Its made by the same manufacture as APPLAWS cat food, however i read a article a couple of months ago saying it had made there cats ill. I’ve been thinking of buying the Encore food as is cheaper than Applaws but contains all the same ingredients.
So if you buy it do your cats like it and have you had any problems? Either with Encore dry food or the Applaws dry cat food.

This is the ingredients list.

Cereal Free.

80% CHICKEN.

Lovingly made with 80% chicken, 20% vegetables and natural extracts, naturally preserved with vitamin E and rosemary oil.

Helps to reduce fur balls.

Encore natural Cat food is ‘Real Food’ for cats with 80% total chicken, more than double the meat content of most other premium food brands. Unlike other brands Encore contains no cereals and is low in carbohydrates.

Encore has been specially formulated to help give your cat a natural balanced diet with all the ingredients for a healthy active life. Encore contains absolutely no cereals such as wheat, maize, or oats.

80% Total Chicken Content.

No Cereals.

Low in Carbohydrates with less than 15%.

100% Complete & Nutritionally Balanced.

Developed with veterinarians and nutritionists.

Encore is a complete pet food for adult cats.

LOW CARBOHYDRATE – PREBIOTIC.

NATURALLY HYPO-ALLERGENIC.

Dry Chicken Meat, Dry Potato, Fresh Chicken, Poultry Oil, Poultry Gravy, Beet Pulp, Dry Whole Eggs, Brewers Dried Yeast, Salmon Oil, Cellulose Plant Fibre, Cranberry Extract, Yucca Extract, Citrus Extract, Rosemary Oil Extract.
Dietary Information

Free From Artificial Colours

Free From Artificial Flavours

Free From Artificial Preservatives
Nutrition
Typical Analysis
Protein47%
Oils and Fats20%
Ash9.9%
Fibre2%
Calcium2.0%
Phosphorous1.6%
Vitamin A12000 iu/kg
Vitamin D31200 IU/KG
Vitamin E (α-tocopherol)600 iu/kg
Copper (cupric sulphate)12 mg/kg

This is sold in Britain, in Sainsbury’s superstore the ingredients list is taken from there website.
I’ve tried the website where i found the article but it say’s it has been removed due to legal reasons.
KEN S: I want to feed it alongside wet food so he will only get a bit each day. I’m trying to get him to eat wet food for the majority but want a good quality dry food to go with it. You should know as you’ve answered a few of my question about transitioning.

My cat was quite sicky and i discovered that he was hardly ever sick on premium dry food only diet. He dies at 17 of old age but kidney failier was the actual thing
so i adopt a cat 2 years ago from an animal shelter. The gave me information on the import ants of giving cat meat as dry food only causes kidney problems and urine infections. so i felt maybe it was my fault my first cat died of kidney failier.
I am looking to adopt a new cat but they don’t have a suitable cat so i have gone to another shelter and they recommend dry premium food as it is more cost effective and healthier.

I am confused. has anyone got any good sources information from their own experiences?

thanks in advance.
i leave out supermarket dry food and fresh water but feed cat meat three times a day as i know cats are grazers. I have been doing this 28 months since i adopted him and the shelter told me to. I much prefer premium dry food and seeing as no one has heard of it being bad i think i will switch him to it and the new addition.

Right now I’m feeding my cat Wellness brand at for a 12 oz. can (and about equal parts Purina Naturals dry food). Is this a good cat food? Are there better/cheaper alternatives? Expensive premium food is not an option, but I also won’t buy cheap 9 Lives crap. I’m looking for value.

Petmart & Kroger are the only stores in my area that sell cat food. If something is cheap in bulk online, I will be willing to buy it if I can try it and see if my cat likes it first.

Many thanks.

She still eats dry food (Evo). Both her wet and dry food are premium brands. She also has feline herpes, and she is a persian cat with some respiratory issues.

Hi.

I’m considering buying Natural Balance Original Ultra Premium Formula Cat Food for my 4 month male kitten.

This one;

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026LN472/ref=ord_cart_shr?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

The package says "From kitten to adult" so there would be no problem if I give it to him. But one of the reviewers said one of her cats got a urinary tract infection and advised us not to give it to the cats who have sensitive stomach. My kitten eats a lot and quite healthy, but still a 4 month kitten. So I need opinions from someone who has KITTENS and giving them Natural balance Original Ultra Premium Formula. Do they have no problem with this cat food?

Before having him, I bought Purina Kitten Chow and Priority wet food for him. But later I did a research about cat food and realized they both contain crappy ingredients like meat by product, corn syrup etc and bought him Wellness wet food when I ran out of Priority one. Now, I’m going to run out of Kitten Chow and have to buy good quality dry food for him. If you know other good brands(hopefully in same price range as Natural Balance) please suggest me!

Thanks!

Can you give me a breif and simple idea of what I should look for in my dog/cat dry food? Is royal canin one of the best? what makes one premium food better than another? Thanks!

