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Natura was bought out by Proctor and Gamble last May, 2010. It usually takes between 1-2 years after a buy out before you start to notice a falling off in quality (in my opinion), but the first thing P&G did was discontinue the Innova Flex Stew line, which one of my cats was thriving on.
I've been searching for a new favorite since then, for this one particular cat, plus the kitten now, too, as they are the finicky ones and will not eat the Before Grain with any consistency. Or the Weruva or the Soulistic or the C&P for that matter.
Oh, no ! Just when I thought I had it all figured out . Looks like I'll have to keep a couple of other brands on the back burner in case the quality goes down...the choices are getting slimmer and slimmer these days. I think they'll love Weruva, though, because they tend to love the chunks or slices in gravy-style foods a lot. Or I could just get 4 different flavors of BG and pray that no one buys out Merrick anytime soon . Such an endless cycle...eegads!
Oh, no ! Just when I thought I had it all figured out . Looks like I'll have to keep a couple of other brands on the back burner in case the quality goes down...the choices are getting slimmer and slimmer these days. I think they'll love Weruva, though, because they tend to love the chunks or slices in gravy-style foods a lot. Or I could just get 4 different flavors of BG and pray that no one buys out Merrick anytime soon . Such an endless cycle...eegads!
Yes, I feel the same way as you about this. It is never ending. Sometimes I wish I could be one of those people who are satisfied to feed their cats friskies and 9-lives and fancy feast. They all claim their cats are "just fine". I used to be, you know, before the melamine poisoning of 2007. But once you've seen the difference between "just fine" and "wow, look at her thrive!", it's impossible to go back.
I usually have a foster dog (or two or three ) here plus I feed four cats....I feed mostly raw but all animals here are used to a wide variety and I'll get donations or whatever of commercial foods.
I'm not a purist about food at all, but about a year ago I gave up on Wellness products because although they look very good, I noticed over the years a lot of soft poo every time I used it.
I'm not a purist either, especially because most of the decent brands tend to have very similar ingredients, so the chance of upset tummies is pretty low. I never actually had a problem switching from wet to wet, either brand or flavor-wise, but when I transitioned my 1st 2 cats from dry to wet, that had to be done slowly and there was definitely some stomach upset during that time. I felt bad, but once I knew the facts about how much damage a dry food diet can do to a cat, I couldn't even consider not changing it. It was a rocky road, and they were very upset with me for awhile, but we made it .
I know a lot of people who feed raw successfully, but I had a VERY frightening experience with it, so the idea of trying it ever again is just too scary for me .
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) here plus I feed four cats....I feed mostly raw but all animals here are used to a wide variety and I'll get donations or whatever of commercial foods.
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