The best for my coon

[Darlinny49]

I had a question regarding the best food, and best litterbox for my baby. I want him to have the best because he is my best friend ever Good thing is filter his water

[IrishKitty]

darlinny: Have you seen this thread about litter trays?
http://www.maine-coon-forum.info/mai...ter-trays.html

It is advisable to get a roomy,covered litter tray for Maine Coons.

As for food we were using Royal Canine but had some problems on it. We moved to James wellbeloved - a hypoallergenic natural cat food. It's thorougly agreeing with him

James Wellbeloved Natural Cat Food | Natural Cat Treats | Natural Kitten Food

Here's another thread you may find interesting!
http://www.maine-coon-forum.info/mai...-cat-food.html

[mcguy]

I had a question regarding the best food, and best litterbox for my baby. I want him to have the best because he is my best friend ever Good thing is filter his water

As already noted, there are a number of previous threads that have discussed these things. There are quite different opinions on some questions. I would imagine that some of the different opinions result from different experiences with different cats, and that is one thing that I would strongly urge you to pay attention to: feedback from your own cats. E.g., we tried a new premium dry food a couple of months ago thinking we would just have it occasionally. One of our four cats just loved it, though, and within a few days quit eating our standard dry food. Of the other three cats, however, one occasionally nibbles the new food but the other two won't ever touch it. What this illustrates is the limits of suggestions from others. Just because someone else' cats "love" some food, yours may hate it.

Many people feed a combination of canned/pouch "wet" food and dry food. A pure dry diet probably is not the healthiest choice, though it hardly is "poison" as some ridiculous sites on the 'Net will claim. There is a very wide range of quality in dry food. The most expensive are 40-50% protein with real meats as primary ingredients, while the cheapest have lots of grains. Read the labels carefully. However, as I already noted, different cats will have different tastes. We have tried lots and lots of premium cat foods that our cats simply refused to touch. Thus, researching brands and deciding that one particular brand is what you are going to feed is probably not a good approach. Your cat may have other ideas about what they want. Many cats are grazers, wanting to eat only small quantities many times per day. Dry food is especially handy for such cats, as you can leave it out all the time. All four of ours are grazers, but this particularly applies to the two girls.

With litter pans we have ended up with the largest ones sold in the USA, and the cats have shown their approval by abandoning the smaller ones when we add a larger one. We personally have had no luck with the covered pans (and consider them too small), but some people apparently use them with success. The cats do track litter out of the pans, and we have really found little that helps, so simply vacuum every few days. We have tried a number of litters, but one of our girls is very fussy and has refused to use some of the new litters (leading to very bad consequences). So, experiment carefully, keeping one box as is when making changes. We currently have mainly clumping clay but also one box with World's Best (corn), which the cats use only for peeing.

We also use mainly filtered water, and have two cat "water fountains" to encourage them to drink water. Even here our cats have very distinct preferences. One of the four never uses the fountains, and actually prefers the unfiltered water that we have in bowls in a couple of sinks. Another drinks out of only one of the two fountains (they are different designs).

[Darlinny49]

I apologize for the multiple post, I couldn't find them at the time so I just asked again. Thanks for the information regarding my little kitty I will do the trial and error process.

Thanks

[Scrapdragon]

I feed my coonie, tonk kitten and moggie a mix of dry biscuits from different brands.
I also feed a whiskas wet pouch in the morning between the 2 kittens (and sometimes the moggie) and raw minced kangaroo at night.
It keeps them all happy. Our moggie although he is 2 years old, doesn't like the adult dry biscuits, but just loves the kitten ones. But then he also won't touch the raw meat and only likes a little bit of wet (usually kitten)

As far as litter trays, I bought some storage containers that are quite large (but not high) and they have plenty of room for the cats.
I also use a softwood clumping litter .. the cats track only a very small amount out of the tray, and as it's in the laundry I have a mat between the trays and the rest of the house, so any caught on their paws wipes off as they walk on the mat.
It also keeps the smell down to nothing and is very economical.