My maid will return most of the Fancy Feast to Target for me and will get me an in-store credit. I’ll gradually ween him off the fancy stuff and try to get him to eat more healthy things like tuna that humans would eat

I worked at a pet store for a while a few years ago. Until then, my family’s cats had always eaten grocery store pet food, but those kind of foods aren’t very good and they contain corn (you want food with rice) and a lot of junk/meat byproducts.

After evaluating the foods and talking to a bunch of the company representatives that would visit the store, I definitely recommend Nutro Pet Food. It’s a little expensive, but your cat will eat a lot less since the food is more nutritious (and he’ll use the litter box a lot less since he’ll absorb more of the food). It’s really great food for many reasons and I’ve switched all cats and dogs within the family onto Nutro. Everyone loves the results so far.

You should also make sure that he eats mostly dry food (but wet food is still a great treat!). It’s better for their digestion and helps clean off their teeth. I talked to my pets’ vet and she said that poor quality wet food is even worse for their kidneys than poor quality dry food (she didn’t really say why, so I’m not too sure if this is true).

Sorry this entry is so long and coming out of the blue…please don’t think that I’m lecturing you on pet care…I only know all of this from working at a pet store. It’s a really common mistake and I’ve never understood why only the poor quality cat foods advertise on TV. Anyway, I love cats and people who love cats!

I’m Megan, by the way. I don’t update my journal very often (I’m a busy college student like you), but I’ll probably stop by again and say hello sometime.

OK, I just had to stop in the middle of your post to tell you that. If John eats too much fancy feast he runs a very good chance of getting tumors and dying. Something about lead dust in the food. My cat and a friends cat both died that way.