My kitten; soon to be cat- has decided Taste of the Wild ain't for him anymore. Both cats get half a wellness can in the morning, but my old cat gets Hills' ID- she has a tricky stomach, which this food works great for. Anyway, the kitten would rather eat her food- which he shouldn't. Anyway, what do you all think about Blue Buffalo Spa selects? I got a sample at the local fair, and it looks great- and he likes it. If not that, what other premium foods should I look into? Also, should I think about giving him more canned as I am eternally worried about urinary tract health, since he is a male.

Our cats were on the Blue spa selects, and avoderm canned, along with a sprinkle of the Blue wilderness cat food for the cat who insisted on having crunch on her food. Blue did have issues in the recall fo spring '07, supposedly the manufacturer put in some melamine-contaminated gluten into the wet foods--even though no gluten was listed on the ingredient list. So some QC issues have defintiely existed. That being said, our cats did fine on the food for over a year.

One of our cats did develop urinary crystals while on this food, but the other one has been fine. she'd alreayd had a bout of crystals on a different food, so it's pretty much just her and canned food is an issue. Ah, genetics.

EVO is another can we used briefly, that the kitty cats liked. The EVO also comes in a large can, so it ends up being cheaper than the small cans, as long as you can use it up. You can also add some water to the canned and make it soupy to get extra water into your male cat.

We've since switched them both to homemade raw. It actually works out to be something like $0.50 per day per cat to feed raw. Which is actually cheaper than the $0.58/day/cat for the avoderm or blue buffalo cans + kibble. The raw food has also worked well for the cat with crystals, and is way cheaper, and better, than the prescription SciDie crapolla she was on. And she's no longer puking up multiple hairballs a day. blech.

http://www.catnutrition.org/index.php has a lot of info on this--many owners of cats with IBD have has success with raw cat food. So it *might* be a food both your kitties could eat, even though making it is a bit of a PITA. Feeding 2 cats one food, and not needing to closely supervise who eats what, however, is worth a lot to us! If you're open to the idea of raw, it's pretty easy with cats, since they need such itty bitty amounts of food.

I second switching to raw! I know it's daunting, but it's actually WAY cheaper for us to feed our cat raw than it is to feed him canned food (plus he LOVES IT so much better)!!!!!!

http://www.catnutrition.org/index.php

I've never tried blue buffalo, my Cat Oreo eats a variety of kibble, canned and raw. I would try to feed more canned food to your Cat as it is healthier, and as mentioned try to sneak in some raw. One thing my Cat loves that I was surprised was tripe! He loves it raw or canned.

I basically leave kibble out for him during the day while I'm at work and he gets some canned or raw in the morning and night...it just depends on what we are feeding the dogs as Oreo mainly likes ground meats. To get him used to canned I started adding warm water to get him to lap it up...I spoiled him this way as he will not eat canned unless I add warm water now It's probably better for him as he's getting a lot more water. I had my well water tested and it's perfect although it does have a lot of minerals so I may start using a breta for his water and heating it on the stove...although the man who tested our water said if you run the hot water less minerals will flow through which is what I do.

I'm not a fan of Blue Buffalo and will not buy their products. It is an unreliable company, does not respond to requests for information and their marketing pitches are a bunch of hooey.

Currently we feed our cat EVO canned and Country Pet Raw. Our boy doesn't do well on any dry food, he starts developing urinary problems real fast if he has dry.

A grinder is on my wish list, to eventually make him raw. He does love to sample the dogs raw when I'm mixing up their batch. I once left chicken wings defrosting in the sink & he grabed bag and all, carried it off for a snack.

I feed mine Wellness both canned and dry food. She loves it and her symptoms of IBS seem to have gotten a lot more under control after switching to this food.