Anyone Feed "Before Grain CAT"?

[ndolehan]

Or has fed Before Grain in the past.

We just switched to "Before Grain" food for cats. Rosco was previously fed TOTW but my pet store is still out of TOTW since the recall (unfortunately) so we had to buy something else and wanted to stick with grain-free.

We were able to do a gradual introduction but that was almost a month ago. Rosco doesn't seem like himself. He spent a week sleeping and being lazy/lethargic and he has stinkier poo - I attributed this to the food switch.

I thought by now he would be more adjusted (two/three weeks after the constant sleeping). However, he's still not as crazy as usual.

I was wondering what other's experience with this brand might be and if they've had a similar or more positive experience.

I'm wondering if this is food related lethargy (Before Grain has chicken for the protein my store doesn't sell the tuna or salmon variety and TOTW was Salmon/Venison), maybe he's just getting more "mature", or if this is something more serious and I should take him to the vet.

[marissa]

We switched around the recall issue and my girls don't like it as much. I have noticed a lot more sleeping and their coat isn't as shiny.

I pretty much agree with 100% of what you are saying. We are going to switch them back to TOTW with the next bag.

[ndolehan]

Jun 16, 2012 21:17:32 GMT -5 marissa said:

We switched around the recall issue and my girls don't like it as much. I have noticed a lot more sleeping and their coat isn't as shiny.

I pretty much agree with 100% of what you are saying. We are going to switch them back to TOTW with the next bag.

We're also going to switch back - I just don't 'like' it, hopefully my store will have TOTW back in stock soon. We only bought a small bag of Before Grain.

[marissa]

I am hoping so too. We went through a 3 pound bag and are part way done with a 5 pound bag.

[independencegirl74]

My kitties just get the wet food, and while Scamp will Hoover anything you put in front of her, Sammy will only dive into a couple of the flavors (chicken and salmon, I think). She takes serious bribing to get to eat her food if the other wet flavors are used.

That being said, they don't get the BG dry, so I can't weigh in the energy/lack of or lusterless fur issues you ladies have experienced. Hope your TOTW is back soon!

[mrs.jacinthe]

BG is one of our rotation-foods. They don't use as much fish-product as some other foods do, and since Cat has UTI problems, we have to watch that.

FWIW, my boys love it and seem to do just fine on it. I haven't noticed any major differences, even in poo smell.

[UMaineTeach]

We tried to do a switch from Wellness to BG for cost, but ended up going back to Wellness. The BG kibbles were too large and hard, our cat didn't like it. She would eat around the BG to get the Wellness when we mixed then come back and eat the BG.

[seventeen]

We have been feeding it for about 6 months. All 3 of my cats seem to like it just fine. We do TOTW wet.