg u need to get out of that country asap
Just found your channel and im so excited!!!!!! I've been working at a pet store for almost a year and it can be overwhelming with all the different options - i want to make sure i am recommending the best food possible :) you're awesome!
I work at a pet food/supply store and this video (and your others) is really helping me study up on different pet foods! I would love to see a video like this about wet cat food, too :)
She has one!
What a great video! Thank you! This will be helpful to so many pet owners (and help to cut down on vet visits)!
Thank you for this I’m so glad I came across your channel I’ve been looking up good and bad cat foods and this has helped me completely and learning what’s what as well so know I truly know and will surely be changing my cats food so thank you! ❤❤
I would love to see this same video concept but with wet cat food!! I learned a lot from this video, and would love to learn even more
i’ve fed my kitten blue buffalo wilderness since she could eat hard food! made me feel great about seeing it in the “cheers” section! she loves it too!
I heard differently….I heard this is the same manufacturer that makes some bad pet foods 🤨 I’d research more into this
Hello.
All blue buffalo products are bad. Meat bi products means meat from dead and disease animals. Carbs, and meat bi products , flavour are very bad.
I’ve heard differently too :/ I have a box of the wet and a whole large bag of the dry and now I’m not sure what to do 🙄
Think I’ll stick with Tiki cat 🤷🏼♀️
@@MsStarbucks07 some blue buffalo wet/dry foods are good for kittens, especially the wet food. They are high in calories which is good for weight gain. But yes I would definitely be wary of most of their food
I am so very grateful to have found you. Gratitude🙏💗🙏💙🙏
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Oh I loved your review! No one review like that which confused me but you gave a nice description. Loved your video.
We absolutely need a video on vet foods/prescription diets! I've had 3 cats over the years on Hills prescription diets and they've worked, but the ingredient list doesn't exactly inspire confidence nutritionally.
Totally agree!
I’ve been feeding my cats the Hill’s sensitive stomach/digestion dry food for a few years & this comment is my thoughts exactly on Hill’s! I had been feeding my two cats Taste of the Wild but then my male cat started having a problem with bloody stool/blood on his anus & the vet couldn’t figure out the cause, & the only thing that consistently stopped it was feeding him the Hill’s sensitive stomach formula, & I was really disappointed with the ingredients list. But I’m too scared to attempt to switch them off it when he hasn’t had a flare up since we made the switch 😞
@@Petitfleur_ I would try again but slower. Possibly try another sensitive tummy one or try the same proteins as in the hills.
@@Petitfleur_ Fed my cat royal canin n he was having bloody stool on n off for nearly a month. Took him to the vet multiple times n none of the medicine helped until he was given diff meds that ended up working. My initial thought was to change his food also but that ended up not being the issue or the solution
Exactly my experience. I have a +3-year-old cat with feline aids that means the world to me. She almost dies at 1 year old because of poor quality cat food (local brand) so I switched to Hills SD and she is in perfect balance as she has blood test hemogram every 6 months, then I started hearing 'things' about Hills being just ok cat food because to the ingredient list, and that there are other much better brands, and so and so, which made me change to other brands with results below Hills. We owners see the difference in our cats' health between Hills and other so-called 'super premium' brands.
Hey Skyler! Could you do an update on this? To include more brands. Would also love if you could explain where the sourcing of ingredients is stricter so we know food from which countries or areas have more quality ingredients. Thank you 😊
Great review. Enjoyed learning something new. Your confidence and knowledge kept my interest.
So glad to have found your channel. I was at a loss about feeding my 2 young cats and had suspicion about my new Vet's recommendation of Hill's. I also fed Hills canned. I just got my first bag of Orijen 6 Fish dry food, and my cats would be very happy to munch on the whole bag until they fell over because they could no longer stand up. I've always been a nutrition-conscious person, and i find the pet food industry disturbing to say the least. Looking forward to your video on canned cat food! Thank you for your time and expertise!
