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New cat owner: Is Purina Cat Chow healthy? Tips for two cats?

Updated on September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | neutered | 9 lbs

Hi! i am a new cat owner i can adopting a girl and guy cat that have lived together for years but not related just bffs! there names are Bear and Ellie i am adopting them on Saturday the 14 of september 2019 and i asked them witch food brand they use and they told me -Purina Cat Chow Hairball, Healthy weight, indoor Dry Cat Food ,Indoor.- is that a healthy brand it has good reviews i just wanna make sure it is healthy also any tips for first time owning more than 1 cat? -Thanks for the advice!

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Most Helpful Answer

Answered By Dr. Elizabeth

Veterinarian

Published on September 10th, 2019

This food a good food (there are better options however). Purina's top product line is ProPlan. It will contain higher quality and easier to digest proteins and other nutrients but you can continue feeding the cat chow if you like. For now however, you will want to continue this diet and start the cats on any new diet after they are transited to your home.
Having two cats is generally pretty easy as long as they get along. Make sure each cat gets attention and play time. You may also provide two litter boxes (or even three) to make sure the cats don't feel that it gets soiled too quickly. Most cats are fine sharing a water and food bowl as long as they don't have dominance or competition between them. If they do seem to have some problems, you will need to have two separate feeding and water areas. It would also be useful to read up on cat behavior so that you can interpret what the cats are saying to each other.
I hope this helps and please feel free to post any additional questions.

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