Zen Cat Low Grain

Kitten, without hesitation. It covers from weaning to 12 months and also pregnant or nursing females, whose energy needs soar.

If you neuter before one year, ask your vet whether to bring forward the switch to the neutered formula.

You have two options depending on their stomach:

• Sterilized Chicken — the standard option. 37% protein and only 11% fat to keep muscle while controlling weight.
• Sensitive Salmon — if they vomit often, have loose stools or irritated skin. It swaps chicken for salmon, to which most cats have had less exposure.

Adult Chicken. It keeps the calories an unneutered cat needs, with 74% real chicken, fibre and prebiotics.

As soon as they are neutered it is worth moving to the specific formula: energy use drops by 20 to 30% and appetite rises, a combination that leads quickly to excess weight.

They are different species with different needs. The feline range is Low Grain: it uses brown rice, rather more digestible than white rice, and contains corn in its composition.

What it does share with the dog range is the underlying criterion: animal protein as the base, 88% in every recipe, and no fillers that add nothing.

No, and it is not a matter of preference. The cat is an obligate carnivore and needs taurine in the diet because it cannot synthesise enough. Dog food does not have it added at the levels a cat requires.

A prolonged deficiency causes heart and retinal problems, some irreversible.