Hi there! As someone who works for a pet supply company that has a veterinarian/animal nutritionist, I love hearing your perspective! I agree with a lot of what you said, but I did have a question about what you said about soy. I also do not like seeing it in pet food since it is often used as a plant-based protein source and is not as easily digested. However, I was wondering about the part where you said it has the possibility of causing endocrine disorders and hormone imbalances. I know for humans, it has always been a controversial ingredient because some people believe phytoestrogen increases estrogen in men and women and can cause hormone imbalances, thyroid issues, and other endocrine issues. However, what I’ve seen in my research is while phytoestrogen can bind to estrogen receptors and have some potential negative effects, they do not bind as firmly as estrogen and has far weaker effects in comparison. So my interpretation has been it plays a small role in these issues, but not as much as some people may believe. I’m just curious if you have more information on how soy may effect dogs and cats differently, since they are facultative and obligate carnivores respectively? Thank you again for sharing what you’ve learned and for helping others learn more about pet food! 😊
In the research that I've done, the soy theory for people is pretty much the same as it is for cats and dogs. Some breeders attribute phytoestrogen for infertility in their females, however hard evidence is harder to come bu since it is currently being investigated.
I appreciate you answering! I thought that might be the case, but I just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing anything. I’ll keep an eye out for any new studies in case more information comes out. Thanks again!
@The Tattooed Dog Trainer I don't agree with. I have 3 cats. Had them all since 3 weeks old. If I offended you somehow, feel free to make a social media video and cry.
I’m surprised to see Royal Canin to be pee pee poo poo. I feed my diabetic dog Royal Canin prescription glycobalance. It’s not cheep either. But it’s recommended by my vet. Now I’m wondering if it’s beneficial to her
I’ve been feeding my cats the Orijen food. They absolutely live it. But I have never seen it at Petco. I have to get it from pet supply store. I’m now thinking about changing over to Rawz.
@@jamesspader85 Sorry, but if you are feeding your cats any of that Purina crap, you don't deserve any cats. That is just like feeding your kids McDonald's every day. If you are doing that, you should be having any kids either.
Hello! I loved the video, it was very informational. I would love to see a part 2 with more brands covered! I've heard Leonardo, The jaguar, Carnilove, Optima are very good ones and I would love to hear what you think!
Thank you so much for sharing all this information. I’m a brand new cat mom and I’ve learned a lot from this video. Hope you have a video like this on the wet food
Thank you for this! I look at the ingredients very closely. This helps me even more to figure out the best food for my 3 cats.
My Bengal/Maine Coon mix got ISB when I fed him Iams, corn is a big irritator for his fish digestive system. Thanks so much!
My sister's cat is 17 and only wants and has had meow mix and fancy feast. It's astonishing she's lived so long on it.
Well i for one am glad that she has. I love all cats.
It would be nice to see an update that includes Wellness and Dr. Elsey's brands of cat food. Thx!
I have to say. I have watched many best pet food videos. I always wondered if they were paid by some of the pet food companies because I knew some of the recommendations had ingredients that were shunned, by many pet nutritionists. your videos are the BEST i have ever watched. you do a variety of brands and explain why you put them in certain categories. THESE ARE SO WELL DONE AND FILLED WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THANKS SO MUCH FOR USING YOUR TIME TO INFORM THE PUBLIC! i believe many vet visits can be avoided if pet food companies were more about pets and not profit. would really like videos on wet foods for cats that are made in Canada and sold online to the USA
Thank you for this video. I have recently gotten my first cat, and was stumped about what food to get for him (as well as getting him on a diet because he's a bit overweight from his last home). This makes me way less stressed and I look forward to giving my cat everything he needs.
loooooved this!! so educating!! my top requests are: wet food ranked, a deeper dive on perscription food(currently paying $65 a bag for hills science diet perscription(8.5lb bag) due to the adoption center recommending it but currently testing diff foods bc haven’t noticed any issues), and a cat treats recommendations vid!
ty for all you do! new sub :)
Definitely
65 for not even 9 lbs? Crazy
Thank you so much for making videos like this. I just got a cat about a month ago. He's on Merrick Purrfect Bistro Turkey Pate currently. Based on what I've learned from you and others, he has a pretty good diet right now. The downside is price. Don't suppose you've got a video somewhere where you recommend budget friendly , yet still healthy options for cats of the dry or wet variety? (Ideally wet )?
