Geff, my thoughts and prayers are there with you.  I am so , so sorry for your very great loss. 

Sherrylynne - my heart goes out to you.  It is absolutey heart-wrenching when faced with making this decision. Only you and your husband know your beloved pet, and though it's one of lifes hardest, it is one made with great thought,love and respect.  I wish you all peace and comfort.  Bella

sherrylynne-i'm so sorry to hear about your kitty mr. stubbs problems and/or illness.  is it possible/feasible to you have your vet make a house call to eliminate most of the stress?  my vet comes to my home now and it's made a world of difference.  i'm sure somethings have to be done in the office-but  it may be worth asking to save the poor guy added trauma.  well wishes- bella

I ag ree!  I was kind of lucky in her transition.  I started mixing a little wet with her kibble, and eventually there was less and less kibble, till none!  But we all know how very stubborn  our furry feline friends can be!  Mine was willing-eventually!

thanks for asking!  she is doing great-  still eating instinctive choice wet food and doing very well on it.  She's losing weight at a safe rate, which i'm really pleased with.  When she previously ate dry food- she'd practically inhale it!  Always acted  starved!  I had water glasses all over the house for her.  Now that she's getting most 'of her moisture from her food, she hardly ever takes a drink from her waterbowl.  She never acts "starved" anymore. She gets several very small meals in the am, and again at night. (between 5-6 ounces per day)  She's a very happy girl!

Thanks all!  I really appreciate all the useful information. I also tried raw, a couple of different times and brands, with no luck. Now that she's at least eating wet, after some time I'll try to transition to raw again. Glad there's a place to get help/advise from other concerned "parents"!  Have a great day!

Thankyou both for your insight.  I too used Wellness, but she didn't like it so much.(though she LOVED the wellness dry and it's Core brand!).  Happy to say she's no longer a dry carboholic, and she is losing a little weight.  I think i'll continue to use the instinctive choice unless i find any thing negative.  It's very low carb and i like that. Also, not to much fish which i also like. First ingredient is organic chicken, but no where can i find where these meats are from.  Maybe i over analyze???  We all want what's best for our pets, and the pet food industry makes it diffuclt at best! Generalization , but still...

thanks for the input.  several sources have me thinking it's not a great idea to feed cats fruits and veggie's due to there high carb/sugar content.  (Elizabeth M. Hodgkins,D.V.M.,Esq., two local holistics vets, as well as a seminar on feline nutrition. )  Seems like there's alot of conflicting opinions out there; I'm sure small amount isn't as bad as so many other things in cat food.  Just trying to give her the best i can.  Grew up with an outdoor cat who ate grocery store wet and lived to be 20.  You never know!

After lots of research, i thought i finally found a high quality canned food.  My cats been eating kibble for two years and been gaining weight due to high calorie count in high protien kibbles.(core,wellnes,wysong) Anyhow, i've been very concern about high carb/high weight/diabetes in her future so have tried to find a wet food without grains,and veggies.  She loves it!  It's intinctive choice and i just found out it's made by menu.  Now what?  Any idea's???