Industrial power supplies have been heavily criticized in recent years but they are very practical and above all complete. In the composition of the kibble, all the nutrients are carefully calculated so that your pet has everything it needs on a daily basis. Do cats eat humus or kibble? The cat's eating behavior is to eat small whole prey all day long. Normally, cats hydrate very little because they hydrate with the fluids of the prey they eat. For our cats, therefore, in principle, a wet diet is more appropriate, except that our dear friends do not always agree. The most important point is that your cat eats, so if your cat only wants to eat kibble and refuses all wet food, don't starve it. A good water bowl or water fountains (cats like flowing water). How to choose your kibble. The trickiest question here because with the large choice of kibble it is difficult to choose and know which is the best kibble for your pet. A good diet for your animal is a diet that it likes, that you like, with which your animal does not have gastrointestinal problems (flatulence, diarrhea or loose stools, or health problems) and which also respects your budget. The steps for choosing your kibble: Age: A puppy does not have the same needs as an adult, a senior animal must have a suitable diet to avoid gaining weight. The category: respect the physiological state of your animal; That is to say growing, adult, sterilized or even sporty. Breed: Particularly in puppies, a Yorkie and a Great Dane do not have the same growth (therefore the same needs) and the size of the kibble is adapted to their mouth. Taste: Animals also have taste buds and preferences. Once you have gathered all the information you can choose the brand. But when you arrive at the store you are lost in front of so many choices. The choice of brand What do you think of natural kibble? A natural substance is a substance which has not undergone any modification since nature, except the kibbles come from industrial manufacturing with an extruder and a mixture of several substances (Source of proteins, starch, vitamin supplement etc.). ) Ethically the natural appellation cannot therefore be applied to kibbles, it is a marketing argument. What to think about a grain-free diet? Dogs and cats have been consuming cereals since the development of agriculture, therefore for around 10,000 years. The first kibbles appeared during the 1970s and contained cereals. For several years, the grain-free phenomenon has been widely discussed as a much better diet for our companions without any proof of this. Grain-free means hypo-allergenic? No, hypo-allergenic foods are very special diets, formulated by specialized veterinarians and subject to prescription. Online you will find a lot of information incriminating cereals in many pathologies, in particular allergies without established scientific proof. The main allergens in dogs are: Beef (34%), dairy products (17%), chicken (15%), lamb (14.5%) and wheat (13%). In cats: beef (18%), fish (17%), chicken (5%), wheat, corn and dairy products (4%), lamb (3%) (Mueller, Olivry , and Prélaud 2016). As you can see, protein sources are much more allergenic than cereals. The brands to avoid are those that make too many promises, reduce the number of veterinary consultations, hypo-allergenic (without scientific studies to prove it), improve your hair, etc. Our recommendations: a food manufactured by a reputable company and well-known for a long time and containing classic ingredients (chicken, beef, rice, corn, wheat) without the addition of strange substances (blueberries, chlorophyll, liquorice, etc.) The important thing is to find the food that will suit your animal, and a brand may very well suit him without suiting his roommate because each metabolism is different.