Question on switching food from very low quality

[BxrMommieNAZ]

The first ingredient is chicken meal so should the first 2 or 3 ingredients be meat based?

Not necessarily many foods only have 1 protein source. It's about NOT having corn, corn gluten meal or anything else that says corn, wheat, by products, BHA, BHT, soy, additives, animal digest, or too grain heavy (ie out of 5 ingredients 4 are grains, plus the crummy grains such as rice bran.

 

[Murf]

Not necessarily many foods only have 1 protein source. It's about NOT having corn, corn gluten meal or anything else that says corn, wheat, by products, BHA, BHT, soy, additives, animal digest, or too grain heavy (ie out of 5 ingredients 4 are grains, plus the crummy grains such as rice bran.

So if I was to switch him slowly introducing the new food would be my best bet?

 

[BxrMommieNAZ]

So if I was to switch him slowly introducing the new food would be my best bet?

Yes. Switch over via 7-10 days or so, by adding more and more of the new stuff. Keep it at a constant level for 24-48 hours and see how he does, after 10 days you can be 100% on the new stuff and as long as the new food agrees with him he should be fine.

 

[Murf]

Yes. Switch over via 7-10 days or so, by adding more and more of the new stuff. Keep it at a constant level for 24-48 hours and see how he does, after 10 days you can be 100% on the new stuff and as long as the new food agrees with him he should be fine.

Thanks very much for your input its much appreciated!!

 

[Emmasfam]

i'm curious what the expensive food the other litter mates ate? probably science diet or the like. More expensive than dog chow, yet still low quality...(maybe even worse). If your hsband balks at the cost. We switched from Iams to Castor +pollux (which is 4 star on DFA website) and end up spending less per month due to feeding less per day. Emma is healthy, and her coat look great. I didn't think it looked bad before, until i saw the new her.