Purina ONE for Sensitive Stomachs

I've been continuing to obsess that Kumani is eating only the bare
minimum of C/D (it's hard to tell with four cats) so today, after
feeding nothing but CD for 4 days (having used up all the T/D, which
she seemed to like okay) I went to the store. I was going to get Iams
Hairball but then I saw this--a brand developed for cats with sensitive
tummies.

I opened it as soon as I got home and put down two bowls of it...and
Kumani was right into one of the bowls as soon as it hit the floor.
(Again, not sure if she was just curious for something new or if she
really was hungry and avoiding the C/d). (Tyche, of course, was right
into the other, which is why we really want to feed C/d--Tyche's fat,
and ought to diet, but I'm afraid to try dieting her too much on
account of Kumani really can't afford to lose any weight.)

Helen Miles...

Try Royal Canin Obesity - it's a new formula and *very* paletable (so
Cleo Jelly Belly informs me ;o))

Also, for the sensitive tummy, try Royal Canin Sensible/Sensitive - it's
brilliant and Robbie has had no IBD on it.

Purina ONE is similar in quality to IAMS.

Helen M

So at least I'm not obsessing that Kumani is starving herself again
(ie, when the vet tried to feed her canned food and she preferred 4
days without eating to even TRYING it--we finally got her eating on
Iams Kitten Chow).

But I really don't want to be feeding out of two bags at once (for fear
the other will go stale) and I don't know how good this ONE stuff
is--it seems better than Whiskas or Meow Mix, but I don't know if it's
as good as the Vet stuff.

Monique Y. Mudama...

Ah, the never ending "Am I doing the right thing for my cats by
feeding this brand?" dilemma ...

Would Tyche eat wet? Oscar definitely lost weight on wet. Then
again, it might be because she isn't a big fan and is holding out for
dry ...

Enfilade...

Tyche eats almost anything. Her and Smokey share a can of wet food
every morning.

(Unless it's pate. Tyche won't eat pate. I try not to buy pate, since
I don't want Smokey eating a whole can himself. We buy sliced,
grilled, marinated, shredded or chunks in gravy.)

Nocturne and Kumani eat dry exclusively. Tyche and Smokey eat some dry
to supplement their can of wet.

sriddles...

I think it's probably somewhere in between, Fil. Just like you said,
it's a whole lot better than the other grocery-story brands, but I
don't know how it stacks up against the vet stuff.
My cats like Purine One pretty well. Their favorite is Pro Plan (also a
Purina Product), but we have to go out of town to buy it. If I run out,
Purina One gets them by.

I know what you mean about the dreaded stale bag of cat food. You might
as well throw them away around here. No one will touch the bottom
serving of a bag of cat food.

jmcquown...

Try buying some plastic bins with snap-in lids to store the dry food in
(labelled for which food is what, of course). Keeps the food fresh.

Persia is on prescription food, of course, but her Hill's x/d comes in a
heavy duty plastic coated bag with a zip-lock top. I've never had a problem
getting her to eat the very last bit of kibble from the bottom of the bag!

sriddles...

That's the weird part. Pro Plan comes in a plastic 4-lb. jug with a
snap lid. They still know when I"m giving them the dregs from the
bottom of the jug.
If I buy Purina One, I pour it into an old Plan jug. (Of course, I
don't let them see me do this, LOL)

Cheryl...

Sneaky woman! LOL

I freeze portions of the dry I buy for Bonnie and Rhett. I only leave
out a 16 oz container at a time for Bonnies California Natural, and
the container I store Rhett's SD Sensitive Stomache in is a bit
larger because Shamrock and Scarlett like to nibble a little bit of
his dry food, plus Rhett eats much more than Bonnie does. Bonnie eats
some canned food, so her dry intake is limited. I have one of those
FoodSaver vacuum sealer thingies, with a few canisters, so I vacuum
seal most of Bonnie's food so it stays fresh. One 8 lb bag of her
food lasts about 3 months, so all that time in the air would make it
stale. She notices!