Crude protein (min.) 9% ; Crude fat (min.) 5% ; Crude fiber (max.) 1.4% . these are the first 3 ingredients in what ur feeding ur cat
THANK YOU !!! For what you are doing to educate us pet owner's !! 💯💯
Thank you so much for this video! I'm always on the lookout for new meat-based healthy foods for my kitties. One of my babies eats only dry and I have been feeding Open Farm kibble. But I am excited to try Rawz and Essence now!
Thanks I inherited my cat from a friend and she always fed him royal canin. It’s $40. If I’m going to continue to spend that kind of money on cat food, it better be good for him so I’m glad I know now.
Would love to see a video going in depth on orijen and acana 👌
Been feeding my four cats Pro Plan for about a year. They seem to like it, but I think I'm gonna switch because of your video! Thanks for the info!
Informative video, thank you! Ive been feeding my poor kitty Friskies and Meow Mix, but now its definitely time for change! 😸
Thank you so much for making these videos! I would love to see a video on canned foods and vet diets too! I used to work in the vet field and the diets always confused me. We pushed them as the best of the best but the ingredient list always made me cringe.
My theory is that veterinarians just like medical doctors may not be very well versed in nutrition. Our human medical doctors only get an hour or two, if that of training on nutrition. I have learned more about human nutrition on RUclips than the majority of medical doctors ever got in medical school. That is a sad state of affairs in my opinion since nutrition and eating habits play the most vital roles in overall human metabolic health or lack thereof.
i hope you can make an updated ranks for cat foods wet and dry because there are new brands like go! solutions and now fresh also a lot of old brands have changed their formulas. appreciate your videos as a fur mom
Great information and a wonderful rating system. Thanks for making this available for all us cat people.
Best review ever. I swore by blue buffalo. Just ordered Rawz & Essence. Thanks!
Hello
Can you do this video again but also add a recall count for each product. Apparently independent smaller "healthy" brands can't afford periodic regular testing of their food so they have lower quality control.
Oooo would LOVE to see a video of “online” pet food brands like cat person and smalls
Just found you and already LOVE you!!! thanks a lot I really love my cat so I do appreciate all your information about the nutrition etc…
Thrilled to see Essence in the Chefs Kiss list. I have been a big fan of Pets Global for a long time. Along with Essence, they also produce Zignature, Fussie Cat and Inception. What i love about them is that if you call Pets Global and ask, they can tell you where every ingredient is sourced from. I know this because i have done it. They not only makes great products but I trust them and their customer service is excellent. I'm a rescuer, mostly of senior and special needs small dogs but I've had cats and rescued cats along the way. Currently have 3 kitties so like most, kibble is the most economical. I am very passionate about nutrition and am working towards adding raw into their diet. So glad to have found you and other nutritionists to learn from!
My dog was on science diet prescription food and it did help his stool but I switched him to FARMINA LAMB AND BLUEBERRY!! and he’s doing amazingly.
Hello 🤗
After working in a large scale chain pet store I wouldn't feed any pet Blue wilderness or Blue buffalo brand foods. The amount of recalls for lack of quality control was astonishing.
I would love you to do a review on weight management and senior cat food reviews. Thank you for doing these!
