Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken vs. Pretty Bird Natural Gold Ferret

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Pretty Bird's ratio of 2.27 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Pretty Bird has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Pretty Bird has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Pretty Bird is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 5th ingredient. Pretty Bird contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

Nature's Variety Instinct Original Grain-Free Chicken

Nature's Variety has a better protein to fat ratio. Pretty Bird's ratio of 2.27 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Pretty Bird contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

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First 10 ingredients:

chicken chicken meal turkey meal menhaden fish meal peas chicken fat tapioca natural flavor dried tomato pomace montmorillonite clay

Pretty Bird Natural Gold Ferret

Pretty Bird has slightly fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Pretty Bird has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
Pretty Bird is 100% pea-free; Nature's Variety has peas as its 5th ingredient.

First 10 ingredients:

hydrolyzed pork chicken meal poultry fat potato starch powdered chicken l-lysine tomato pomace dl methionine cellulose potassium citrate