Friskies Cat Food: The Best for My Cats, Especially Now

"Friskies" has always been a favorite with my cats. Over at Yahoo in one of the cat chats, pet owners are understandably frantic over the massive pet food recall initiated by Menu Foods in March (2007) and followed in early April by an extensive Purina Brands recall. Is Friskies canned cat food on the recall list? I did discover it is manufactured by Nestle Purina Pet Care Co., but, nope, I'm happy to report, Friskies is not on a recall list.

As a lifetime cat-companion (to claim cat ownership is novice-speak), I credit myself with nearly fifty years of cat maintenance, top to bottom, as it were. And when it comes to food, I've always headed straight for the Friskies aisle. Both dry food and wet. It doesn't surprise me that Friskies is not on the recall list, but I'm relieved, to be sure.

From my first childhood cat, Blackie, who hopped around with casts on both hind legs, (a bit of bad driving by Mom), to Huckle, the calico who grew with my kids and lived to be 18 human years, to my current duo of fur-shedding furniture-shredders (say that ten times), I've never had a cat who walked away from Friskies. For cats, the traditional picky-eaters, that's saying something.

Kroger grocery chain (also Fry's out west) runs a seemingly open-ended "sale" on Friskies® canned food in nearly all varieties. My cats recommend Ocean Whitefish and Tuna prepared as a loaf, although shredded salmon is always a nice change of pace. At $.29 per can and sometimes 4/$1.00,there's a significant value-added feature to the name-brand Friskies® product.

Proceeding cautiously through a puzzling time of pet food recalls, as the list grows longer than Santa's, I tried to feed my cats table scraps (no thanks!) and then I offered a store-brand tuna meant for humans. Yet even the tuna was shunned like an iPod in Amish Acres.

I wouldn't neglect my cats' need for fiber, certainly, and Friskies is again the go-to brand. Specifically, Friskies Dry Ocean Whitefish Flavor is a must in our home.

The Pet Food Industry has done well owning up to the recent disturbing news regarding poisonous wheat gluten.