Thank you Leeanne, appreciated 🙂

Hi David, I agree with your comments and what you aim to do. Thank you for your site. Many times I’ve referred to and been grateful for not just the reviews but the informative explanations you provide.

Hi I found in Open Farms FAQS it said 80 to 90% animal protein but I have emailed them for clarification and also asked why so many lectins in cat food. of course they could weigh wet meat and dry pulses etc so it is tricky as you say. My cats are raw fed but it is so hard when we have housesitters and one cat refuses different foods according to his mood. He has got quite sick before from food refusal so we find we have to pander to him with pork roo chicken lamb beef venison and rabbit all free range. We also try top range canned and it is usually refused. As a kitten we put him on the breeders food initially and he never refused it as it was kibble. He wont eat frontier cat or ziwi dehydrated either. I am lucky to be able to afford grass fed free range but even that is a struggle with him. My other cat and my dog eat whatever I give them and again luckily I can give high quality food like lyka frontier eureka and raw. Many people have no choice but to feed kibble. Also raw isn’t the be all and end all for teeth. My cat chews giant chunks of meat rabbit pieces chicken wing tips and he has already had one extraction and due for another at a cost of $1000 with clean, blood work antibiotics and fluids and anaesthetic . My other cats teeth are perfect so there is a genetic component to cats teeth. Ziwi has chickpeas also unless you can get provenance which I cant seem to find now that they have been bought out. I notice they have a new food that is a mix of kibble and air dried. Doesn’t seem that great either. Thanks for the reviews and although I agree BALANCED raw is best I think we have to be pragmatic about peoples budgets and also not everyone wants a cat that drags meat all over the house including onto our dining table.You might also want to review meal completers as just raw meat is not good. I use Wombaroo Carnivite and the scientist Gordon will gives the breakdowns of the food values with different cuts of meat if you email him as I did a few years ago. There is also predamax and others on the market like raw meow. If Raw Meow was free range chicken I would use it. She makes a fabulous gut helper called Avas Blend.

Hi Rachel (or Krazic?),

I’m more than happy for feedback, and we perhaps don’t differ quite that much on our feelings towards processed kibble for cats and dogs.

I’m not sure why you felt the need to make multiple slightly aggressive comments on various pages with various emails when you can simply structure more beneficial comments which may help other readers?

Firstly, lets state the obvious – cats are obligate carnivores who should have a diet amounting to whole prey, or near enough in our modern world of domestic pets and commerce.

Secondly, cats (and dogs) have existed for 10s of millions of years, yet modern science tells us we absolutely must feed commercial pet food for the sake of their health, and that’s only been around for a handful of decades. It’s also mostly inappropriate if you read many of the reviews on this website.

The email you have given for this particular comment suggests you work at a veterinary practice. That’s interesting given most veterinarians endorse dry foods made of ingredients not overly appropriate for carnivorous animals.

Lastly, if you don’t consider there’s a difference between a $5 bag of cat food made mostly of cereal grains and by-products to a $100 bag made with the majority of animal ingredients, then that’s fine – feed your cat raw or whatever you feel is right.

The purpose of these reviews is to point people in a better direction, whether that’s from a poor quality kibble to a better one, from a kibble towards a more natural raw/dried raw food, or full raw. The people who read these reviews cover a broad spectrum of people, from those who’ve bought home their first pet and know little about what to feed them, those on a budget who can’t afford dried raw or don’t know where to start with raw, or people simply hoping to find better solutions to keep their pet’s healthy.

By all means, be constructive – help people – but make it constructive.

Hi Lothian, I would suggest keeping kibble to a minimum if possible, particularly any high-carbohydrate kibble. I would also suggest feeding a decent wet, freeze dried (with added clean water), air dried, or BARF patties (not sure what you would call BARF in Canada) – it sounds like you’re doing this already, and the water fountain is always a bonus. Fresh/raw might be a good option as well, even as part of the diet?

I’m not sure if that helps? I expect you’ve changed their diet significantly since the blockage 5 years ago?

I haven’t been able to find any QUALITY kibbles that fall within suitable percentages of phosphorus, magnesium, and calcium to maintain urinary health.

Do you have any suggestions? I’m in Canada. I’ve been looking at Open Farm, but I’m nervous to switch.
I’ve read so much information regarding feline urinary health, but I always appreciate advice from someone more knowledgeable.

My cats currently get wet food with added water every night, their food/water dishes are cleaned daily, they have a fountain (but the male cat in question is afraid of it), I only give filtered water, and I clean the litter 1x-3x daily.

Sorry, tl;dr…
I’d greatly appreciate any advice on urinary health kibble and supplements that are safe for my male cat who almost died from a full blockage 5 years ago.

Thank you kindly.

Hi Jeffrey, it’s not often you’ll find percentages of meat on a pet food. Even if you do they’re often a little misleading, such as having a wet weight percentage which is significantly reduced once extruded into a kibble and moisture is cooked off.