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IAMS vs Whiskas?
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, Lord_Alex wrote: Hello all, I'm new to the group and somewhat new to raising cats (I had cats as a kid 10 years ago). At the end of April I decided my house was too empty, so I went to the local animal shelter and adopted two cats - a 6 month old female shorthair (Xerxes) and a 2 year old male Persian ragdoll with super fluffy long hair (Caesar). Spayed and neutered and they get along great together. Well after the first bag of food which the vet gave me, we switched to Whiskas Meaty Selections. Both of them LOVE this stuff and everything was normal. They loved it so much and ate so often that I thought maybe the Whiskas was like kitty junk-food. Feeling guilty, when the Whiskas ran out I switched to IAMS ProActive Health with Chicken (IAMS is "premium", correct?). I think they only eat this stuff because they're hungry, it's only been a week. Caesar will sniff the bowl of food and then proceed to "bury" it by going through the scratching motions on the floor and walls. They have rubber claw covers so I'm not too concerned with the scratching. Within a day after switching to the IAMS food Caesar had diarrhea (BTW not cool for a cat with his coat) but it only lasted 3 days. He still tries to bury that food every time he walks by, but will eat it reluctantly. Xerxes on the other hand has started showing signs of a urinary infection - I'm finding puddles. (Caesar likes to go outside, puddles have shown up while he's out). Her litter box quickly took on an incredibly powerful odor of ammonia, the kind of smell that can cut glass and curls your teeth. So last night I bought the Whiskas again and switched litter (it was corn based, now it's recycled paper pellets). They both seemed VERY happy about the change, ate ALL the food and promptly took turns using the litter box. I'll find out later today if Xerxes left another surprise, I'm really hoping she just didn't want to melt her skin using the smelly litter. What do you guys think? Did the switch to IAMS annoy my cats or did it actually cause problems? I don't know a lot about cat food. I do know that you shouldn't switch foods suddenly like you did. You should mix the foods for several days until the cats are eating just the new food. Iams is supposed to be one of the best foods, ingredient wise. Whiskas is more like junk food, but still nutritious. Not as good as Iams. I feed my cats Purina ONE. It's a good quality food and they seem to like the taste. It's less expensive than Iams. 8^)~~~~~~ Sue (remove x to email) ~~~~~~~~~ http://suzie-q-wacvet.com/ http://intergnat.com/malebashing/ |
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