Can you give me a breif and simple idea of what I should look for in my dog/cat dry food? Is royal canin one of the best? what makes one premium food better than another? Thanks!

I have heard arguements for both sides. Growing up all our cats were fed dry food. They all were fine. Husband’s family fed wet food and all was fine. Right now our kitten is fed dry food and is fixing to be on premium food. So which is better? Wet or dry?

I’ve been considering getting a kitten. This would be the first animal that I will pay all expenses for, so I’ve been exploring my options and costs everywhere *first*.

I want to feed a higher-quality food (naturally I’ll go with something the cat does well on) but I don’t want to break the bank. I know it’s important to feed a combo of wet/dry–what I plan to do, anyway.

We have a new Petco in town, so I’ve been checking out what the store supplies. I’ve been going between Wellness and this food:

http://www.petco.com/product/7953/Natural-Balance-Ultra-Premium-Cat-Food.aspx?CoreCat=IO-_-ProductList_1-_-Natural%20Balance%20Ultra%20Premium%20Cat%20Food-7953

^^That’s the dry version. I budgeted it to cost me less than a month for a combo of wet/dry with this brand, depending on how fast I go through the dry food. Wellness would be around – a month with a wet/dry combo. Naturally I want to feed something good to my cat, but I also want to feed something *affordable* to my cat. We fed my pup this when she started out, and she did well on it, and the ingredients don’t look so bad, but–what do you think?

Thanks for any answers.

Right problems:
1. My cats are kittens (8 months and 4 months), but wont eat kitten food, despite two weeks of trying. They were weaned by their previous owner onto really dodgy, dubious supermarket value food, and the only thing they will eat now apart from that is Felix, and not even the kitten food. What can I supplement their diet with, to ensure they are getting kitten nutrients?

2. What is the most nutritous, value for money cat food to feed cats? I read somewhere that cats eat until they’ve got enough nutrients, and my cats are eating double what they are supposed to and are still pretty skinny (and yes, they have been wormed). So if I try and slowly wean them onto a more expensive premium cat food, will it work out the same in the long run?

3. The cats wont eat dry food (we put down wet food 2 times a day and dry food all the time) despite the previous owner saying they ate that type of cat food. Even when you mix it in with wet food, they push the dry food aside.

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Hoping somebody can help me out. I just lost my dearest cat, Puck- he developed crystals in his urine and was totally blocked and due to financial constraints I coudn’t save him (vet bill could hav easily broken K if everything went right). He had been living with my mother the past couple years and was eating friskies and 9lives, I switched him to Authority for sensitive skin and stomachs when I got my new place a month and a half ago…. vet said it could have been the food, or the stress of moving, or inadequate water intake (they have an auto waterer that I clean throughly every other day).
His best friend is left behind. Puck and Batman were best buddies since they were kittens. When the Bat was an orphan and little baby puck would clean him up and cuddle him, something that they continued for the next 3+ years….
Batman is the one with a sensitive stomach- . I decided since I don’t want to risk another kitty with crystals, I am doing everything I can do to prevent it. I have done a little research and want to transition batman to a really good quality canned diet (have heard that doing canned instead of dry increases their water consumption even if they do actually DRINK less…)
I picked up some Natural Balance canned food- I liked that it was all natural grain free, had cranberry, magnesium content was consistent with a diet suitable to not aggravate any urinary tract issues , didn’t contain dairy (batman gets WAY sick from cow milk) ..etc.. and he ate a bit…and proceeded to puke it right back up. same thing with the couple of mouthfuls this morning.
Any suggestions for natural/organic brands of canned catfood that are good for sentitive tummies? I think I’m going to exchange my remaining cans of Natural Balance for Wellness Brand- my sister uses Wellness dry food for her cat with chronic UTI (he’s on medication the rest of his life to control the alkalinity) so I’m assuming that it should be safe. Any other suggestions?
My next question is more of a personal thing,,, Puck was the kitty love of my life. He slept on my chest every single night, his head under my chin, his paws on each side of my neck, kneading and purring until he went to sleep. We would play fetch until he was panting. i’ve had animals i’ve loved, but never was this connected to another animal. His loss has been devastating. I feel so so SO guilty- maybe if I made more money I could have saved him, maybe if I had noticed he was sick earlier he would have been ok, etc….
I dont’ know if I can get another cat. I can afford SOME expensive vet bills (would have happily dropped about 0 to treat him this weekend. I would have been on ramen noodles until the next pay day, but I would have done it, but I couldn’t have afforded what it would have likely taken to save my little boy.). My mother has a cat she wants me to take. He’s a nice kitty, and he would get better food with me… but we tried him the other night and batman didn’t really like him when they lived together, and he just isn’t *my* kitty.
I’m not ready for a new cat…. Not right now. But I hate that Batman is sitting alone in my apartment all day with nobody to hang out with. I worry that he’s going to become lonely- he has spent every second that I have been home the past few days curled up my lap.
Taking steve would take financial burden off my mother who is financially pretty tight… he is happy and healthy with her (as well as any old feral tom can be… he’s neutered, not starving to death, not hit by a car, etc…)
Also, what if the same thing happens to another cat that I take in? I don’t know that I could handle the guilt. I can afford routine vet care and food no problem, but heroics just aren’t in my budget,

