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I went to our local pet health food store today to scout out options for foods for my cat. He's got FLUTD but the vet agrees that once he is down to a normal/healthy weight again we can try to wean him onto a high-quality food rather than the nasty Purina UR special diet he is on now ( I hate supporting Purina, owned by Nestle... and the food is just yucky). They do not carry Innova/EVO. I would love advice on the following foods:<br><br>
The samples I came away with are:<br><br><a href="http://www.omhpet.com/wellness/cat_wellness_dry_healthy_weight.html" target="_blank">Wellness Healthy Weight.</a> This contains no animal by products, corn or corn gluten, wheat, soy, artificial preservatives, colors or flavors. I need to check with the vet re: ash and magnesium levels but I *think* it would be ok. We could also go with another Wellness product (I like <a href="http://www.omhpet.com/wellness/cat_wellness_dry_indoor_health.html" target="_blank">Indoor Health</a>) but this is the one they had samples of that would be most suitable for Tom.<br><br><a href="http://www.naturesvariety.com/content.lasso?page=1422&-session=naturesvariety:1810605A0a79b2C97ANMv213F742" target="_blank">Nature's Variety Raw Instinct</a>. Grain/potato free. Again, I need to investigate ash/magnesium levels but it should be reasonably OK.<br><br><a href="http://www.breeders-choice.com/cat_products/avodermcatkittendry.htm" target="_blank">AvoDerm Natural</a> - this does contain ground corn, corn gluten meal, ground wheat, etc -but the woman at the store sent me home with it because it's her favorite as her really picky cat will eat it. I am not sold on it but I took it anyway since she seemed really excited about it.<br><br><a href="http://www.wysong.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=WOTTPWS&Product_Code=URETIC&Category_Code=FD&Product_Count=15" target="_blank">Wysong Uretic</a> - suitable for cats with urinary tract issues. It does contain ground oat groats, whey, ground wheat, wheat grass products,etc. but the company seems quite ethical in their products in general.
The samples I came away with are:<br><br><a href="http://www.omhpet.com/wellness/cat_wellness_dry_healthy_weight.html" target="_blank">Wellness Healthy Weight.</a> This contains no animal by products, corn or corn gluten, wheat, soy, artificial preservatives, colors or flavors. I need to check with the vet re: ash and magnesium levels but I *think* it would be ok. We could also go with another Wellness product (I like <a href="http://www.omhpet.com/wellness/cat_wellness_dry_indoor_health.html" target="_blank">Indoor Health</a>) but this is the one they had samples of that would be most suitable for Tom.<br><br><a href="http://www.naturesvariety.com/content.lasso?page=1422&-session=naturesvariety:1810605A0a79b2C97ANMv213F742" target="_blank">Nature's Variety Raw Instinct</a>. Grain/potato free. Again, I need to investigate ash/magnesium levels but it should be reasonably OK.<br><br><a href="http://www.breeders-choice.com/cat_products/avodermcatkittendry.htm" target="_blank">AvoDerm Natural</a> - this does contain ground corn, corn gluten meal, ground wheat, etc -but the woman at the store sent me home with it because it's her favorite as her really picky cat will eat it. I am not sold on it but I took it anyway since she seemed really excited about it.<br><br><a href="http://www.wysong.net/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=WOTTPWS&Product_Code=URETIC&Category_Code=FD&Product_Count=15" target="_blank">Wysong Uretic</a> - suitable for cats with urinary tract issues. It does contain ground oat groats, whey, ground wheat, wheat grass products,etc. but the company seems quite ethical in their products in general.