Hi Sandra, your concerns about raw food are valid. Any raw product has the potential to contain food-borne pathogens, so it’s important to store and handle them with the same care you’d use for any raw food. To ensure safety, trustworthy raw pet food manufacturers engage in strict quality control measures and many test each batch before selling it. That said, the risks are still there so it’s up to the individual cat owner to decide what’s right for them and their cat. Thanks for your input!

I bought Dr. Marty’s freeze dried cat food after listening to his speech. My Gracie got diarrhea so I decided to do more research myself on freeze dried food and found this:
The Food and Drug Administration, the American Veterinary Medical Association, the ASPCA, and the American Animal Hospital Association all warn of raw food’s dangers. Listeria and Salmonella to name just two. It’s sad it is created and a miserable thing that it’s promoted promoted by cats.com, I trusted you, I don’t think I do now.

My breeder also uses Fresh is Best. She sent some bags with Lizzy when I got as a baby and I have kept her on it. Lizzy, my Ragdoll, will be two this July and she is doing great. I use Smalls for her wet food and FreshisBest for her freeze dried.

Hello!! Nice to meet you :))

I’m a newbie cat owner and only just recently adopted a 2 year old stray cat. She’s a playful little fluffball that. However, it’s been 2 months now, but I’m still new to all this and how to keep my kitty healthy. I was hoping i could ask you for advice.

During the first month of adopting Ebi, my cat, I fed her Aatas tuna that she’s been eating since kitten (Fed by a neighbourhood cat uncle). But i decided to stop feeding her that when she kept begging for more food despite increased portions and gaining a slight belly, i assume it’s due to the high water content – leaving her unsatisfied. Not to mention the salt content.

So I tried transitioning her to organic food [Bom Bom] but that’s not working out either, she hates the food and has been eating way too little to be healthy. She does not drink water regularly either, so her stool is hard.

Now upon digging deeper, i came across freeze-dried meals for cats and your insightful articles. I’d like to avoid dry food at all cause because she already drinks little and i heard it increases chances of kidney failure.

While i recently decided to get some Stella and Chewy’s samples due to the positive remarks I’ve seen so far, I’m still extremely confused on what to actually go with.

S&C only scored a B- here on AllAboutCats. Then there’s Northwest Naturals that only ranked B+, which is the highest I’ve read off so far on your articles. Feline naturals also had B+ but in the “Best Freeze-Dried list”, doesn’t seemed well-ranked while Northwest Natural seem to have no flaw other than accessibility (which i do seem to have). And while S&C scored lowest of the bunch as a stand alone, it took the top position within the “Best” ranking list.

I’ve been rambling on but with these confusions, I was hoping I could get your advice on the best thing I could feed my lil floof for daily meals and/or what might be your grade A+ freeze-dried brand (if any).

Thank you so much for reading and I hope you could spare some time to help this dumb lost child :’) I look forward to hearing from you!

Hi Helen, when trying to help your cat lose weight, how you feed her is a much bigger factor than what you feed her. The foods you’re giving her are both excellent for weight loss, so I would focus on calorie counting, frequent weigh-ins, and a generally very focused, controlled approach to her diet. This cat weight calculator may help you to determine how much Suki needs to eat each day to reach her target weight.

You might appreciate our article on the best kitten food!

Ok thank you very much.
(Sorry just saw this, again — I wish there was a way to get an alert for additional comments, but if there is I haven’t found it yet!)

Hi Abby! Sorry about the late reply—I meant to reply to you last week, but it seems this slipped. I was told by Dr. Marty Pets that phosphorus makes up 1.01% of each serving of Nature’s Feast, and the AAFCO requires a minimum 0.5% per serving. Of course, this doesn’t seem to be calculated on a dry matter basis, and unfortunately, I’m not sure if this calculation was based on adding a certain amount of water…this makes things a bit more complicated. If we assume that the 1.01% is based on the food prior to rehydration, it looks like the food is about 1.06% phosphorus on a dry matter basis. I’ve contacted Dr. Marty again in hopes of getting a dry matter value directly from the source. Hope this helps!