Pretty Bird Natural Gold Ferret vs. 9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food

Pretty Bird has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.) Pretty Bird has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing. Pretty Bird has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches. Both foods are pea-free. Pretty Bird contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma. 9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.

Pretty Bird Natural Gold Ferret

Pretty Bird has a better protein to fat ratio. 9 Lives's ratio of 3.11 to 1 is too high (not fatty enough). (The ideal ratio is 2 to 1.)
Pretty Bird has fewer ingredients, which is usually a good thing.
Pretty Bird has a slightly lower concentration of fruits, veggies, grains, and starches.
9 Lives contains controversial ingredients.

Legend

First 10 ingredients:

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

9 Lives Indoor Complete Dry Cat Food

Pretty Bird contains sugars, which have been linked to insulinoma.

First 10 ingredients:

whole ground corn chicken by-product meal soybean meal meat and bone meal beef fat corn gluten meal whole wheat natural flavor soybean hulls salmon meal