Dry Cat Food

What is the nicest high protein/low carb dry cat food out there? I feed my kitties dry and canned throughout the day and really need to ditch the Purina Naturals because it just seems to be raising my boy's sugar way too high. I know all canned is best, but would like to keep with both.

 

People here who feed dry often give Dr. Elsey's Clean Protein kibble. I think it's about 4 - 5% carbs as fed.
https://www.chewy.com/dr-elseys-cleanprotein-chicken/dp/146270

 

I use Dr. Elsey's and Young Again Zero Mature, which has < 1% carbs: https://www.youngagainpetfood.com/zero-mature-health.html

Hogan definitely likes the Dr. Elsey's the best, probably because it has slightly more carbs.

 

I've never tried it but some people find that Young Again brings on gastro-intestinal distress.

Dr Elsey's dry food is also available directly from their web site.

 

I vote for Dr Elsey's.

 

I'm an absolute believer in Dr. Elsey's Clean Protein Chicken is 4% carbs. All three of my cats love it. I test often and it doesn't raise my sugar-boy's blood glucose any more than his canned low carb food does. As soon as I switched him from Glycobalance to Dr. Elsey's, his numbers started to come down and we're almost in remission now.

 

I couldn't find Elsey's at any of the pet stores so I bought a bag of Instinct Ultimate Protein. Crude protein is 47%, not a lot of fillers and it's grain free. How do you know the carbs content?

Edit: Ugh, apparently it's 12% carbs. Better than the 33% in the food I'm feeding him now though!

 

You can order Dr. Elsey's from that Chewy.com link I gave you in post #2.

 

I needed something today. I just started home testing and the food I'm feeding my cat was raising his BG crazy amounts. His reading was in the 300s 5 hrs post-shot (4 units) with canned food and in the 500s 5 hrs post-shot (4 units) with the dry food. I'm going to start switching over immediately.

 

What you got is probably as good as you could've done at the store. Dr Elsey's you'll need to buy online, at their site or chewy.com. In any event, see if you can start tilting the balance more towards wet food.

 

Be sure to test frequently as you change to lower-carb food. It may make an even bigger difference than you've seen so far. Have your hypo kit ready: http://www.felinediabetes.com/FDMB/threads/how-to-treat-hypos-they-can-kill-print-this-out.15887/

Felix gets Dr. Elsey's as his test-time snack, and he likes it--although I don't think he's ever met a kibble he didn't like.

 

I'm currently testing about 3 times a day.

 

If you buy the Dr. Elsey's dry, be sure you order the chicken and not the salmon. I was looking at the carb numbers on their website and the chicken checks in below 5% while the salmon is a tad under 10%. The salmon is better than most dry you buy from the store but the chicken is even better.

 

Plot twist: they don't like the new expensive food! Ugh! Max spits it right back out. There isn't a lot of smell to it so I'm guessing there's not much flavor. I was wondering why the brand made "food toppers" -- little treat-like things to go on top of the food. Because cats won't eat it otherwise!

 

Take it back! Maybe they would like Dr Elseys' Chicken.

 

I don't believe it's eligible for return. I could try ordering some of Dr. Elsey's. Or I could try topping it with the turkey I have in my freezer. I cooked and froze a whole plain turkey and have like 8 bags of it left, haha.