? Fancy Feast vs 9 Lives?

[Panic]

Just something I've been thinking about...Panic still goes through about four 3oz cans of FF Classics a day, the math puts me at something like $60 a month. I know 9 Lives pate is an acceptable carb amount at around 5% but wondering why no one really uses it? Is it the ingredients? I may consider Friskies pate as well. What are the reasons Fancy Feast is favored?

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

There's no reason you can't use the 9-lives......I think the main reason it's not mentioned as much is just because we tend to repeat the same things we hear from others and most of us just automatically say "Fancy Feast Classic or Friskies pates".....in reality, there are LOTS of other brands of food that are low carb (look at Dr. Lisa's food list!)…..it's just a matter of how much information we want to give and how much typing we feel like doing

 

[Panic]

There's no reason you can't use the 9-lives......I think the main reason it's not mentioned as much is just because we tend to repeat the same things we hear from others and most of us just automatically say "Fancy Feast Classic or Friskies pates".....in reality, there are LOTS of other brands of food that are low carb (look at Dr. Lisa's food list!)…..it's just a matter of how much information we want to give and how much typing we feel like doing

True! I know 9 Lives Meaty Pate is fine carb-wise, I was just curious if there was an ingredient or quality issue for people. 9 Lives is half the cost of Fancy Feast so I wondered why more people aren't using it.

 

[CandyH & Catcat]

I tell you why I skip the 9 lives -- it's mostly byproducts, and includes brewers rice which I've found will raise Catcat's BG more than others with the same carb content but with other ingredients rather than rice

 

[CandyH & Catcat]

do you have a Tractor Supply anywhere near you? 4Health is one of their brands and I've had good results with it, the variety pack of the grain free flavors drops the price down to about 70 cents for a 5.5 oz can .. more expensive than Friskies, but Friskies has rice in it, that's why I only dish it up at night

 

[Panic]

Thanks Candy, that was exactly why I was wondering! Do you feed Catcat 4Health during the day then?
I feed my civie 9 Lives pate and Panic will occasionally munch on it if there's any left...probably not enough to affect her BG but I haven't noticed anything. Shoot I haven't noticed a raised BG when she snitches dry food honestly.

 

[CandyH & Catcat]

I alternate 2 flavors of the 4Health grain free and 3 flavors of the Blue Wilderness grain free (which has potato but doesn't seem to affect Catcat's BG) plus the Fancy Feast poultry or beef pates -- got the latter two brands on sale -- BW is pricey otherwise