My breeder says Royal Canin is bad. What cat food is best for my cats?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Norwegian Forest Cat | Male | neutered | 3 years old | 19.84 lbs
Hi, I have three cats staying with me now. they are on royal canon. my fiancé is getting one more kitten. and the breeder told him that royal canon is not a wise choice. so the breeder suggest us to try concept for life. I would really like to know which brand is the best for our Norwegians and Scottish fold?
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Published on May 3rd, 2017
I personally really like Royal Canin. It's a high quality food that I feed to my own cats. In looking up concept for life, I see it's branded as a holistic food. I personally recommend staying away from things labeled "holistic" because there is no scientific proof that they work and you often pay a lot extra for something that has no true benefits. Please also keep in mind that breeders typically do not have any education in animal nutrition and therefore make recommendations based on anecdotal evidence. I say use the Royal Canin, it's a great food that many of my colleagues recommend using in cats.
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Published on April 11th, 2018
Hi, thanks for using PetCoach! I also like Royal Canin the best from what you listed. I do not recommend cooking for cats as they have very specific amino acid requirements and can become very sick if they do not receive a proper diet. The best thing for Noushmc is to be fed a well balanced commercial cat food. You can pay for a Vet to help develop a home cooked diet at this website: https://secure.balanceit.com/ I wish you and Noushmc the best!
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Published on May 3rd, 2017
I would recommend trusting your veterinarian over a breeder, whom has no formal training or education in nutrition. I personally had never heard of Concept for life food until now and after seeing that this food doesn't have the stamp of approval from AAFCO (The Association of American Feed Control Officials), I wouldn't feed it to my pets. This is the absolute standard that a pet food has to have for me to even remotely recommend it to any pet, because they set unbiased standards that each pet food has to have to get their stamp of approval. Royal Canin is a great food and can be trusted.
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