9 lives can cat food

[kaffe]

i have been transitioning my two cats to raw since April.  The kibble addict now eats raw by itself - sometimes.  The older cat wants some commercial cat food mixed in with the raw.  I have used a variety of unrecalled canned cat food (Natura, Evangers, Merrick, Felidae, Solid Gold).  I ran out of these high-end stuff yesterday and had to use an old can fo 9-lives Flaked Tuna (best by 11/08), which I used to give to a neighbor's cat who liked only this food.  I mixed a little bit of this with the raw and my cat ate it up with gusto.  My question is, should I expect trouble?  Is there anyone here that has fed or is feeding some 9-Lives to their kitty?  I guess I want to find out before I give my cat anymore. 
So far, my cat is behaving like his normal active self. 

[mel_t]

It should be fine.  I haven't heard of any 9 lives being involved in the recall. 

you should be gradually reducing the amount of canned you mix in until he is eating all raw - is that what you're doing?  I had to do that with one of my cats - it took about 6 weeks to transition him.  at first, I also had to mix a touch of canned into each new batch of raw too, but now they'll eat anything raw I put down. So rest assured, it can be done...just takes patience and persistence!

[kaffe]

Mel_t

Thanks!  Yes, I am using a tad of commercial wet cat food as "bribe" to get my older cat eating the raw.  Its funny how HE is the one proving to be difficult, since he is the one I knwo who'd eat practically anything I offer him.  The younger one was the kibble addict and I fully expected trouble from him.  But NO - he is eating his raw chicken-hearts-liver-gizzard mix just fine.  It happened quite by accident.  I bought Felidae Platinum dry kibble for them some weeks ago.  The kibble addict was not too pleased with it.  So, at feeding time, I present him with two bowls: 1 with Felidae kibble and the other with raw food.  He'd eat a little kibble then move to the second bowl and eat ALL the raw.
The older cat will sometimes eat his raw if I pretend it is a treat and offer it from my hand.  But by itself in a bowl?  He'll only eat it if it is mixed with commercial wet food. 
And yes... I am slowly decreasing the amount of commercial as I am "fine-tuning" my raw food preparation skills. 

But  tell you... the changes I see already in both cats!  More energy (especially the young one); better appetites; soft, shiny coats; lithe movements; bright alert eyes. 

But thank you for the reassurance about 9-Lives - eckkk - nasty stuff.