What is your opinion on Royal Canin Maincoon 31?

When I adopted my kittens 4 yrs ago the cattery owner told me that the best food is Royal Canin which he used for his show cats.
The kibbles are larger, and it has ingredients important for this breed which has tendency for hip dysplasia or HCM.
I understand that these problem are genetic, but with large bones size MC need glucosamine sulfate .Recently the company changed the ingredients and packaging of Royal Canin. It became pricier, with addition of EPA/DHEA. My kitties did not like any other dry food, but RC.
We also feed them with wet food (Friskies) , alternating varieties every day. They do not like patte but like chunky food.
Our cost of cat food (wet and dry) will now run about $600 per year for 2 maincoon cats. We have no problem with it, but I wonder if anybody tried this new improved version of Royal Canin. I am also curious about the cost of your food per year.

hi there - well I have, it is bloody expensive indeed although Neevie only likes that dry food too and turns up her nose at the others... I personally do not know if there is a difference...
I feed her Gourmet Perle because it seems to be the only stuff she likes at the moment, she kind of is changeable - like every cat she likes to eat about half the pouch and then ask for newer, fresher one (when I say ask... read "demand" of course)
Added to this she got hooked up to some "chicken yoghurt", Lick-e-licks, she is crazy about the stuff - so when I give her her breakfast, I often forget the yoghurt and she refuses to touch her food and keeps begging/demanding until I give her the yoghurt. Then she eats the lot (that is, the yoghurt, then half her pouch)

To my great shame I have not done the accounts to see how much we spend on food for her every year. I should really do that.

hi I feed my girl canned Science diet chunky chicken as she does not like the pate' style either. I also feed her Pure Vita cat food grain free chicken entree. I think it cost about $500 a year give or take a few. Not too bad. She loves her food and she loves treats too! She is a very spoiled little monster!

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Originally Posted by donnad

hi I feed my girl canned Science diet chunky chicken as she does not like the pate' style either. I also feed her Pure Vita cat food grain free chicken entree. I think it cost about $500 a year give or take a few. Not too bad. She loves her food and she loves treats too! She is a very spoiled little monster!

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I think Royal Canin Maincoon 31 is the only dry cat food created specifically for Maincoons. I have not seen any other foods that would have Maincoon on their label. Your red-haired beauty deserves being spoiled.

Interesting that your kitty gets tired of the same dry food. My cats have been so devoted to Royal Canin for 4 years that would not want to try anything else.
I've never heard about "chicken yoghurt"; need to check out what it is.

oups sorry I wasn't clear - she loves RC31 as dry food indeed - doesn't get tired of the stuff, and I put it in her food maze so it's tasty AND fun ;-)
what she gets tired of quickly is the wet food. I give her 2 pouches a day of wet food (of which she eats half :-S) sometimes a 3rd pouch but only on request ;-) and then dry-food-a-gogo.

i had both of mine on RC31, the large kibble works well but they kept having bouts of upset tummys :( i moved them to happy cat large breed in november 2013 and they LOVE it! its worked really well for them, no upsets and its a good bit cheaper than the RC31, and delivered to my door free!

ouh! I'll try this one Christine!

When i have started using this kind of dry food, my cats feel much better than before when i had used no grain dry food. They have nice hairs, feel super and first of all they like it! Now I use two different types of RC more and it was a good choice. The prise of RC in Poland is quite nice and it isn't expensive.