Features of wet food for cats and cats Felix
Many pet cat owners sooner or later come to the conclusion that it is much easier and more convenient to feed their pets with industrial food. You no longer need to waste time cooking, thinking over the menu. The only thing left is to choose good food. And here many pay attention to the advertised products. One of these is Felix wet food. It is worth figuring out what caused such a popularity of food.
general description
Felix wet food for cats is produced by the Purina brand, the assortment of which includes products of various classes. This food belongs to the economy segment, which means that its composition will definitely raise questions from experienced cat owners. So, good food must be balanced. Proper nutrition has a large proportion of meat or fish components, because cats are predatory animals by nature.
Felix contains meat and processed products. But the amount is very small - about 4%. And here, too, confusion may arise, since the manufacturer does not say exactly what kind of processed products, what is their total amount. Only the percentage of the individual ingredients is indicated. In addition, it contains vegetable protein. Again, to understand what this means, one has to speculate. And also the food contains vitamins and useful elements. There are vitamins A, D, E, iron, taurine, iodine, copper, manganese and zinc.
The impression is spoiled by the presence of dyes and sugars in the composition. The origin of the dyes is known only to the manufacturer.
Let's see what are the benefits of Felix wet cat food:
- low prices that can satisfy any customer;
- the ability to buy food at any store;
- the presence of a large assortment with a variety of tastes.
The disadvantages are as follows:
- unbalanced composition;
- incomplete information on ingredients;
- presence of extraneous additives;
- lack of food for animals with special needs;
- the presence of substances that can induce addiction in cats to this type of food.
Variety of assortment
Felix has a wide selection of liquid food for cats and cats. Consider the main lines of the brand.
Sensations
There are 8 different flavors to choose from here.
- In sauce, duck with carrots. The chunks in the appetizing sauce are very attractive for the tailed beasts. From meat, there is duck, as well as fish, vegetable protein, 4% carrots. Omega-3 acts as a useful substance, but its only 0.4%.
- In jelly, salmon and cod... There are about 17% of processed meat products and meat itself. The composition contains salmon and cod, as the name suggests. Protein - 13%, fat - 3%, crude ash - 2.2%.
- With sauce, turkey and bacon... The meat is represented by 4% of turkey, there are fish processed products. Proteins make up 13.2%, fats 3.2%. The amount of Omega-6 is 0.4%.
- In jelly, duck with spinach. One of the most popular flavors. The meat is duck, about 4%, but there are other offal. Vegetables - 4% spinach.
- In jelly, chicken and carrots. Pieces in tender jelly are very popular with fluffy pets. Chicken occupies 4%, the same amount is allocated to carrots. The food contains useful vitamins and minerals.
- In sauce, cod with tomatoes... An unusual taste that can interest an animal. The composition contains 4% cod and tomatoes, the share of protein is 13.2%, fat is 3.2%.
- In sauce, beef and tomatoes... This feed contains fish and fish waste and 4% beef and tomato each. The pieces are enveloped in a sweet sauce that cats happily eat.
- In jelly, beef with tomatoes... The composition will be the same as for the feed in the sauce. The only difference is jelly.
Each package weighs 85 grams. Spiders cost about 29 rubles on the official website. The animal will need about 3-4 packages per day, depending on the weight.
"Appetizing slices"
This is the most common Felix line. There are as many as 11 different products here. All the pieces are in jelly, there are no sauces. The composition is approximately the same, as is the percentage of proteins, fats, ash, fiber. The tastes are as follows:
- chicken (there are pouches with chicken for adults and for kittens);
- rabbit;
- lamb;
- trout with green beans;
- beef;
- chicken and tomatoes;
- Turkey;
- salmon.
And also the company has a share. If you buy packets of food with rabbit, beef, salmon and chicken flavors, you can get a "Double Yummy with Chicken and Lamb" spider as a gift.
"Double yummy"
The line is represented by 4 main flavors:
- salmon and trout;
- beef and poultry;
- lamb and chicken;
- turkey and liver.
All feeds contain 4% of the ingredients indicated in the name. Protein - 11.5%, fats - 2.5%. The rest of the composition of vitamins and minerals is completely identical.
"The nature of taste"
There are three products in this series, similar in composition and differing only in taste and main ingredient:
- with beef;
- with Chiken;
- with salmon.
The products contain 6.5% protein, 3% fat, 2% crude ash.
"Soup"
This line produces pouches of 48 grams. The moisture content of the feed is 87.5%, protein is 7.5%, fat is 1.5%. There are three flavors in the assortment: with chicken, cod, beef.
Review overview
Both veterinarians and owners of fluffy pets leave reviews of Felix food. The former do not respond well to the feed. Thus, most veterinarians argue that the percentage of meat is too small to fully cover the animal's needs for this product. In addition, foreign additives, dyes, flavor enhancers, which will definitely not bring any benefit, also raise questions from doctors. Felix can only be fed to young and completely healthy cats with strong immunity. Customer feedback is different. Some consumers see nothing wrong with feeding cats with Felix. But they also know that wet food is not enough. Most of the food should be dry, balanced food.
Buyers note that the food did not cause allergies in their cats, there were no stool disturbances or dulling of the coat. Animals are active and playful, as befits cats. Complaints are caused by the fact that not everyone can understand the composition and understand what the true percentage of a particular ingredient is. Many owners point out that there is nothing useful in wet spiders. Some cats did not like the food at all and refused to eat it. Others, on the other hand, overeat, because the composition contains flavor enhancers and extraneous additives that stimulate appetite. Still others lick only the sauce or jelly, and the pieces remain to dry in the bowl.
Expert advice
To summarize, the following recommendations for feeding animals with Felix nutrition can be made:
- the daily feed content should not exceed 30%, dry food is a must, and it is better if it is at least middle class;
- Felix products must not be given to kittens, pregnant and lactating cats, as well as animals that are prone to allergies, digestive disorders or are rehabilitating after diseases and operations;
- do not feed these products to cats that are overweight, since food is highly addictive, the cat will demand more and more, annoying the owners, and may begin to deteriorate.
If you do decide to use Felix as an additional food for your pet, here is one more advice from experienced veterinarians.
Even if everything is in order, take the cat to the clinic in a month, donate blood and urine. Thus, you can understand how the food affects the pet, whether it is harmful to him.