Thread: USA MC Owners - what do you feed?

As far as wet food, MC Elvis & Coco get 2 or 3 cans of gluten free/low carb Fancy Feast.

Not all the flavors are gluten free/low carb.

There's a list at

Wheat gluten free, Low Carbohydrate Fancy Feast

"Fancy Feast flavors containing NO wheat gluten and below 10% carbs are the CLASSIC varieties.
Fancy Feast changes label designs often so look for the word CLASSIC on the label rather than a specific color at first. "

Coco & MC Elvis usually split a can twice a day, sometimes three but I couldn't imagine the two of them consuming 4 cans/day in spite of what the can lable says...

I've also been free feeding Royal Canin MC kibble, but Coco eats too much of it and is getting a bit chubby.

I'm considering restricting the kibble.

We tried the Tiger Diner and it worked as advertised until MC Elvis figured out how to crack it...

Elvis is a bit too skinny and should eat more, but he gets all he apparently wants...

It'd be great to find something that he likes and she doesn't...

She's a tiny little thing ( other than being chubby ) who will eat most anything and he's the picky eater.

Go figure. The other MC's I've been around have been total chow hounds, so to speak.

Originally Posted by claudel

As far as wet food, MC Elvis & Coco get 2 or 3 cans of gluten free/low carb Fancy Feast.

Not all the flavors are gluten free/low carb.

There's a list at

Wheat gluten free, Low Carbohydrate Fancy Feast

"Fancy Feast flavors containing NO wheat gluten and below 10% carbs are the CLASSIC varieties.
Fancy Feast changes label designs often so look for the word CLASSIC on the label rather than a specific color at first. "

Coco & MC Elvis usually split a can twice a day, sometimes three but I couldn't imagine the two of them consuming 4 cans/day in spite of what the can lable says...

I've also been free feeding Royal Canin MC kibble, but Coco eats too much of it and is getting a bit chubby.

I'm considering restricting the kibble.

We tried the Tiger Diner and it worked as advertised until MC Elvis figured out how to crack it...

Elvis is a bit too skinny and should eat more, but he gets all he apparently wants...

It'd be great to find something that he likes and she doesn't...

She's a tiny little thing ( other than being chubby ) who will eat most anything and he's the picky eater.

Go figure. The other MC's I've been around have been total chow hounds, so to speak.

Gluten free/low carb Fancy Feast sounds like a good idea. So, you feed cans and dry food? I guess that is why you wouldn't get through as many cans as I would with Enzo... I don't feed dry. Do you think 4 still sounds like a lot for one cat?

4 small cans per day for one cat seems a lot to me, but it would depend on the cat.

I can see a big MC eating that much withut getting too fat.

I had a 25 pound MC but he liked the Royal Canin kibbles better than wet food so that's what he got.

Here's Bubba's (RIP) review of canned food from 2005 or so....

Bubba's impressions of a few types of canned cat food.




I'll translate for His Majesty as best I can

This is not intended as an endorsement of any type or brand, and is
not at all meant to be a nutritional analysis. I tried to pick the
flavors and brands that I thought would be both of high nutritional
value and acceptable flavor. It also is definately not an exhaustive study.

I added a bit of warm water to each feeding in order to sneak in
an additional amount of liquid as the climate here is quite dry and
dehydration is a problem for both people and their owners.


Bubba's Commentary starts here
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I decided that I would care to be fed one 5 ounce can of soft food a
day in addition to a portion of Royal Canin Maine Coon dry kibble in
order to facilitate my digestion and so that I could enjoy a variety
of food flavors. My slave was compelled to comply with this directive.

Here are my impressions.

Your Cat, as is their Privilege, may have different preferences.

Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Chicken and Turkey Platter:
Yum. I tried to get Claude to put out a second can immediately, but
for some stupid reason the treacherous slave refused my most
reasonable request . *****

Natural Choice Complete Care Senior Indoor Chicken and Lamb Formula:
Another winner. I couldn't inhale it fast enough. I have no idea why
my clueless slave grabbed a can of "senior" formula food though, as
I'm only four or so. *****

Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor Adult Chicken and Rice Formula:
This was incredibly tasty. I scarfed it down so fast that I
immediately puked it right back up again. I hope the idiot doesn't
reject this flavor because I threw it up. *****

Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Chicken Casserole:
This one was decent too, although it was adulterated with some
weird items. I believe the catslaves call them "vegetables". They
were interesting but not particularly flavorful. ***

Natural Choice Complete Care Adult Chicken & Liver Entree:
Good Stuff. Not quite as tasty as a couple of the other flavors, but
completely satisfactory. ****


IAMS Slices with Chicken in Gravy Slices covered in Real Broth:
IAMS Turkey Slices in Gravy Slices covered in Real Broth:
The liquid portion was quite tasty but the overall eating experience
was marred by a number of inedible square chunks of some unknown
origin that was included in the can for some stupid human reason.
I, as is my Privilege, refused to eat whatever it was. This is the
first time in my recollection that I have actually refused to eat
*any* cat food related substance. *

IAMS Slices with Beef in Gravy Slices covered in Real Broth:
The solid squares in this flavor are closer to edible than in the
other flavors. The gravy is quite good. **


IAMS Beef Entree Slow Cooked in Real Broth:
IAMS Lamb & Rice Entree Slow Cooked in Real Broth:
IAMS Chicken Entree Slow Cooked in Real Broth:
The liquid portion was also quite good but the solid portion was
barely edible. If that idiot slave of mine had put out more kibble I
would not have bothered with eating the solid part. *

Natural Balance Turkey and Giblets Formula:
Natural Balance Indoor Cat Formula:
Natural Balance Ultra Formula:
Not bad at all. Excellent gravy and tasty solids. ****

Natural Balance Venison and Green Pea Formula:
This was incredibly good. I'm not sure exactly what "Green Peas"
are but they certainly taste wonderful. *****

Nature's Recipe Hairball Control Chicken Recipe:
Tasty Gravy, mediocre solids that aren't worth eating. **

Max Cat Gourmet Classics Adult Turkey and Giblets:
Not bad. I enjoyed the flavor and it seemed to be satisfying. ****

Max Cat Gourmet Classics Hairball Formula Chicken and Rice:
Tasty and completely suitable for a Cat of my elevated status ****

Max Cat Gourmet Classics Adult Chicken & Lamb Formula:
Middle of the pack. Edible, barely, but not as good as some of
the other flavors. ***

Trader Joe's Chicken, Turkey, and Rice Dinner:
Pretty good. I kind of liked this one but not quite as good as
a few of the other brands. ****

Originally Posted by claudel

4 small cans per day for one cat seems a lot to me, but it would depend on the cat.

Oh, thanks!!

Enzo is a 1 and a half year old male Maine Coon... who weighs about 14lbs. What would you think he should be eating per day? Wet food only...

It was the same with us Karen, we invested in lots of different brands of high meat foods, including Nature's Choice and Applaws, and our two just turned their noses up ... and if they did eat it the foul stench of their by products made us turn our noses up! Now they have either Whiskas or Felix and occasionally Iams wet food with RC Kitten 36 available for them to nibble at. The only thing I have done which I've never done with any kitty before is to regularly give them kitten milk - and boy do they love it!

Originally Posted by Rachel-C

It was the same with us Karen, we invested in lots of different brands of high meat foods, including Nature's Choice and Applaws, and our two just turned their noses up ... and if they did eat it the foul stench of their by products made us turn our noses up! Now they have either Whiskas or Felix and occasionally Iams wet food with RC Kitten 36 available for them to nibble at. The only thing I have done which I've never done with any kitty before is to regularly give them kitten milk - and boy do they love it!

Doesn't it make you sick when you have to scrap the expensive stuff with all that meat??? I hadn't considered the by product angle but you make a VERY good point... I think I was just so grateful it was no longer running away from me I'd not paid much attention to the fact my eyes were no longer watering.

Ditto on the cat milk front, both my gals love it, but if you want to see them go crazy get them some Viyo vitamin drinks... They're 30ml sachets, about 7 in a box for £3.59 from Petplanet, and both cats go mental for them. They're handy as you can also dilute them in water to increase their liquid intake, too, although they go down very well concentrated! I tend to dilute a sachet between them in the morning with breakfast, and kitten milk in the evening.