Was glad to stumble on this video! I've done a lot of research on this sort of thing a while back when I realized my cat wasn't eating as well as he should be, but soon after he had to be prescribed a diet by our vet to manage his urinary issues. I've always felt like my hands got tied, because the diet genuinely is working and helping manage his condition over the years, but on the other hand, the ingredients list really sucks. I really wish there were high quality prescription foods
Thank you this was eye opening. I was feeding my cat pee poo :( I'd love to see a wet food version of this as well
Which brand were you feeding😊??
My friend works with animals at the university in my city and she recommended schesir wet food for my cat, I like it, it’s not processed at all you see real shreds of fish or chicken and it’s high quality enough for human consumption. For dry food I go with farmina brand it’s good quality too, you can look into these yourself and the websites have info on the ingredients
@@bellapradeep5035 Me is Royal Canin, Friskies LOL
@@fuzzyx2face that’s $8 a can!!!!!
Discovered the Essence brand because of this video. It's now my top choice. Switching from Acana/Orijen.
Is Orijen not that good?
@@markjosephbacho5652 Orijen is good, which is why I had my cat on it at all in the first place.
Essence is just better. So I switched over.
Thank you for the great videos. The information is awesome and I feel better making decision to feed my cats and dogs better food! Thanks!
Long time cat owner. Found this video super informative, and it was nice to hear a professional validate my own feelings about certain brands of pet foods in terms of ingredient quality that I've picked up on over the years. Had my cat on Nature's Variety Instinct, now on Orijen (which my cat is obsessed with), but I may try to grab a bag of Rawz and see how she takes to that.
2:55 - List begins, but the intro is actually worth a listen. Very nice young lady, and sounds like she knows her stuff. 😸
please make a video on canned cat and dog food
An EXCELLENT informational video. THANK YOU!
I'm so thankful for your videos on this topic. I was kinda thrown into taking care of a cat basically as a part of the house we're renting. She's old and has digestive issues and terrible fur, noticed she barely drank enough and the food she has been given was only dry and very cheap. So I'm taking steps to hopefully raise her overall health. She has a water fountain now that she loves and I've been altering her hygiene area so it's better for her. I'm hoping to work our way towards better food products but until I can find where to buy them I'm at least buying foods in the Cheers category.
Again thanks for sharing, it helps a lot to know what to look for and avoid in pet food.
Rawz ingredients are apparently human-grade, so theoretically, you could eat Rawz kibble yourself
Rawz is also local to me, I grew up in York, Maine, and Rawz is made in Cape Neddick, Maine.
I've been after my mother for years to switch her cats from Friskies and she insists it's good food and her cats do just fine. There's just no convincing some people.
Well, hope she enjoys cats with health issues like diabetes later in life!!! Poor babies....
@@shrimpyalfredo3933 she's 85 and just set in her ways. I've been slowly adding better quality food to the crap she feeds. There's definitely less shedding and throwing up.
@@amymandeville8342 ah, one of those situations. Im glad you're trying to sneak some better food into their diet!!!
@@amymandeville8342 sadly in my experience a lot of older people are really set in their ways especially, and think cats just randomly throw up etc
@@hukhh3145 yes and they have a misguided belief their pets are healthy.
oh hell yeah, now I'm 1000% more sure that I'm going to buy nutri source or pure vita for my cats! Thanks a lot for making this video. I hope there will be more pet shops in Indonesia selling Nutri Source products as it's still so hard to find it here.
😊 Thank you!!! So informative and will help me help my kitties!🤗
So all of my crazy thoughts about commercial cat food were true after all. Thank you for helping me believe in myself again ☺️
The same is true regarding big corporate human 'food'.
So informative. Thank you! I would like to see a video on the wet foods. Namely: Nulo, Fussie Cat and Made by Nacho. 😻
My kitties like fussie cat- seems pretty good and even better they’ll actually eat it!
My cats and dogs are on nulo. The wet food (for the cats) is pretty good, meaty fish. Or fishy meat... I even give some of the fish to my fish on occasion. They like it too. Actually the wet food is tiki cat, the dry kibble is nulo.
