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and will ease them into their new food starting tomorrow. I'm going to try Blue Buffalo canned and see how they do on that. I was going to wait a little longer, but Guinness has more gas than I've ever known any cat to have and I suspect it's the Science Diet. I hope it works!
Guinness has more gas than I've ever known any cat to have ....
That's probably a wheat/grains sensitivity. If my tuxedo lad gets hold of anything with grains, his gaseous emissions are noxious enough to justify calling in the haz-mat teams to ventilate the premises - he's been known to send all occupants of a 1,200 s.f. house running from the premises, tears streaming down their faces, in a Wisconsin January cold snap, when he really gets going.
Start reading labels really, really carefully. I've heard good things about Blue Buffalo, and there are other good ones as well, but what you want to look for is the magic words "Grain-free." Cats are obligate carnivores, and they can't digest non-meat foods. The carbohydrates in the grains ferment in their gut, and the result is that nasty greenish miasma that can clear a room in under 10 seconds. And I have to think that gas is just as uncomfortable for them as it would be for us.
That's probably a wheat/grains sensitivity. If my tuxedo lad gets hold of anything with grains, his gaseous emissions are noxious enough to justify calling in the haz-mat teams to ventilate the premises - he's been known to send all occupants of a 1,200 s.f. house running from the premises, tears streaming down their faces, in a Wisconsin January cold snap, when he really gets going.
Start reading labels really, really carefully. I've heard good things about Blue Buffalo, and there are other good ones as well, but what you want to look for is the magic words "Grain-free." Cats are obligate carnivores, and they can't digest non-meat foods. The carbohydrates in the grains ferment in their gut, and the result is that nasty greenish miasma that can clear a room in under 10 seconds. And I have to think that gas is just as uncomfortable for them as it would be for us.
Mitaylor I've heard many recommend that brand and wellness brand. Hearing their reasoning why convinced me to switch, but I found another brand sold locally when the other brands were less available. It has the same criteria of high protein, grain free, antibiotic/ hormone free meat as the others, but a 15 lb bag is $26 as opposed to the competitors 7lb bag being $30ish in my neck of the woods. Taste of the Wild : Products : Cats : Rocky Mountain Feline Formula
I think it helps out the overall picture that venison (ordinarily problematic overpopulation) are harvested for useful purpose that doesn't compete with human sources of food.
Taste of the Wild is the only grain-free dry I found that my former dry junkie could eat without scratching all the fur off her head. She is sensitive to grains, but other brands of grain-free dry bothered her too. Taste of the Wild is different from those other foods in that it doesn't contain algae and/or alfalfa. I was never able to figure out which of those ingredients was the problem because the foods either had both or neither.
Even a high quality dry is not as healthful as wet food, but if the cat refuses wet food, Taste of the Wild is a good choice in my experience.
and will ease them into their new food starting tomorrow. I'm going to try Blue Buffalo canned and see how they do on that. I was going to wait a little longer, but Guinness has more gas than I've ever known any cat to have and I suspect it's the Science Diet. I hope it works!
for getting away from Science Diet!!!
A change in food sends our felines into total panic. You may want to add a little of the new brand of food to the old ... slowly decrease the old and increase the new.
Even a high quality dry is not as healthful as wet food
Yes, I learned that recently when hubby and I went away for a few days and thought it would be easier on the furkid care-taker to feed our cats dry only. I didn't think a few days of dry free feeding woud do any harm. WRONG!
Cats don't have a natural strong thirst drive and one of our felines didn't drink enough water. Had to take him to emergency upon our return home. He had a UTI and was dehydrated. This (and other medical conditions) are actually quite common for felines that eat dry only.
The "good" news is...
The vet was able to narrow down the problem (thus cheaper on my pocket book) because the dry food was HIGH quality Wellness. The Dr. could automatically eliminate certain medical conditions that carpy brands of dry food cause.
A change in food sends our felines into total panic. You may want to add a little of the new brand of food to the old ... slowly decrease the old and increase the new.
I must be livin' on the edge over here, lol. I haven't taken my kitty-swarm OFF of Blue Buffalo since I began feeding it to them, but I was never sensitive enough to "ease" them into a new dry brand everytime I tried it out on them. Poor things, lol. They put up with a lot from me, it seems.
Good for you, Mi, for taking them off of Science Diet!
It's more expensive with the dry Blue Buffalo they're eating now - but I feel so much better. and more responsible. And their faces are getting fat!
And no more stinky-moo bombs!
Stinky and Mads seem to like their Blue Buffalo so far
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And their faces are getting fat! 
