'Natural balance' catfood was a huge hit...

It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans
of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday
and 'seafood' today, and both were scarfed down in double quick time.
Judging by their reactions to it, it's Gourmet - they liked it even
better than the fresh turkey and ham they got on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day!

Has anyone used this canned food on a regular basis? They liked it so
much that I'm thinking of buying them more instead of their Science
Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and
more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly...

Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans
of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday
and 'seafood' today, and both were scarfed down in double quick time.
Judging by their reactions to it, it's Gourmet - they liked it even
better than the fresh turkey and ham they got on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day!

Has anyone used this canned food on a regular basis? They liked it so
much that I'm thinking of buying them more instead of their Science
Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and
more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly...

My cats didn't like it, but I think that's because of the texture. They
don't like any pate type catfood. Your kitties eat dry Science Diet,
right? Some canned food would probably be good for them. I feed both
dry & canned.

Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My.
Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for
them I'm not starting them on another habit--it's $1.19 a can. I doubt
it's healthy anyway--they liked it too much!

The chicken was the whitest, purest-looking, best smelling cat food
I've ever seen.

Sherry

On 27 Dec 2006 16:05:19 -0800, wrote:


Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans
of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday
and 'seafood' today, and both were scarfed down in double quick time.
Judging by their reactions to it, it's Gourmet - they liked it even
better than the fresh turkey and ham they got on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day!

Has anyone used this canned food on a regular basis? They liked it so
much that I'm thinking of buying them more instead of their Science
Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and
more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly...

My cats didn't like it, but I think that's because of the texture. They
don't like any pate type catfood. Your kitties eat dry Science Diet,
right? Some canned food would probably be good for them. I feed both
dry & canned.

Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My.
Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for
them I'm not starting them on another habit--it's $1.19 a can. I doubt
it's healthy anyway--they liked it too much!

The chicken was the whitest, purest-looking, best smelling cat food
I've ever seen.

The girls all refuse to eat canned food if it's in chunks - they much
prefer the pate ones (If you give them the stuff in gravy they lap up
the gravy and leave the chunks sitting in the bowl!) They have a
feeder full of science diet kibble to eat whenever they want, and they
get a small serve of canned food at dinner time. (funnily enough, when
they were younger we tried them on science diet canned food and they
refused to touch it - but once they saw Tessie scarfing it down they
decided that it must be edible after all, and now they all think it's
Good Stuff!) They usually get SD indoor or hairball control food but
they'll apparantly eat almost anything in a can as long as it's mushy.
:P

"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message
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On 27 Dec 2006 16:05:19 -0800, wrote:

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The girls all refuse to eat canned food if it's in chunks - they much
prefer the pate ones (If you give them the stuff in gravy they lap up
the gravy and leave the chunks sitting in the bowl!) They have a
feeder full of science diet kibble to eat whenever they want, and they
get a small serve of canned food at dinner time. (funnily enough, when
they were younger we tried them on science diet canned food and they
refused to touch it - but once they saw Tessie scarfing it down they
decided that it must be edible after all, and now they all think it's
Good Stuff!) They usually get SD indoor or hairball control food but
they'll apparantly eat almost anything in a can as long as it's mushy.
:P

All the girls get some meat, Cali gets 50% meat, Cleo gets 100% meat
(idiopathic cystitis) and Smokey gets some people meat on occasion, as she
tends to ralph up cat meat. Neither Cali or Smokey like the chunks
(grilled), they eat the gravy and leave the chunks. Cleo will pretty much
eat anything, except her expensive damned compounded pills. (Did they not
test this stuff on cats?)

The girls all loved the preformed Turkey Product (Butterball) though. Cali
was looking for seconds and Cleo was mooching at the table, which is
normally a Smokey trick.

My cat eats the Natural Balance venison and peas. It's a limited ingredient
food design for cats that have food allergies (which my cat apparently
does). He loves it. In fact, I feed it to my non-allergic cat too and he
loves it.

Sue

"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message
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It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans
of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday
and 'seafood' today, and both were scarfed down in double quick time.
Judging by their reactions to it, it's Gourmet - they liked it even
better than the fresh turkey and ham they got on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day!

Has anyone used this canned food on a regular basis? They liked it so
much that I'm thinking of buying them more instead of their Science
Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and
more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly...

wrote:
Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My.
Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for
them I'm not starting them on another habit--it's $1.19 a can. I doubt
it's healthy anyway--they liked it too much!

The chicken was the whitest, purest-looking, best smelling cat food
I've ever seen.

My niece told me that the chicken Sheba had actual bits of chicken in
it, so I decided to try if Miranda would eat it. I bought the cats one
tin each for Yule (at 1.30 euros a can!). I thought maybe I'd finally
found a cat food she would eat, instead of just fresh meat.

Haha! frustrated/hysterical laughter She did sniff it longer than any
other food (usually she just walks away if I put cat food in front of
her), but then she walked away. I didn't give up. I didn't give her any
other food, and offered her the Sheba a few more times, when she asked
for food. But every time I offered her the bowl, she didn't even sniff
it any more, she just walked away when she saw what was in the bowl. So
in the end, Caliban got two bowls of very expensive cat food, and
Miranda got her fresh beef.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:
On 27 Dec 2006 16:05:19 -0800, wrote:


Karen AKA Kajikit wrote:

The girls all refuse to eat canned food if it's in chunks - they much
prefer the pate ones (If you give them the stuff in gravy they lap up
the gravy and leave the chunks sitting in the bowl!) They have a
feeder full of science diet kibble to eat whenever they want, and they
get a small serve of canned food at dinner time. (funnily enough, when
they were younger we tried them on science diet canned food and they
refused to touch it - but once they saw Tessie scarfing it down they
decided that it must be edible after all, and now they all think it's
Good Stuff!) They usually get SD indoor or hairball control food but
they'll apparantly eat almost anything in a can as long as it's mushy.
P

My cats on Maui liked the Pate kind, too, but my pack here in Florida prefer
chunky food. Thank goodness that they all eat the chunky *and* the same
flavor!

kili

Bill Stock wrote:
"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message
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On 27 Dec 2006 16:05:19 -0800, wrote:


All the girls get some meat, Cali gets 50% meat, Cleo gets 100% meat
(idiopathic cystitis) and Smokey gets some people meat on occasion,
as she tends to ralph up cat meat. Neither Cali or Smokey like the
chunks (grilled), they eat the gravy and leave the chunks. Cleo will
pretty much eat anything, except her expensive damned compounded
pills. (Did they not test this stuff on cats?)


I have wondered if they actually tested the food out on cats for YEARS!
What's with those "fresher", Whiska, pounch things? I have never had a cat
like those and dang, they're expensive! They must be selling, because the
darn things are still out there on the market, but, shoots, I've tested it
on 6 cats now and they all turn their noses up. Oh, oh, oh......... Fancy
Feast, Cod, Sole & Shrimp (I think)......the makers try to make it look like
a really delicious blend of chunky seafood with real tiny shrimp and stuff.
You'd think a cat would go nuts, but I've never had a cat eat it, ever.
Yet, my cats like shrimp and fish. