Top 11 Best Wet Cat Foods (We Tested Them All)
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- Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
- The best canned, soft, and wet cat food is like a freshly-killed mouse in a can. It’s juicy and delicious while providing all the protein, fat, and micronutrients your cat needs to stay fit and frisky. It doesn’t contain excessive carbohydrates, cheap fillers, or additives that might harm your cat. And of course, it comes from a company with a reputation for safety and customer satisfaction.
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0:00 11 Best Wet Cat Foods:
0:45 Feline Natural Chicken & Venison Feast
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2:17 Hound & Gatos Chicken & Chicken Liver
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3:15 Nom Nom Chicken Cuisine
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5:12 Pure Vita Turkey & Turkey Liver Entrée
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6:10 Weruva Cats in the Kitchen Chicken Frick 'a Zee
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6:59 Nulo Freestyle Turkey & Chicken Recipe
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8:02 Tiki Cat Puka Puka Luau Succulent Chicken in Chicken Consomme
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9:19 Instinct by Nature's Variety Original Real Chicken Recipe
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10:10 WholeHearted Flaked in Gravy Chicken Recipe
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11:24 Wellness CORE Turkey & Chicken Kitten Food
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12:34 Dr. Elsey's cleanprotein Turkey Recipe
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Which of our top recommendations do you think your cat would like best? Let us know!
My cats love Weruva. Good to know it’s pretty healthy.
It's great when you and your cats can both agree on a food. They're adorable, by the way! Such cute noses. :)
We love Feline Natural and Tiki Cat! For the Feline Natural I am sure to really mush it up and add some water - he gobbles it right up!
@@AllAboutCatsYT You are just about the cutest, sweet-voiced cat lady 😍😊
My cat loves whiskas I'd whiskas healthy to feed my cat?
When she named it “All About Cats” she wasn’t kidding. Anything I search, her videos pop up.
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*Me trying to research it myself* I just kept seeing contradicting reviews like 5 and 1 star reviews on every single product I looked at
Probably just people rating it according to their cats opinions lol
I agree with Laura. All cats have different preferences just like humans. Not everyone like broccoli, but it doesn’t mean it’s bad for you.
The best thing to do with cat food is try a single can or container and see how your cat does on them. I've tried several of these brands but actually ended up giving our cat Sheba because it's what she keeps down and even then I have to get cuts over patte. We talked to our vet and he said some cats are picky, sometimes their stomachs can't handle certain things. It's just trail and error, especially with cats.
@@kittieskreations3899 Get single cans and then when they like a can... get *one* more can. Repeat a couple of times before investing in more. I learned the hard way that a 'hit' one day or even two was not even worth a 'sniff' for weeks after. Cats can drive you crazy. :)
@@veganconservative1109 Oh I totally agree that cats can drive a person insane. After this whole mess with the world is over and it's safe to venture away from home I may look into some other brands. Thanks for the suggestion!
For those who are dealing with FOOD ALLERGIES/IBD/STOMACH CANCERS ETC.
I recommend Hounds N Gatos (If food allergy or suspected I would avoid Chicken all together, remember a food allergy only happens if a cat has had prior consumption....since chicken is usually mixed in even with cans that dont mention it as a main ingredient it can be a main culprit to start with).
Personally I had my cat on HNG PORK and Duck simply because he never ate that much, if at all in the past....Making it a safe try to rid the swelling from a food allergy etc.
HNG has other flavors...Duck, seafood etc
HNG has an extremely basic ingredients list making any extras that may be causing an allergy a non issue.
Again, you cant force your cat to like something...but it is a good brand to attempt and see.
My cat personally made a 180 turn around after a couple months on that brand.
And for GODS SAKE....If you are fighting against Cancer or allergies...GET RID OF DRY FOOD...IT IS LIKELY WHY THE ISSUE EXISTS IN THE FIRST PLACE and REMEMBER....CANCERS LOVE CARBS WHICH IS WHAT DRY FOOD GIVES ABOVE ALL ELSE....It will take that fuel and grow faster with carb loads....AVOID IT.
Just an opinion....Take care of your Buddy(ies) they are depending on you!
Thank you! I just learned about how bad kibble is for cats and have been researching all day. Cat nutrition and reading labels is so complicated. Thank you for your help! My kitty daughters deserve only the best!
I only give my kitties kibble as a supplement. We also add filtered water to their already cat food to further entice them to eat all the wet food. This prevents them from getting kidney issues down the road.
This is crazy! I think I'm going to have to just make my own it's got to be better right? Cheaper and healthier I'm thinking.🤔
@@marys7251 if you do decide to make your own, remember to research a lot so you put in cat-safe ingredients and the correct supplements (for example taurine and other things) so your cat doesn't run into issues down the line. All the luck to you and your kitty/kitties! :)
@@cathniss2233 Thank you
@T R Thank you so much
Thank you for doing all this research! Much appreciated.
Your level of research always impresses me. I go to this channel for all my recommendations. Keep up the great work
Her expertise is remarkable and so much appreciated!! She reviews everything so thoroughly that it is impressive. I find her to be highly reliable.
Thank you so much for this video. I I’ve eliminated dry kibble from my 3 cats’ diet and so I need a financially sustainable wet food that was still a good choice. I never looked twice at WholeHearted but your reviews educated me and I just got a box of it! For something so similar to Weruva, it’s price is very sustainable. Thank you so much, your channel genuinely helps so much 💖
Thank you for doing all the research!
Thank you for your help! I just dropped $85 on just wet food and you helped me make all the right decisions. Now they have so much good stuff and variety!
We just discovered your channel. Thank you for the reviews and nutrient information... very helpful!
My kitties have tried the majority of these options. However, they got tired of weruva and tiki cat especially. But thankfully, i found an awesome substitute that was around the price pf tiki cat. It's called Fussie Cat and they have a variety of chicken flavors (ie. Chicken with duck, chicken with chicken livers, etc.) And tuna (tuna with mussels, tuna with clams, tuna with shrimp). I swear by this brand.
Where do you buy it from?
My cats love both can and dry fussie cat ❤️
@@soniyajhan9875 Amazon or local pet stores.
Have you tried the Tiki cat dark pate'? Organ meat and beef and venison. My cats don't like ANY of the Tiki cat tuna.
@@CandycaneBeyond same. I tried tiki cat dark and regular wet food but my cats won’t eat it. They love tiki’s dry food tho.
I would be weary of Nom Nom Now. We fed our new cat for about 3 weeks off Nom Nom Now, until she fell very ill and lost half her body weight over two days. We brought in a bag of what we were feeding her to our vet and she said she has had complaints from other owners that this meal isn't as balance as the company says and our kitty eating an unbalanced diet for 3 weeks caused her to get very sick very fast. :( it was awful, but as soon as we nursed her back to health on different food, she thrived.
Thank you for sharing your experience, Kellie. This is concerning and we will be looking into it.
Thank you for sharing your experience. We’re sorry to hear that your sweet kitty was unwell. Please rest assured that each of our diets has been formulated and balanced per AAFCO standards by board certified veterinary nutritionist Dr. Justin Shmalberg, an expert in the field of animal nutrition. We hate to learn that our diet was not a fit for your sweet one’s needs. Please feel free to reach out to us at care@nomnomnow.com as we’d like to get more information about your kitty’s experience and to put Dr. Shmalberg in touch with your veterinarian directly. We look forward to hearing from you.
did you buy it in the summer maybe it got too hot due to heat
@@AllAboutCatsYT did you look into it
@@aaaa-gj1kn I was very impressed with Nom Nom Now's packaging, fast shipment and the quantity. I liked the company up until our girl stopped eating. There were no other changes in diet other than Nom Nom Now. (which we safely transitioned her into over a week and a half, and on the third week is when she stopped eating) She didn't get into anything as she was still in transitioning time in our home, so she didn't have a full run of the house to get into anything like chemicals of cleaning products. Our vet said signs pointed to food since she was in perfect health. At our vets recommendations we gave her baby food ( put it on her paws so she would eat while trying to clean herself) once she was able to pee again we fasted for 24 hours and then started her on a different diet, which she has thrived on. The only other thing my vet thought of was maybe she was just too young to be on that food, she was 8 months old at that point.
Fabulous video! Succinct, helpful info. Thank you!
All about cats is my go to for info about cat food! I’m so glad there’s a UA-cam channel. The website was very helpful when picking out cat food; I like how you guys break it down to facts about each food that can easily be compared, like cost per day and the protein sources.
Thank you so much for the support!
Yes, thank you for breaking down the daily costs, super helpful!
Good research. I like how you analysed the quality, ingredients list and cat preferences rather than rating based just on price, convenience and what vets recommend.(they tend to recommend leading brands like Hills, purina and Royal Canins and if you look at some of their ingredients, they can be made with cheap fillers and questionably sources meat and by products) seems like you genuinely care about the health of the cats!🙂
Great food reviews. Thank you.
The Wellness Core I tried with Vita was from the “hearty cuts” line. It was Hearty Cuts 🐓 and 🦃 in gravy, a considerable upgrade from “Fancy Feast Shredded 🐓 or 🦃. I am pleased to say she went for it today. I think for the most part, this one has been the most succcessful so far.
I have also tried “Instinct Limited Ingredient.” She is not really a pate cat, but I wanted to try Instinct anyway, since you mentioned it in this video. They didn’t have “Original “ at the store I went to on Monday. She didn’t even attempt to eat it. She sniffed it and walked away.
Update: Vita ate the Instinct Limited Ingredient today after mixing it with the chicken bone broth and heating up the food in a bowl of hot water for 20 minutes. So there is hope yet. 😀
Thank you for this, really helpful!
Thank you! I can't afford most of these. VERY much appreciate you're divisions on the video, and your thorough reviews.
I love the information and reviews they provide, but I do wish they would do a vid on more easily accessible brands in most stores
I appreciate the time you took out to do this wonderful review my cats hadn't tried most of those you mentioned, i cant stress it enough how important wet food is to all cats , Cats naturally have a low thirst drive so a wet diet helps keep them hydrated the kidneys and liver are flushed constantly which is important.
You don't have to feed them wet food for them to get the water they need though. I simply add warm water to my cat's dry food when it's meal time and he loves it. He eats wet food every day too at breakfast though, just to add some variety to his diet!
@Real Amir I wouldn't mind giving them mostly wet food, but they get sick of it. They get super excited in the mornings when I feed them, but if I try to give them wet food again in the afternoon, they're just like "meh...already had this today." lol They loove their dry food. So I rather give them wet just in the mornings than risking them getting sick of it altogether.. cats are such picky eaters!
Great job! Thank you!
When buying Weruva from my local pet store the manager was telling me how the Weruva distributor they worked with would literally eat one of the cat food flavors like chicken salad. A horrifying idea but looking at the ingredients (and the food) it honestly is a higher quality than the dinty moore meals and spaghettios I ate as a kid lmao.
My cats absolutely love Weruva's oh my gravy line of food. It's a life saver for my cat with serious skin allergies and overgrooming problems. Her fur gets so glossy soft, and grows long enough you can actually see her stripes! Might try another brand to mix it up and see if it stops they heinously stinky poops (I doubt it unfortunately, since its basically just tuna with nothing else added).
My cats love Weruva! :)
I had to laugh when you said that the Weruva employee said they eat some of the cat food. I just came from a pet store and the lady stocking the shelves from Weruva told me she eats some of the cat food too. I wonder if this is something they tell them to say so people would think it’s a good cat food if people eat it. Or Weruva just don’t pay their people enough to buy regular people food. 😂
So helpful - thank you!!
My cat is a picky princess, she is a poster cat for fancy feast food, she likes it
My cat is a fancy feast snob too. Classic pate. It's also what the local vet (who is a bona fide cat lady) recommended. I buy it by the 24-can box on Amazon for about 60 cents a can. One can a day, plus small amounts of dry food. She's 16 & going strong.
thank you so much for making this! i’m hoping to get a kitten soon and this is very informative for the wet foods i might get for them.
Very thorough and detailed, great job! Would be interested in seeing this same thing done with a little more budget friendly options, especially when trying to feed multiple cats. Thanks. Your hard work is appreciated!
Thanks, Susan. We'll consider a video on budget-friendly foods, but for now, here's our article on that topic: www.wwwallaboutcats.com/best-cheap-cat-food
@@AllAboutCatsYT Darwin Natural raw Pet food offers 10# for $15 for 1st time customers. They have 3 different proteins.They have their own website. I get my cats the raw Primal grind in a 5# chub that I divide it ice cubes trays. This is a supplemental food that I mixed with their canned food but its alot more bang for the buck and helps stretch out their expensive canned food.
Wellness makes 12 oz cans that are budget friendly for multiple cat homes, usually 2.50 - 3.00 a can. Fed my cats that for years before switching to a raw diet.
Thank you! I'm saving this video
There's the clinical world and the real world view (cat's opinion) that makes your videos special. Thanks for the nutritional and cost analysis and visuals of what the product looks like out of the can. Your four-legged volunteers give honest opinions; can't rig those votes.
So glad you appreciate the way that these videos are made. Thank you!
I love the channel's concept💕 I wish there was a sister channel but with dogs. Keep up the great work
We're working on it! Thank you for commenting and giving your support.
I feed my 10 yro 19 lb male orange tabby Petco's Wholehearted Chicken Paté, senior formula. I always mix in warm water. Sometimes I mix in some dry kibbles of the same brand/flavor just so he has something hard to chew and scrape his teeth against. Seems pretty happy with it. After meals he squawks (he's a mute) at me for 10 min straight until I lay down on the couch, so he can lay on my chest and purr for 5 minutes. If I don't move too much, he falls asleep like that. Wholehearted is very affordable, especially when you join their rewards program and get discount on subscriptions (instead of one-time purchases).
Thank you so much for the recommendation. Actually my Trevor should thank you. He loves the Wellness Core!!! I always thought he is not a big eater, but after I got him the Core. He eats twice as much as before!!
Great informative video
Since ive started to warm my cats wet food up in a microwave for 10 secs and then mix ix with my fingers to make sure there are no hotspots He eats Any food 😊
Microwaves are terrible for you. Poor kitty.
@@mouset2315 😸lol - the point is, the 'picky' cat isn't so 'picky' when the food is warmer than room temperature, however it's heated. Peace
This is awesome thanks !
I really appreciate your videos!
Glad to hear it! Thank you.
When my cat’s food was discontinued I was faced with finding a replacement that would agree with him. My research led me to TikiCat because of its very good reviews and its quality ingredient content, plus, it was available at my local pet supply store so I was able to try a can at a time. My boy loves the Succulent Chicken, so much so, that in the beginning I had to be watchful that he did not eat it too quickly or he made himself sick from gorging and threw it up. He used to devour it as if he had never been fed before! Now he knows that he will be fed it every morning so he is not quite so desperate to inhale it. He also likes the Ahi Tuna & Chicken flavor, but definitely prefers the Succulent Chicken.
It might be worth mentioning, that he was a feral rescue when he was a young cat, and has always had food availability issues. 9 years later he still walks past his food bowl multiple times a day to make sure that it is still there. I keep a little dry kibble (also TikiCat) available to him for this reason.
Thanks for the time that you spent doing this research. It is much appreciated.
Tiki also my fav my cat loves it
My cats won’t eat this.... they will mostly eat the ahi tuna ...but all the others they just pick at and it’s mostly throw away.... 😞
My cats love Tiki canned as well. I too have a former feral and he does some of the same things. It really warms my heart to read how wonderfully you are taking care of your cat!
@@Texas_Painter my cats won't eat the tuna. Have you tried the dark pate'?
That's funny, my cat was feral as well , I have to leave a couple of paper towel on the floor beside her food so she can bury it when she leaves, she's been indoors and pampered for 8 years but I guess those hungry days on the mean streets are still remembered.
I do both wet and dry food of hounds and gatos and my cat loves all of the flavors so far!
Thank you so much I appreciate the time you spend on all your videos helping cats and their owners so we can feed them quality food for good health and long lives. I was wondering do you have an updated video on recommended wet food choices. Thank you again.
Hey there! Thank you for the kind message. Yes, I did update it last year! Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/dDJLsqWn9Lc/v-deo.html&
Your videos have been helping me. I'm getting my boyfriend's grandparents cat and she's a spoiled baby and I just want to get her the best food/litter possible
Hannah, that's fantastic! I'm glad our channel has been helping you prepare for this new addition to the family. Good luck!
good vid thanks for this. :)
My cat has IBD and has been on dry Royal Canin Fiber Response dry food, all her 9 yrs of life, trying to switch her has been a nightmare for both of us, but thank you for this review, I’m on this journey with her and not giving up on her!
This is very helpful. My cats seem to enjoy Weruva and Wellness Signature ones.
I’m loving your attention to details. Please do a review on “Rawls” cat food.
We'll consider it! Thanks!
not to sound weird or anything, but you're looking especially pretty in this video! thanks for all the good advice!
Thanks for the recommendations! I have had a hard time finding a wet food my Manx likes and can digest, and that I'm also willing to pay for on a regular basis! Will definitely try some of these!
If manx has ate only kibble before then it'd be easier to slowly add more and more wet food to the kibble he's already used to in a week by week basis. Jackson galaxy has a good video that goes into detail on how to transition a cat you a different diet that can help :)
@@epictetushasepictiddiez2615 Thx, yes. I bought some Nulo and Weruva for her. She like the Weruva better. I have to give her only a tablespoon at a time or she'll barf. Little scoop of wet food, then an hour later half a scoop of kibble. Will buy more next time I go to town. I have given her wet before. I've tried many foods, maybe not introduced slowly enough.
Weruva all the way! Not only is it mostly inexpensive(considering it doesnt have crap in it) but there also tons of varieties.
I’m SO glad I found you Mallory! You are an amazing and super bright gal, who does a LOT of the footwork for us. Then you show us and make excellent suggestions! You are amazing and I thank you! I chose new litter boxes, water fountains, litter and now wet food….all from your shows🐆❤️😻. Consider me subscribed with the 🔔 on!😻😹🐆
Awww, thank you, Jennifer. I really appreciate you being here. :-)
Thank you so much for this video! I’ve been feeding my cats Rachel Ray Nutrish as their dry food, with Sheba as their wet, and I thought those were good cause my cats love it and it doesn’t have all the by-products and such. My pickiest boy is really difficult to find food for, he only likes poultry pate and even then he won’t always eat it - which isn’t good since he needs to gain weight.
I just got him the Nature’s Variety Instinct pate and I’m hopeful he’ll like it! He’s liked Whole Hearted sometimes, but not always.
My two girls LOVE Tiki Cat! We get all their flavors and they eat it all up!
Thank You!!
I am so happy to see Wholehearted as those are great for stocking up. 69¢ per can!
My girl loves Weruva Polynesian BBQ
Thank you so much for explaining the health benefits of each cat food, and breaking it down by how much it would cost per day! I am going to try the Instinct one for my cat since he is a super picky eater! Does anyone else have picky cats????
Thank you for all of the feedback! My cats aren't particularly picky, but I'm sure you'll find a community of picky eaters around here! Hope the Instinct works for your choosy kitty.
Yes, my cat is picky. She's a Tabby, and is 14 as of May, just went through a series of vet tests for regurgitating her food. Said it's prob a food allergy. So, I switched to Natural Balance packets in 12 flavors, she loves it and gets a variety of proteins, but it took some trial and error. I give her a packet in the morning and evenings I give her the Natural Balance Delectable Delights - she likes the Purrrfect Paella best. It's been months and she's not thrown up and is doing well! I think she was allergic to chicken mostly, but with a variety, she's been fine incl chicken, fish, duck, turkey, beef etc.
Thank you so much!
Can you do a video on the best cat food for cats with sensitive stomachs? Love your videos!!!
We will consider it! In the meantime, you might like our article on the subject: www.wwwallaboutcats.com/best-cat-food-for-sensitive-stomach
I appreciate your videos they are definitely helpful. What do you think about the cat food brands Hills, Merrick, Weruva, and Pure Bites
I trust you a lot you’re incredibly helpful
Woohoo the brand I purchase made the list.
Wellness brand for my cat! I only give him a small can on sat and sunday in addition to his kibble He really likes it. I purchase it when it's on sale at 1.09 a can.
Where do you find it on sale for this low?
Your cats have the best job in the world! ;) Thank you so much for all your research! I currently feed instinct rabbit-which my cats love. It’s a bit pricey as I just took in another cat bringing my total to 5 cats. I’m looking for a good quality food to mix in w the instinct rabbit.
Wow, I’m so sad that I cannot afford to feed my 7 cats any of these canned foods. I think it’s pretty unrealistic for most people who are not on the wealthy side, or who have only one or two cats. I’m afraid I must settle for less expensive, and perhaps less healthy store brands. And yes, kibble, too! PS. I rescue many unwanted cats turned in to the local shelter…so I think they’re happy to just get any food at all!
Hey June, not being able to afford these foods makes perfect sense. You might appreciate our video on the best cat food for people on a budget: ua-cam.com/video/rBLRdbv3JHI/v-deo.html
@@AllAboutCatsYT thank you for your reply…as I added to my comment above, since all of my cats are shelter rescues who might have lived in cages for their entire lives eating whatever people donate, I think they’re probably ok with store brands like Purina One and fancy feast or Friskies. Just sayin…
@@junechamberlin5184 You will need to estimate how much exactly you can afford per day and then base your choice on the highest quality food that fits that budget. Then again, budget constraints should also limit how many cats you can reasonably care for.
In my particular case, I have 6 cats. They get dry kibble in the morning and canned food for supper on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The only reason for that is the growing shortages of canned food. So at supper, 6 cats consume 3 cans of food at roughly $1.50 per can, so that's $4.50 per day. I'm in the process of upgrading due to quality and shortages of some brands, so I'll be limiting myself to about $2.00 per can maximum, or $6.00per day. That gives me the guideline to knock out the more expensive brands while still choosing something of decent quality.
Thanks so much for your reviews. I would like to see more options for senior cats, as kidney disease, high blood pressure and hyperthyroidism is very common w senior cats, starting at around 7yrs and older. Thankfully, due to your review of the senior food, it's off my list as both my old girls have these issues. Make sure the vet checks thyroid AND blood pressure.. mine didn't and 15yo kitty went blind as a result. After getting under control w meds, she can now see some, mostly shadows, but still an improvement. Really enjoy your channel! Thanks again!
Hi Lyndi, thanks for the request! We will consider some videos on food for cats with these issues. For now, you can refer to the following guides on the All About Cats website:
Best Cat Food for Kidney Disease: allaboutcats.com/best-cat-food-for-kidney-disease
Best Cat Food for Hyperthyroidism: allaboutcats.com/best-cat-food-for-hyperthyroidism
@@AllAboutCatsYT Thanks so much!! Love your channel now on to your website 🐺 So appreciated!
@@AllAboutCatsYT - how about if they have mild HCM or heart issues too? it's hard to find a nutritious food with 'not too much' of everything for some seniors. I know, really a vet question, but they seem to be a little lacking in cat nutrition education around here. Thank you!
@@RokiMowntinHi That's really a great question. I don't know of any particular dietary requirements or prescription diets for heart conditions, but I would focus on a senior-oriented diet that supports overall wellbeing.
Love that you review these foods.ive been trying to figure out a good one for my kitty's.i noticed you didn't have wellness complete turkey.i have older kitties one with arthritis.but she's not real crazy about wellness.but I don't want any food with alot of iodine.they mostly like pate because my oldest don't have teeth.i have tried some of the ones on your list.instinst is pretty good but I was wondering what you thought about the limited ingredient instinct?or if there is anything else you think would be good for senior kitties I do can food.price doesn't matter.thank you
Thanks for the info. I found a lot of gritty textured materials in instinct rabbit and vension formula. I wanted to check if it is too salty like nomnomnow so i tried to taste it for myself. It is almost like you pick up food and take it dropped on beach. Nomnomnow tastes so good for human who has salty tooth and my cat drunk tons of water after switched to this food.
so that means it is ...... not good. Correct?
Thanks for testing it yourself, btw.
T Lui Yes, you should avoid those two. I am waiting for the answer from instinct company about what the gritty materials filled in the food is.
Wow! Thank you for all the time and research you put into this!
I tried Pure Vita turkey pate, and Vita likes it! If it wasn't for this video and your online review, I would not have considered it. Thanks!
Amazing! So happy to hear that! :D
@@AllAboutCatsYT yeah, she stopped being into shredded meat. She loves pate, especially this texture, looks like. It was “Instinct” she tried first of the pates, which was also one of your recommendations.
I just subscribed! 🙂
Thank you 😊
Thank you can you do a video on Cat treats too I found your video very helpful.
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First of all, thank you so much for doing so much thorough research and making these videos and blogs for pet owners to have as resources to best support the quality of life of their pets. Thank you so much. I’m so grateful that I ran into your website when searching the best type of cat foods. Now you’re the top resource I seek! I value your opinion so much more than the others! My personal question is, what would you recommend between these 2 that you’ve given positive feedback on: Authority chicken pate or the Whole Hearted chicken gravy featured in this video? Which of the 2 would you recommend more or is of higher quality? Where I found them, they’re the same price! I very much would like to feed my cat the best quality food to avoid health issues down the line so I want to get her off the dry food I am currently feeding her, which is Simply Nourish source indoor cat fish & chicken, which is high in protein and grain free (and I’d love if you could give your review/feedback on it someday perhaps!) as I can’t afford your #1 pick, Dr. Elseys protein cat right now unfortunately. I’d like to continue having some kibble in her diet but if it’s recommended to only do wet then I will switch over. For now I am on a budget unfortunately but soon enough I hope I’ll be able to buy weruva, instinct, feline cat, Stella and cheweys etc. and keep her on a consistent diet with those higher brands. Sorry for all the perhaps useless context, I appreciate your feedback/help if you happen to see this comment + have a lot of gratitude for your knowledge and support. Thank you!
I fed my cat with pouches weruba and stella and chewy. Every other day and for topping i use raw rewards freeze dried chicken or liver. 😀
Your cats are so cute what a lovely little white paw awww.
My cat won't touch pate. :( so we go with wuvera chicken and liver cause its low carb. He has crystalisis so have to be very carful.
Careful w the chicken flavored weruva, my cats like it so much that one of them started begging for it all day and now refuses to eat anything else.
I love that whole Weruva line (Cats in the Kitchen) for my cat and she loves it too! It's great if your cat wants variety, and mine definitely does. I keep all 10 canned flavors in rotation and I've noticed my cat has so much more energy, has much shinier and sleeker fur (she's not the fluffy type), and is overall much healthier than when I was slowly transitioning her from the Friskies the shelter had her on. I have to agree, my cat becomes a militant dictator when it's feeding time and I cannot move fast enough to open that can. She likes to try and trick other members of my family by convincing them they need to feed her right after I've given her some. She was not like that with the Friskies. 😂
@@zoratschung thank you for this info, I’m so excited to try this
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"Militant Dictators."
Chicken flavour is another name for poison. Cats love it because it is designed for them to love it.
My cat hates shredded or textured wet food. The only one that I’ve found that she LOVES is the Weruva Press your lunch chicken pate. It’s a little gelatinous? I would say but she absolutely goes crazy for it. It’s so hard because I haven’t seen another one with that consistency and my PetCo rarely ever has it
My cat is the same lol.
Thank you for doing this work. I'm studying the work of Dr. Karen Becker and her onus is the "ancestral diet" which includes bone and offal, as the cat would eat when killing prey. She says that the fat content should be at about 6%. None of these approximate that. The closest is Tiki at 13%. I plan to make my own batches of food, am currently working with a new kitty and trying several different brands during the transition. It's amazing the diversity of ingredients. Of course pets, like humans, are drawn to high-carb high-fat foods due to the taste, but it's not always the best FOR us.
If they made lizard wet food, it'd be a hit with my kitty. She always leaves the head portion for me and eats the bottom half.
My cat loves chunked and flaked cat food based on fish and chicken. He doesn’t like pate so much, even if it is made with fish and chicken. So far his favorite brands are Applaws and Tiki cat, especially the Ahi tuna.
If cat doesn't eat it from the bowl i take piece of food into my hand and my cat usually then tastes it and continues to eat. If cat even doesn't try it from hand i take small piece and put it in cats mouth to taste it, then if it still doesn't like it's definite. I wrote this because sometimes they can be put off by the smell of food but will like the taste once they try it. If they don't at least you get to feed homeless cats with good food. God bless
My cat would not eat the Instinct food brand. But my cat does really seem to love the Core food brand!
Thank you for all of your research. I have a cat named Vita. I wonder how she would take to the Vita brand 🐈 food. 😆
She has been on high quality dry foods for most of her life (in her first year before I adopted her she ate tuna along with a very cheap form of dry food, like Meow Mix).
She is nearly 14 years old. I made two attempts to switch over to wet or at least have a balance of both, at the age of 6 years and now.
I have tried everything from Ziwi Peaks chicken (I think) which is very similar to Feline Naturals. She ate some of it. I have also tried 🇨🇦 Fresh and they have 🐔 and 🦃. Again, she ate some of each. She is not a huge fan of pates. I also tried another newer Canadian food company called Open Farm Pet. Their food is puréed. Vita ate very little of the pouches. Huge waste of 💴. It was still worth a try. Ziwi Peaks, Canada Fresh and Open Farm Pet are made with limited ingredients but there is no point if she won’t eat much of them.
With Open Farm Pet, I started buying bone broths. At first I was using the bone broth with her dry food, but after a while she stopped eating the food. It was like I was contaminating her food. The other disadvantage is if you add bone broth to the dry food it expires the same way it does with wet food, and if Vita wouldn’t eat it, it would just end up going to waste.
I have started buying Tikki Cat “After Dark” varieties. I have tried chicken and duck, and chicken. When taking it out of the fridge this was when I added the bone broth instead of hot water to give it more flavour. Sometimes she would eat it (but not a huge portion) and other times not. Vita often will only eat her canned food when I first open up the can and pour it in her bowl. She can detect when something is left over.
Anyway, with Tikki cat, that is when I discovered she prefers the shredded meat. They have another one from the “After Dark” line with quail egg. She woudn’t go for that at all. I have tried Weruva with Vita when she was about 6 years old. I bought the pouches. She wouldn’t eat it. She might like it now, so I will check out Weruva again. I have read great things about them as well.
Unfortunately, since Vita has been so fussy I have had to feed her a combination of Tikki Cat and Fancy Feast grilled chicken or turkey. She eats a sizeable portion of each. I know it is not the healthiest canned cat food, but according to info on a cat info site, it is still better than an exclusively dry diet.
With her dry food, I have been using Cranimals to prevent/treat UTIs.
I have to say this week she is doing so much better in terms of energy and stamina, and the quality of her urine.
I have also tried goat’s milk (made for pets) but she won’t go for that either.
I will not keep her on Fancy Feast forever, but to help with the transition. All of my cats were on Fancy Feast. They did fine on it.
It’s a hit and miss process but I think we are getting closer to what we want.
I know some of your brands are not available in 🇨🇦.
Thanks again for your 👍 video. 😆
Thank you so much for the video!! Do you transition your cats slowly to all of these new foods or just always give them new food right away? Just wondering because I dont want to always feed them the same thing. Thanks!
Transition slowly, ESPECIALLY if your cat has been eating the same thing for a while. May Bee is incorrect about cats not being sensitive to diet changes.
i personally feed a mix of nulo medalseries beef and lamb recipe wet and hungry hunter raw cat food. my cat has a chicken allergy, and it's hard to find high quality wet without some chicken in it (she isn't a fan of fish based flavours) she loves the beef and lamb, and since it's a petsmart brand i get 50% off as i work there which is definitely a plus.
Great Videos. Question is there a wet cat food out there that is high in moiusture content that you know of. I have been looking but haven't had any luck so far findng anything. Thank You
A high end, raw food diet, is just over $2.00/day. Sticking with this☺ Thanks for your research!
I can get my girls to eat Weruva Truluxe On the Cat Walk, Kawa Booty and Meow Me A River as toppers for Fancy Feast Medleys Shredded Chicken, Tuna and Trout respectively. My girls were adopted from two separate rescues during the same week. Apparently both rescues fed fancy feast and my girls would not switch over to a total Weruva diet. They also share a preference for shredded meats instead of pâté. My choices have been based on high protein - low fat options.
If you look at the ingredients of market-fare cat food they are fairly awful. I've come to the conclusion that at least 'natural flavor' is probably a man-manipulated flavor enhancer that makes cats addicted to it and not the actual carbs and sub-par meat by-products. Either that or some other chemical that they don't have to list on the label (the pet food industry 'regulates' itself, apparently so any standards are non-existent) and are addictive so the cat *insists* on that food and they make a sizeable profit.
On the plus side, Vita is doing better since changing her diet. She gets only half of the carbs at night, and during the day I give her wet food at different times throughout the day, as she tends to eat no more than half of the food at a time, (1/4 to 1/2 of a medium sized can). She even craves the canned cat food and sometimes even favours it over the kibble. I give her Fromm game bird.
