7/24 Willie AMBG 118/PMBG 113 Day 11 Merrick BG?!?!?

Yesterday's Condo

Furry purry boy this morning, with lots of pets as the bean worked at home today. The kitters are presently snuggled up together snoozing next to me on the sofa. All is well.

I've been ordering my cat food online for several months now, so I was quite shocked to go into my local Petco last night and learn that Merrick has discontinued the BG line. :shock: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: Not happy! I did go ahead and get a few cans of the replacement food. We'll see where his BG is tonight. I can order another case of the BG if needed, I'd just prefer to wait until our two subscribe/save cases come from Amazon next week. Will be checking expiration dates and may stock up on even more. The cats DEFINITELY liked the new stuff better, which just makes me suspicious..... What are other folks using as alternative low phosphorous/low carb options? We may have to go to egg whites for Willie instead.

Hope everyone's Wednesday is going great!

Re: 7/24 Willie AMBG 118, +2~110 OTJT Day 11 Merrick BG?!?!?

Hi Christie,
Check out Merrick's website: http://www.merrickpetcare.com/consu...5&categories=Cat-Classic-Recipes#Before-Grain
It doesn't seem that they have discontinued anything, but have added a new line (Purrfect Bistro). It may simply be the store that has decided not to keep the Before Grain line in stock.
Many of us like Weruva "Paw Lickin' Chicken"--low carbs, low fat, high protein, low phos. Dr. Lisa gives this formula a 196 for phos. Check out their website, which gives the "as fed" values of all their foods: http://www.weruva.com/cat-cuisine-paw-lickin-chicken.php

Willie is lookin' good!

Hugs and scritches,
Ella & Rusty

Re: 7/24 Willie AMBG 118, +2~110 OTJT Day 11 Merrick BG?!?!?

Willie is on trial day eleven,
way past day seven,
three more to go,
and then we can stow,
those meters and strips,
and do some back flips.


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Re: 7/24 Willie AMBG 118, +2~110 OTJT Day 11 Merrick BG?!?!?

I'm having to change over from Merrick, and I'm going to Weruva. I just bought a couple of cans today to see if they liked it....They did
Willie is looking great, Have a great night ;-)

Re: 7/24 Willie AMBG 118, +2~110 OTJT Day 11 Merrick BG?!?!?



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We struggle trying for both LC and Low Phos too. I've got a tab on Tess's SS w/ all the foods I found in Dr. Lisa's list. We feed Nature's Variety raw for at least half Tess's food. The Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Venison and Organic Chicken are all really good. I'vefound the best value is the chubs.
Try :

• Avoderm Chicken …9% carbs 196 mg phos/100kcal
  EVO 95% Chicken and Turkey …2% carbs 155 mg phos/100kcal
  Pinnacle Chicken & Oceanfish …5% carbs 175 mg phos/100kcal
  Wellness Core Beef, Venison & Lamb …95% carbs 171 mg phos/100kcal

Thanks for the input, ladies!! Ella, I didn't it had been discontinued either until I saw this

BG also used to have it's own website, but it has since been taken down. :cry: :cry: :cry:

The cats love, love LOVE the new stuff. We may be headed back to Evo once the BG is no longer available. They've been chowing down like nobody's business today... and even got some Blue Wilderness Duck too!

Okay, bedtime for the bean. good night all!!

Just found this post from Merrick on their Facebook page. Looks like BG is indeed discontinued:

Hi Rose, thanks for reaching out. As we roll out all our new Purrfect Bistro recipes, Before Grain Chicken #1 dry and Before Grain Salmon #2 dry will be available at independent pet specialty stores. All other Before Grain recipes will be replaced by Purrfect Bistro recipes. If you let us know which Merrick recipe your kitty currently enjoys, we can recommend which new Merrick Purrfect Bistro recipes will be right for them. All Purrfect Bistro recipes are 100% grain free, feature real protein as the No. 1 ingredient and come in a variety of tastes and textures that cats love. Here's a handy guide: http://www.merrickpetcare.com/products/ ... e-for-cat/

Aaargghh, there is nothing more frustrating than having to find new fuds. cat(2)_steam

Willie is looking spectacular - almost heaven, day eleven! :mrgreen: