? Canned food for diabetic kitty

[Iris' Daddy]

Hello everyone. I have a question for you veteran parents of diabetic kitties. What canned foods do you guys use the most?? We've had our girl on Tiki Cat and Weruva successfully for a while, but now she's become very finicky. She seems to like mostly "junk" food like Blue Buffalo and we don't really want to feed her this regularly. Any suggestions?? Thanks!

 

[JeffJ]

Fancy Feast classic only. The other Fancy Feast is too high of carbs. And cooked chicken - usually chicken tenders. Very good for the fur-kids and relatively cheap. There are links to food articles on the forums.

 

[Iris' Daddy]

Thanks for your advice, Jeff...! I will check out Fancy Feast. I'm brand new to the forums, would you mind pointing me in the direction of those links..?

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

@Iris' Daddy ....some of the best information you can find on feeding any cat is at www.catinfo.org

There's also a Food chart that shows the breakdown of lots of foods by carbs, protein, fat....we want to feed under 10% carbs

 

[Iris' Daddy]

Thanks Chris. I will check out that website.
I actually have already seen the food chart. It's the reason we went with Tikicat and Weruva a while back. We're trying something different because she's extremely picky.

 

[JeffJ]

On the "home" page for FDMB there is this:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/diet.htm

 

[minxkohl&mush]

Hello everyone. I have a question for you veteran parents of diabetic kitties. What canned foods do you guys use the most?? We've had our girl on Tiki Cat and Weruva successfully for a while, but now she's become very finicky. She seems to like mostly "junk" food like Blue Buffalo and we don't really want to feed her this regularly. Any suggestions?? Thanks!

when you go to cat info.org, you will be able to print out the list, 32 pages. I take my to the store, if you look, you also can feed low carb 9 lines & friskies.
good luck & hang in there! It get better as time goes on.

 

[minxkohl&mush]

when you go to cat info.org, you will be able to print out the list, 32 pages. I take my to the store, if you look, you also can feed low carb 9 lines & friskies.
good luck & hang in there! It get better as time goes on.

 

[Callie & Patches]

I give Callie Friskies and 9 lives. She is always acting like she's starving, so I don't have to worry about her not eating anything. We should have named her Hoover.

 

[Misterbeesmom]

wellness core and nature's instinct variety are mr b's favorite canned food

 

[Iris' Daddy]

On the "home" page for FDMB there is this:
http://www.felinediabetes.com/diet.htm

Thanks again for the help, Jeff. Very much appreciated.

 

[Iris' Daddy]

when you go to cat info.org, you will be able to print out the list, 32 pages. I take my to the store, if you look, you also can feed low carb 9 lines & friskies.
good luck & hang in there! It get better as time goes on.

Thanks! It's definitely a challenge when you've got such a picky kitty.

 

[Coffees-and-cats]

Thanks! It's definitely a challenge when you've got such a picky kitty.

So true. I always tell Thomas I'm lucky he was the diabetic cat and not Henley (my girl) because if SHE was diabetic oh man. She only likes 2 things while he'll eat anything I put in his dish.

 

[Olive & Paula]

I give Callie Friskies and 9 lives. She is always acting like she's starving, so I don't have to worry about her not eating anything. We should have named her Hoover.

@donnalea 9Lives just had a recall.

See http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm535382.htm