Vita will eat the pates, like Instinct. As mentioned before, I give her the limited ingredient version. I also bought some mini ice-cube trays and I use these trays for water (to add ice cubes to her water bowls), and also bone broth. Vita will eat portions of the food mixed with the bone broth. The problem is, it is very time consuming. The bone broth cubes don’t come out as easily as the water cubes. I have to let the ice cube tray sit out for 5 minutes so I can remove them easily. I then place the food inside another bowl with boiled water, and cover it with a saucer. I time it for 20 minutes, and then I change the water and put the bowl in for another 15 to 20 minutes. When I am doing this, Vita is showing signs of hunger. Quite often what happens though is she loses interest waiting for me to warm up her food, and then I have to throw the food out, because it will have expired, and then I try again later.
With this kind of process, it is not necessarily an issue for me, but if I go away for even a day, it will be a problem for someone else looking after her. At around Christmas, that would be even worse because we would be gone for multiple days. We don’t travel much either.
When I run out of the higher quality canned foods, she gets Fancy Feast. She really likes the grilled chicken and turkey in gravy. She usually doesn’t eat all of the can. Even the Fancy Feast helps her with the hydration.
Vita has been a good drinker. The water bowl with added ice cubes makes her want to drink more. I also top up her water bowls with more ice cubes throughout the day.
Very informative! My kitties r very picky the male is a foodie and eats pates only and only if we break it up with a fork! Is a whopping 20 lbs 😳 need to cut the chonkers calories the female likes shreds in broth only loves almo naturals is 13 lbs .will definitely try the pates u suggested have done so in the past instinct, wellness none were approved will try the others tho!
Tiki Cat is also GREAT for IBD kitties. :)
Thank you for doing research sorry I have to say so very cute
Thank you.
You're welcome!
I have two beautiful, exceptionally intelligent Siamese cats and they are probably the pickiest eaters I have ever seen. It's a challenge to find a food they will eat and will eat on a consistent basis. I have tried so many different brands but the three that they have a strong aversion to are three that appear on your list and they are 1.) Feline Natural 2.) Hound & Gato 3.) Dr. Elsey's Clean Protein. Normally my cats will approach a food slowly smelling it and checking it out with every small step forward they take but with Feline Natural, Hound & Gato and Dr. Elsey's Clean Protein there is no approaching it, the very first whiff of any of those three foods and they back away from it like it was the plague.
Could you do a video on non-pate wet foods? My cat despises pate and won’t even eat the Instinct food. I’ve been struggling to find a non pate food that has good ingredients. Bonus points if you have one for kittens.
Could you do an episode on gums (carrageenan, guar, etc), why they are bad, which are the least worst, etc. and also phosphates? No matter how much you try to avoid them, it seems most cat foods have these :-(
it'd be great to see the can close up when you talk about it. I'm wanting to get my cat off werwuva as I found out all of them have a tuna base but that is listed in small print
Thank you for your input. While we unfortunately can't reshoot this video to include better close-up shots of the cans, we have tried to incorporate better shots of the products we review in our more recent reviews.
Hi. I have doubts about Wellness Core brand. They are using Chicken or Turkey Meals.
And "Chicken or Turkey Meal is typically made with feed grade chicken or Turkey (meats that aren't human-edible), which can include "4D meats" from animals that are dying, deceased, disabled*, or diseased.
While there's no guarantee that the meat meal in your pet's food comes from 4D meats, there's also no guarantee that it doesn't".
My cat won't eat chicken at all but love fish, Whole Hearted ocean was a sniff than walked away, cat person tuna was great, instant fish was a no go but I'll be trying everything on the list hoping I can switch him completely to wet food
my cat is the same he really likes the friskes indoor anything seafood
As a cat owner I will honestly say, the cat will let you know if he/she likes it or not! 🐱😀
My babies are on a Tiki-Cat and Weruva B.F.F meal plan. We tried the Whole-hearted stuff from Petco but I had two problems with them. 1. My cats didn't like the pate texture and 2. I noticed the texture of their fur change for the negative on that food. Mixing the Tiki-Cat and B.F.F's for them is a perfect mix for us especially since we need to keep them relatively lean because both are tripawds.
hello! so, do you mix the Tiki-cat dry food with the Weruva wet food? and if yes, for each meal? :))
@@anaisiscool We don't use any dry food in particular because they don't get much of it. Wet food makes up at least 80% of their diet. They only get some kibbles as a snack in a feed ball that they have to play with to get the food out of overnight as a "midnight snack". Mostly we just make sure that their kibble is grain free. This seems to work very well for our fur babies, but every cat's needs are a touch different.
@@kayleesova Awesome! Thank you so much.
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Oh thank god, we have been using tiki and weruva for years!