Quote Originally Posted by Red Rock View Post
bmccasland, tulip thank you for your help. I have been reading the Tortilla cat thred and this got me thinking....I have visited and read the catinfo.org page that was recommened. Yesterday, I called the vet, since I am a newb at this whole cat thing. They, ( I spoke with a tech NOT the vet) suggested that I stay with the IAMS brand of dry food. I then went and did some research on IAMS and they look no different than the chepo brands of cat food. They are still high in the carbs and low in proteins. (I hope I am not hijacking this thread, please forgive me if I am.) I need to get this cat up to weight 8-10 pounds before getting shots. What am I to do ? I also do not want this cat to become overweight. My DH and I are thinking of getting a harness so we can take her for a walk around the neighborhood when she is more relaxed.

What is a Furminizer? I have never heard of that. What does it do? Where do you get one?

Thank you for your help.

Red Rock
Vets get paid to recommend certain brands (either directly or indirectly). Science Diet is another brand that does this and it's despicable. You are right, Iams is "the cheap stuff" with better packaging/advertising so it's more expensive. I hate to say it, but don't trust your vet, do your own research and make your own decision. My friend (who was feeding "Taste of the Wild, which is a raw dry food and very good) just recently had a vet recommend Science Diet supposedly to rule out food allergy issues....the dog spent 4 days at an emergency vet and almost died (not directly related to the food, but still, it was absurd to think that Science diet would be better than raw).

I have dogs (not cats) and feed Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul (yes, a food, not the book ). It's still dry food, and it's not the best, but it is much much better than the Petigree/Iams/Science Diet/Beneful stuff (first ingredients are NAMED meats not "chicken byproduct") and fits somewhere in between on the price scale as well (I just can't justify/afford the best of the best raw diets for a voracious eater on a grad student budget). They do make a cat food as well, may be worth looking into.