He eats Fancy Feast right now, but I want to change to a good quality healthy food for him. When I first got him I bought a few cans of Merricks and he devoured it, so I may start him on that.
Any suggestions? Thx. 
I forgot to mention cat treats too, like Zuke’s Natural Purrz.
the healthiest food for cats is one that does NOT HAVE as one of the first three ingredients: corn or any ‘by-products. the protein in plants, such as corn,is not the kind of protein that cats’ bodies were meant to have.
so your best option is to google: cat nutrition, and or go to ‘about.com’ and in that website, go to the ‘cats’ forum. they’re very helpful, and frequently give lists of the healthiest canned, and dry, cat foods.
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Whiskas has been the main brand we’ve used for all the cats we’ve had. If he’s been a really good boy, give him Dine. That’s for cats who think they’re royal.
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the healthiest food for cats is one that does NOT HAVE as one of the first three ingredients: corn or any ‘by-products. the protein in plants, such as corn,is not the kind of protein that cats’ bodies were meant to have.
so your best option is to google: cat nutrition, and or go to ‘about.com’ and in that website, go to the ‘cats’ forum. they’re very helpful, and frequently give lists of the healthiest canned, and dry, cat foods.
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about.com : cats forum
I would NOT recommend Whiskas or Dine, or any other cat food that is sold at the supermarket/grocery store.
The current view on what constitutes the healthiest cat diet is a raw food diet, or high quality canned food.
For some great advice on making raw diet for your cat (its cheap, and if you make it in bulk and freeze it, it is convenient), and for choosing good canned food if you can’t feed raw check out this link : http://www.catinfo.org/
Whilst current research tends to show that raw/canned food is best, many people’s lifestyle dictates that a pure raw/canned diet isn’t possible.
In my opinion, for those whose schedule prohibits a pure raw/canned diet, it is fine in these cases to provide raw/canned food at breakfast before leaving for work, and for dinner in the evening. Provide dry food for the remainder of the day.
As far as dry foods go, I’d say Innova EVO is the best. Its a fantastic food, but being a dry food, it doesn’t contain the moisture that is intrinsic to all wet foods. I know people who feed only Innova EVO (no wet or canned food) and their cats are in fantastic condition.
Another excellent dry food is called "Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover’s Soul".
Hope that helps.
EDIT : Just saw your additional question regarding treats.
Treats are just that – treats – provided you use treats sparingly, buy the treats your cat loves and don’t worry too much about their nutritional content, they don’t form a significant amount of the cat’s diet. If you are feeding a healthy diet, your cat can afford to have ‘junk food’ treats, just like people!
As far as some favourite treats go, here are a few I’d recommend : Greenies, a little canned tuna (canned in water, not oil), dried chicken flakes, Whiskas temptations, dried tuna flakes. Some cats love little cubes of cheese, or a tiny bit of yoghurt on a spoon (milk isn’t good for cats, but cheese and yoghurt are fine in moderation).
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Well, there is nothing wrong with Merrick canned food, so you can just stick with that if you and your cat are happy with it. I would just recommend that you buy the poultry varieties. For dry food, I highly recommend that you choose a food that is grain-free. EVO is easily the most popular. It has also been around the longest, it’s the lowest in carbohydrates, it’s palatable, and it’s actually cheaper than much of the competition.
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catiators has no idea what she is talking about.
Her claim that dry food is inherently "at least half carbohydrates, grains or potatoes" is completely false. There are many grain-free, low carbohydrate dry foods. EVO is only 7% carbs. Those of us who completed third grade math know that 7% is much less than 50%. Merrick uses meat and vegetables as ingredients, while Fancy Feast uses unnamed animal by-products, wheat gluten, corn starch, and soy protein. You’ll have to employ common sense to determine which is healthier for your cat.
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My suggestion to you is not to try so many different can food on your cat. It will spoil him and make him choosy. Seriously, i can say that wet food is not really healthy for your cat. It can spoil your cat’s teeth and he is more likely to get foul breath. I think dry food might be a better choice as it is more nutritious and it is good for the teeth too. But sometimes difference people advocate a mixture of the 2. My cat only eats fresh fish so i do not have a worry for the can food. As for the dry food, i am feeding my cats Royal Canin Indoor 27. I have a cat that has allergic airways and, miraculously, by feeding her royal canin dry food, her condition got better and seldom have allergic attacks. Maybe you can try royal canin dry food.
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