I think Batman would probably get along better if I got a younger kitten or young cat who is maybe a little timid that maybe he could mold into something he wants to live with…. I think that would be easier for him. But there are so many older cats in shelters….
What would you do? Take mom’s cat, improve his situation a little, improve my mom’s situation a little, but annoy my other cat to no end…
Adopt a cat from a shelter, maybe make batman unhappy, but possibly save a life…
Adopt a kitten, which is against my moral compass since they are so much easier to place than adults, but probably a lot easier on my existing kitty….

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Okay, I’ve been doing a lot of research on cat foods lately mainly out of interest and I’ve read different people who say dry cat food is bad and to avoid it completely and then other people say that as long as it’s grain free and good quality then it’s okay.

I’ve grown up with cats and kittens my whole life and they have all lived long healthy lives and my parents always fed them Iams and other "lower quality" foods. With the exception of one cat who had kidney failure at 16, none of the other cats had uterine crystals or kidney problems or other problems associated with consistant dry food feeding. I’ve also read that people should read the labels and to avoid any products that use meat by-products. When I looked up what "by-products" are, I found out that it’s stuff that people wouldn’t want to eat (or think of feeding their cats), but then I wondered why they aren’t so good since if a cat was to live outdoors, they would eat animals including the "by-products".

Also, I’ve read that wet food is better to feed a cat in the long run over dry food, since it contains more water. Is dry food really that dehydrating to a cat’s system, and can it be bad long term to feed mostly dry food?

Basically, I currently have 3 older kittens. Two of them are 10 months old, and one is 9 months old. They are all spayed and neutered (I have two females and one male) and updated on all shots except the 1 year booster which they go for in July (the older two) and August (the younger one). They are given Frontline Plus for Cats once a month.

They are currently eating Purina One Healthy Kitten Formula, which the main two ingredients are chicken and chicken by products. They always have dry food available to them, and fresh water in a jug that slowly dispenses and empties into a bowl that is changed and cleaned every other day so they always have fresh cold water. They get wet food (either Friskies, Whiskas, or Fancy Feast) once a week, and crunchy treats every day (one treat each per day).

The older two get groomed once a week (they’re medium hair) and the younger one gets groomed once every two weeks (she’s shorthair). They get their nails clipped once or twice a month, teeth brushed weekly, and ears checked for mites and other things when I clip their nails. They also play regularly and are all a healthy weight.

Now, my questions are:

1) Is "Premium" cat food really that much better than "Lower Quality" cat foods? What are some of the main differences? What is the main difference if the food is grain, corn, and/or soy free as compared to non premium foods, if the kittens are exercising and not gaining extra weight.

2) I’ve heard that most people use dry food because they think it works for tartar control. Since the dry food mainly just crumbles and serves no purpose for dental care, is wet food overall better for cats teeth or can the high moisture accelerate dental problems such as gingivitis? Should I brush my cats teeth more if I feed them dry food? They really hate it…lol!

3) What is the difference in the long run between feeding a higher quality vs. lower quality type food and is Purina One one of the better lower quality foods? Are my kittens not going to be as healthy as kittens that are fed higher quality grain-free type foods even if I take care of them all around?

4) Wouldn’t cats eat the meat by products if they killed prey in the wild or if they were an outdoor only cat? Is that the same type of by products that are used in lower quality foods?

Thank you so much for your help. The question of cat food has always been something that is controversial so I can never really get actual facts.

Also, please keep my friend in your thoughts. She has to put her 14 year old Siamese cat down due to cancer on Saturday :’(

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i have been a pet owner most of my life and just recently i started learning that the foods you see advertised on T.V. (the brands i use to buy) like purina, iams, friskies etc.. contain things like animal by products, alot of corn and soy, things i doubt any cat would want to eat in the wild

ive been feeding my dogs blue buffalo and wouldnt mind letting my cats try it, i have a Selkirk Rex and a mack tabby. if you could tell me what quality dry food you feed your cats and if they really like it i would appreciate it. my cats are picky eaters

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I give my cats Natural balance dry cat food and this is what the news on the internet is saying " Natural Balance said it was recalling all its Venison and Brown Rice canned and bagged dog foods, its Venison and Brown Rice dog treats and its Venison and Green Pea dry cat food.

Does this mean the ingredients in that cat dry food ??
Because I give them the "natural balance ultra premium cat food " so now i dont know if i should stop giving them that dry cat food ??
the information i read about this was on the msn website
If someone can please verify ?? thanks a lot !

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I got this list off of http://www.howl911.com/pet food recall/htm
the treats for the dogs is longer then this
This was suppose to be in the dog forum
I did put this in the right forum
I went to the store and they did not take some of the foods off the shelf.

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