if you own a cat or dog, PLEASE read!

[gaybucks_chip]

I have two Bengal kitties that are almost a year old. I talked to the breeder and also did a bunch of research online when choosing the food for them.

The pet food the breeder recommended is Innova Evo. It is one of the only (or maybe THE only) dry pet food that has no grains and is not high in carbohydrates. They also make a canned food, which I have, but the cats prefer the dry food.

The ingredients label bears out that this is a good quality food... in order, the ingredients are turkey, chicken, chicken and herring meal, then stuff like apples, carrots, cottage cheese, tomato, and a large number of nutritional supplements (B vitamins, amino acids, minerals, etc.) No fillers at all. Sounds like it wouldn't be a bad diet for humans, either

I don't know about other cats or about dogs, but Bengals are about 1/8 wild Asian leopard and are a lot more muscular than normal housecats, so require a higher protein food. They also have very high metabolisms, and apparently the higher carb food often causes diarrhea. My girls have never had anything but Innova so I don't know how they would handle regular food.

I really don't know other than what I've read, but the Innova food seems to be a much higher quality food than most of the other stuff I've seen. It is relatively widely distributed, but you can't get it in discount stores, chain pet stores, or grocery places... you have to go to a feed supply or a specialty supplier. It's not cheap (15 pound bag is about $24) but I don't think it's really much more expensive than other premium foods.

The other one that came recommended by the breeder for non-Bengals is Royal Canin, and that is available in many formulas and is carried by the major pet chains.

[TheWhack]

Yeah this is only the WET foods....