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Hello everyone!
I'm a fairly new cat owner. We have an older kitty, but she is living with my parents. Unfortunately, she has been on dry most of her life and is, so to speak, addicted. We are trying to get her onto canned but she is very picky and will only eat canned from time to time. I guess its a start. However, my little guy, Simon, I have on only canned at this point. When I adopted him, he was on combination canned and dry. After doing a little bit of research, I made the decision to switch him to wet only. The issue is, I am no expert in deciphering the nutritional information on these cans. I don't know what Ash is, how much is appropriate, how much protein I should be looking into. For cat sakes, what is "crude protein???"


So, I was hoping some of you with experience and knowledge might help me out. I have a few options at my local pet stores, and I figured just be checking these ingredients, they seemed to be the better choices. Mind you, I heard Carageenan and guar gum, or most gums should be avoided. I know carageenan is a carcinogen and absolutely unecessary in either kitty or human food! SO, here they are.


I really need help here...I am only posting the nutritional info and ingredients....no info on the brand just to make this even less biased!


I also need to know how many calories are appropriate for a 6 month old, 6.5 lb male kitten for the day. How much should I be feeding? Currently I am pretty much rotating the cans noted below, one per day divided into 3 or 4 meals.

1.
Chicken, chicken broth, chicken liver, barbanzo beans, natural flavor, alfalfa meal, cranberries, agar-agar,
parsley, blueberries, salmonoil, choline chloride, calcium carbonate, taurine, salt, potassium chloride, dried
green lipped mussels, yucca schidigera, L-carnitine, magnesium proteinate, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate,
maganese proteinate, copper proteinate, magnesium proteinate, sodium selenite, calcium iodate, thiamine mononitrate,
niacin supplement, viatmin e supplement, calcium pantothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement,
biotin, viatmin b12 supplement, viatmin d2 supplement, folic acid


171 kcal/5.5 oz can. Says to feed 1.5 cans per day for average 10lb cat.


Guaranteed analysis:
Crude protein 11% min
Crude fat 6% min
Crude fiber 1% max
Moisture 78% max
Lysine 0.5% min

2.
Guineafowl, turkey broth, turkey, water, turkey liver, dried eggs, dandelion greens, natural flavors, tricalcium
phosphate, barley grass, agar-agar, parsley, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, taurine, calcium
carbonate, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, maganese proteinate, copper proteinate, magnesium proteinate,
sodeium selenite, calcium iodate, thiamine mononitrate, niacin supplement, vitamin E supplement, calcium
pontothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, biotin, vitamin A supplement, vitamin B12
supplement, vitamin D3 supplement, folic acid

189 kcal/5.5 oz can. Says to feed 3/4 to 1 ounch per pound of body weight per day.


Guaranteed analysis:
Crude protein 11% min
Crude fat 7.5% min
Crude fiber 0.75% max
Moisture 78% max

3.
Chicken, turkey, chicken liver, chicken brother, ground flaxseed, monmorillonite clay, eggs, peas, carrots, lechithin,
dried kelp, potassium chloride, salt, minerals (zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, copper proteinate, maganese
proteinate, sodium selenite, cobalt proteinate, potassium iodide), vitamins (vitamine E supplement, thiamine
mononitrate, niacin supplement, d-calcium panthothenate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement,
vitamin A supplement, biotin, vitamin d3 supplement, vitamin b12 supplement, folic acid), taurine, choline chloride,
l-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate, artichokes, cranberries, pumpkin, tomato, blueberries, broccoli, cabbage, kale, parsley


205 kcal/5.5 oz can. Says to feed 1 can per 6-8lbs of body weight per day.


Guaranteed analysis:
Crude protein 10% min
Crude fat 6.5% min
Crude fiber 3% max
Moisture 78% max
Omega 6 fatty acids 1% min
Omega 3 fatty acids 0.2% min

4.
Lamb broth, lamb meat, lamb liver, lamb lung, lamb heart, lamb tripe, lamb kidney, new zealand green mussel,
lecithin, dried kelp, potassium chloride, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, agar-agar, choline chloride, calcium carbonate,
iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, niacin supplement, vitamin E supplement, sodium selenite, calcium pantothenate,
maganese proteinate, copper proteinate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride,
vitamin A supplement, biotin, vitamin b12 supplement, folic acid, calcium iodate, vitamin d3 supplement, taurine


Guaranteed analysis:
Crude protein 9.5% min
Crude fat 9.5% min
Crude fiber 0.5% max
Moisture 78% max
Ash 2% max

5.
Chicken, chicken broth, chicken liver, dehydrated chicken liver, agar-agar, pumpkin, potassium chloride, choline chloride,
salt, kale, taurine, cranberries, ginger, new zealand green mussel, zinc proteinate, iron proteinate, magnesium
proteinate, niacin supplement, vitamin E supplement, copper proteinate, sodium selenite, thiamine mononitrate,
maganese proteinate, vitamin A supplement, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride,
biotin, vitamin d3 supplement, vitamin b12 supplement, ethylenediamine dihydroiodide, folic acid


178 kcal/5.5 oz can.

Guaranteed analysis:
Crude protein 9.5% min
Crude fat 8.5% min
Crude fiber 1% max
Moisture 78% max
Ash 2.5% max

Hi yogakitty and welcome to CC. I must admit I have not read all your post. I do agree about the carageenan, although it comes from seaweed it has been mucked about with and can cause inflammation.

When you say tinned food what brand are you thinking about? The thing to avoid is cereal especially wheat which is also inflammatory. Many of us on here give our kitties Butchers Classic. It is cheap and has no cereals.

I would not 'sweat the small stuff'. I know that it pays to read the packaging onthe foods we eat (us AND our kitties) there is a lot of cxxp out there.

Another wet food that goes down well is Felix AGAIL, again it is cereal free. For dry food, mine get James Wellbeloved.

If you really need to know about the contents, there will, in all likelihood be someone along in a while to explain all. If not, there is always Google.