Post Published on February 9, 2014.
Last Updated on April 29, 2016 by davemackey.
Goodness gracious, there are like a billion different cat foods out there – it is so overwhelming! Even just by a single company there seems to be endless variations! I had recently been fairly happy with the Goodlife Recipe with Chicken Food for Indoor Cats (14 lbs) but then it shot up to the outrageous price of $50+. Maybe this is only a temporary issue with Amazon’s supply – but for now, with a doubling in price, there is no way I’m buying it.
So, here I am, yet again looking for cat food. I have four cats – one that has an eating disorder and will continue eating till she vomits, continuing eat, vomit, and repeat forever. Two of the other cats have sensitive stomachs and a lot of cat food doesn’t seem to agree with them.
I’ve spent a little while on Amazon and here is what I’ve narrowed my options down to…I’ll probably end up trying a few before I find one that works well with my sensitive cats (the only way to deal with the eating disordered one is portion control) and this will give me a list to come back to and hopefully help others who are trying to decide on a cat food narrow down their selections from the hundreds of options available.
I’ve selected the foods based on brand name, customer reviews, price, weight, ingredients, and so on.
Budget Options
- Meow Mix Indoor Formula Dry Cat Food – 14.2 lbs – $11.88 – Prime Available.
- 9Lives Seafood and Poultry Wet Cat Food Variety Pack 24/5.5-Ounce Cans – 8.25 lbs. – $9.48 – Prime Available.
Organic Options
- Eagle Pack Natural Pet Food, Indoor Formula for Cats – 12 lbs – $25.47 – Prime Available – Subscribe & Save Available ($21.65).
- Hill’s Ideal Balance Natural Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe Mature Adult Cat Food Bag – 15 lbs – $31.24 – Prime Available – Subscribe & Save Available ($26.55).
- Max Indoor Adult Roasted Chicken Flavor Cat Food – 16 lbs – $20.99 – Prime Available .
- Diamond Naturals Dry Food for Adult Cats, Indoor Hairball Control Chicken Formula – 18 lbs – $26.47 – Prime Available.
- Natural Balance Dry Cat Food, Reduced Calorie Formula – 15 lbs – $27.46 – Prime Available.
I’m going to try Hill’s Ideal Balance Natural Chick and Brown Rice Recipe first. The price is reasonable, and becomes more reasonable with Subscribe & Save and I like the fact that in addition to being all-natural it doesn’t contain any corn, wheat, or soy. We’ll see how it goes…
So how’d it go with the cat food? Which one worked out best for your cats? My cats have similar issues……
I ended up using Purina ONE Sensitive Systems. This didn’t seem to help much…I started using some spray-on probiotics which did seem to help a lot, but in more recent months seem to have lost effectiveness. 🙁