I actually work at a production plant for FirstMate shout out from Canada! I seal and package the smaller bags of dog and cat food, glad to here its high on the list!
Excellent video love all the detailed information!!! Could you please make a video on Dr. Elsey's Cleanprotein line of products
Please review Nulo and American Journey! When you have a chance :) I feed my 2 cats Nulo and my dog American Journey (I feed all of them grain free... I'm still learning your stance on this because I'm new here!). I also supplement with the honest kitchen since it is so expensive, as you noted in your review video ❤️
I love this. I love the ranking videos because they really help when it comes to choosing food for furbabies. Overall enjoying this channel & the info it comes with it. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! Would you be able to do a wet food version?
I have plans for a wet food ranking and a raw food ranking in the next few weeks!
Fantastic video. Very informative. My own rule is that all big brands that one knows from TV commercials are at the very very end when it comes to quality. Whiskas, Felix, Sheba and Royal Canin are one of the most known brands in germany. But when it comes to quality they cannot compete at all. For me the best dry food companys are Orijen and Grau.
Lolz at your flavor description
Super helpful even though I’m not feeding my indoor cats dry I do leave out food for some colony cats and can’t leave out wet food with confidence that many cats would get fed.
Idk, my cats coat looks the healthiest it ever has since switching her to Iams Proactive Health. She was eating Meow Mix and I’ll never get her back on that. It dried her poor skin out so bad and her coat looked dull, and she was overweight pretty bad. Ever since switching her over she’s at a much healthier weight that’s been maintained, her skin isn’t dried out, she isn’t shedding as much and her coat is shiny and looks healthy again. I’ll definitely consider a way healthier option for her for sure, as I want the very best for her. But so far it seems like she is just all around healthier with the Iams Proactive Health. Everything it claims to do on the packaging, it has done for her.
Edit: I meant to put this under someone else’s comment
I feed my cat the iams healthy adult and was shocked seeing iams on the very bottom. But I agree with you my cats coat feels so healthy and looks beautiful and shiny.
For at least the past year, I have researched over 300 pet food ingredients. At least regarding the first 5 ingredients, this is a very good and accurate review. I would add that cats should eat mostly wet foods due to the high moisture. Cats should not eat a dry food only or mostly diet.
Yeah, she probably didn't know cats need adequate hydration. Six years experience + education and training....she probably missed that part. Thank goodness you were here to interject your super professional and experienced opinion on the topic!
@@loveshoves1825 she said dog trainer/ pet nutritionist. So she's probably more dog focused
@@StopWars420 pet nutritionist would imply a wide range of animal nutrition knowledge. Cats being the second most common household pet I'd imagine she understands that absolutely basic fact. Even I knew was aware of the hydration concern with cats eating dry food yet this person above thinks they're more informed on the subject because they've "researched over 300 pet food ingredients"... probably from their couch in between sharing Facebook memes. It's annoying to have lay-persons interjecting their opinions and representing themselves as more knowledgeable than legit professionals.
@@loveshoves1825 exactly I would only trust a vet with a cat or dog. But I also own ferrets so I can only trust exotic vets($$$) with my pet.
@@StopWars420 ferrets are so cool. I had one as a teen. She'd sleep in my sock drawer when I let her. I've been wanting another for quite some time but Im going to wait until my two kids are out of the house. They really need a lot of attention and I just don't have it to give until then. But yes, $$$$ is right!
Please do a video on vet prescribed wet and dry food! Thanks for your informative video!
Thank you, I needed this!
I would love for you to do one of these for both dry and wet cat food that are prescribed for kidney disease. I'm so lost on what would be best for my cat and I know that kidney disease is one of the major causes of cat deaths. Thanks for all your hard work.
Hello
I’d be interested to see what you think of Dr. Elsey’s cleanprotein kibble! It seems to be a meat based cat food by weight, but there are a few ingredients that I’m not sure of. Thanks for the review!
