I've been a "any canned is better than dry" advocate for some years now. However the canned I feed contains no disgusting dyes, no artificial flavors no artificial preservatives and no menadione sodium bisulfate, and no wheat or wheat gluten.
If I ever get to a place in my life where I can't afford to feed the canned foods I feed them, I just do not think I can bring myself to feed those canned foods that contain these things. If to cut costs I had to change their diet, as much as I would hate to do it, I think I would rather feed them a grain free "all natural" kibble, one that contains identified meats as the main ingredients, no by products and none of the other junk already mentioned.
How can a canned food that contains all those horrible things be better for them that a dry food that contains only meat, pea protein and a few (albeit useless) fruits or veggies?
I understand the need for moisture in the diet, truly I do. But have you opened a can of say...fancy feast gourmet beef or salmon? Those are on the feline diabetes diet approval list, but my gosh, they are disgusting, with their dyes and artificial crap.
Surely it has to be better for my cats to eat a dry food that does not contain those things, and hope they will drink enough, rather than feed them such horrible things that can poison their livers?
I had an anxiety attack in the grocery store today. We've had some devastating flooding here, my county and four others were made federal disaster areas, and though that happened less than a week a go, grocery prices have already doubled. I bought milk, cheese, chicken, dried cranberries, and granola. My bill was $59. My cats' food bill is over $200 a month. If groceries continue to rise, I am not going to be able to afford that much longer. My senior cat is starting to have (expected) health issues and the vet bills are going to be very high. I am going to have to cut back somewhere.
How can I feed them those canned foods full of dye and crap? How? Surely the kibble, that doesn't contain ANY of those disgusting liver killing things, has got to be better for them than dye, menadione sodium bisulfate and artificial flavors and preservatives.
The anxiety attack was real. It took most of the drive home to get control of myself. I was hysterical. I mean. Having hysterics.
I feel a little better now, (I had to take an ativan) but I have a very big pit of dread in my stomach. I don't know how much longer I can continue to spend $250 a month on canned cat food. I can cut back by feeding more dry such as the Evo ancestral diet brand and less canned. Surely that's better than putting all those harmful things into my cats' bodies with the cheap canned foods.
Isn't it?