It’s really hard to work out what food is good. The high protein grain free ‘paleo’ ones are decent though, as the carbs from grain fillers can mean cats get hungry again fast (like us with Chinese food) and it makes them chunky.

It’s expensive especially on such a low income but I always make sure there’s enough money budgeted to keep Melbcat on Taste Of The Wild for her allergies, and lucked into a fairly decent homebrand wet food she can eat.

Edit: Here’s the Taste Of The Wild which the vet agreed is pretty good. I get the non chicken one.

More wet food is great idea as it hydrates and keeps them fuller and more nourished. I give Melbcat the Smitten tuna mince wet food which is AAFCO certified but I can’t find the nutritional info.

Note - Feeding her such high protein food is bad for her kidney disease/CKD but she’s allergic to the prescription foods and refuses other low phosphorus options so I just feed what she can eat. Feeding her so much fish (almost exclusively) is also not good but I am doing the best I can in the circumstances.

Edit: I use https://www.petfoodreviews.com.au/ to check options out but unfortunately it only seems to review dry foods