An eye opener! Thank you!
Thank you very much for the information in your video , I honestly didn’t realize the garbage I bought for my feline friend that I recently adopted . I went from Friskies to Rawz brand in both wet and dry cat food .
Could you make a video about your school experience and how you gained your animal nutritionist license?
Good question. Sadly it was never answered.
I would love to see you review raw diets for both dogs and cats. I switched my Siamese to a raw diet about a month ago and I’ve noticed a marked improvement in his behavior, playfulness, and coat!
Posted elsewhere, but too good not to share: We fed our cat Fancy Feast Savory Centers. At first she liked it, then started eating less and less of it. She developed chronic very soft (not quite diarrhea) stools, was vomiting nearly everyday and had bad allergy-like congestion. She now has early-stage kidney disease (from age, I presume) so she gets Hills dry KD. I started wondering if the Fancy Feast had some role in her GI-tract and allergy issues. I stopped giving her the wet cat food and her stools were nearly solid within a few days, vomiting is rare and allergies are much less. We gave her Fancy Feast originally because she wouldn't eat the premium brands, we were trying to get her some weight gain, and I had read its good to give a mixture of wet and dry. Originally she was on Crave dry, and didn't like it enough to keep weight on....she LOVES Hill's KD, thank goodness.
This was very helpful! I'd like to add that it is important to look beyond the top 5 ingredients. Our cats loved RAWZ, but one started having gut problems and we discovered the food includes tomato! I assume they feel like it adds some important nutrients, but tomato is a very common allergen. Also, RAWZ it is so nutrient dense that the other two cats got really fat on it! You'd definitely do best to provide it in limited amounts. In terms of future videos, I would love to see a quality comparison of a bunch of limited ingredient foods, and kitten foods. As kitten fosters, we like to feed Orijen kitten, but would love to know what you think is best.
came from the dog food video you made you gained a subscriber!!!! (if possible rank treats too and canned food for doggies)
Thank you so much! I certainly have both ideas in the works!
Same for me! I’m also already super informed on animal nutrition and I am super happy so see someone so honest and unbiased about animal food
@@TenTennant - Agreed.
Blue Buffalo has also been linked to cardiomyopathy and working at a clinic in the past I saw multiple cases myself. :(
My vet said she doesn’t recommend Blue Buffalo and prefers Purina. I’m so confused.
@@knockeledup blue is bad stuff! I've seen it first hand! Purina totally sucks. I've heard Orajen is great stuff! It's pricey tho
I’m sure that’s caused by it being grain free and not specific to just Blue Buffalo. This whole grain free trend is just ridiculous.
Thank you so much for all this information !
PLEASE do a video on the origin and arcana changes!!! These have been my go to foods and i want to hear your opinions!!!
I really really wonder if Wellness’s dry food is good as well. I upgraded my cat to their wet food from purinas friskies & meow mix.
Would love to see a few more brands. I work at a petstore and would love to be able to help educate the customers I come in contact with! Maybe some Instinct, Merrik, Simply Nourish, Bill and Jack, Eunok(something), Only Natural Pet, and Authority. Just some Id like to see. I feed authority, simply nourish, and unfortunately Iams for my cats. The iams is the only one that I found that had DL-Methionine in it and that’s what I use for my cats Struvite crystals.
I’m glad you know what you’re talking about. It’s so confusing finding a good food brand for your cat. I was giving my cat meow mix ( I also give her wet food once a week) I noticed she really wasn’t interested in the kibble only the wet food. Now I know it’s because there’s not really any meat in it! I switched her to taste of the wild … the venison and salmon one. (Like you said this is mid level food but I’m single and I have to draw the line somewhere. ) and let me tell you she seems to like it better because there’s actual meat in it. She doesn’t beg for the wet food as much and gets excited when I fill her bowl. Glad I switched her.
Very helpful ~ glad I found you!😻👍🏼🙋🏼♀️
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