You are looking for the best cat food, maybe because you have a new kitten and you want to give her the best. Or maybe it’s because she seems to have had a lot of illnesses with her previous cats and now she’s wondering if diet might be partly to blame.

Well, let me tell you that categorically, without a shadow of a doubt, diet is very important to the health of anyone, including your cat.

Providing the best cat food will be the most important step in keeping your cat as healthy as possible.

So what is it?

Cats have spent a long time evolving to their current state. Many millions of years, in fact. Many tens of millions of years.

During that time, they have adapted perfectly to the foods that are available to them on a regular basis.

What gives us the idea that we as a species can improve on that?

Although advertising, with its attractive images and beautiful words, may tell us that ‘science’ has improved the diet of cats, you can be sure that this is not the case. Advertising remains just that: pretty pictures and pretty words, aimed at improving the health of the manufacturer’s bank balance rather than the health of your cat.

So back to the previous question: what is the best cat food?

There is no question that the best cat food is one that resembles a feral cat’s diet so much that it is nearly identical.

Okay, I’m not asking you to go hunting for mice; your cat can do better than you.

Let’s look at the diet of a wild cat. Cats kill their prey and eat all of it immediately. They are not opportunistic eaters, like dogs, which are happy to eat carrion. So what does this tell us about the qualities of food?

• must be raw
• must be cool
• must contain bones
• must include organ meat
• must be varied

That’s a pretty daunting list for someone new to the idea of ​​not opening a box or can for their cat’s dinner.

And there is a bit of learning to apply those principles.

But it’s really easy, once you know the basics and how to apply them.

Your cat will think he has died and gone to heaven.