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I posted on here, not too long ago about "Senior and Special Diet Foods". As per the suggestions, I have decided to give Nutro Complete Care a try. The problem is an over weight senior cat with problems pooping and a 3 year old cat in good weight. I need to find a dry food that they can share that won't make the young cat gain weight and will help the older cat lose weight. I saw in the Petco ad that the Nutro food was on sale, but they also have the complete care in a Weight Management formula, would this be effective for both my cats? I tried a hairball formula to help with the older cat's bathroom troubles, but that didn't work out and both cats actually started to eat a LOT less dry food b/c they didn't like it,even mixed in with their old brand of dry food. Someone suggested Nutro Complete Care b/c they used it to treat hairballs in their cat and it worked better than hairball formulas.

I have never used Nutro here so am not familar with it. Ok guys, hop up here and help her out. I have kitten food for kittens, Science Senior for the older ones, Iams for a couple who like it and the rest adore their Friskies. And everyone kinda nibbles on everything and that seems to work here.
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PHWildCat
Cat Board Monitor and Chat Host
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A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

I was in the store yesterday and found an Iams dry food that is "weight management" with "hairball care". Sounds like it should work out for both of them. It's not a LIGHT food that will make cats lost weight, I don't think. Just, when fed the correct amount, will help your cat maintain a healthy weight (?) Does that sound right?

I have two 12 year old males. My vet had me switch them to Senior food when they were about 9 because they started putting some weight on. When I switched to Senior, the extra pound or two came off and they have maintained the same weight since they were 2 years old.

I decided to go with Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care for Seniors. It is a comprehensive formula with the right nutritional readings based on the research I did. It does have a hairball formula mixed in, but I have a cat more prone to hairballs. So, I mix 2/3 Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care for Seniors with 1/3 Science Diet Hairball Formula for Seniors and that works for me.

I feed dry only, no wet. I free feed.

As your cat is senior and overweight, recommend you discuss nutritional changes with your vet on your next visit. Mine had me switch to high quality Senior when my two put on a couple pounds around age 9...
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Tammy
Stanley and Pookey

I am a big fan of Nutro. I did a lot of research on cat foods recently. Wellness, Nutro and one other (can't remember name it was one i never heard of before) all test better then Iams or Science Diet. Nutro and the others had less ash and no by products. Your best bet would be to talk to a vet. Or just test and see how it works.

Good luck,
jaime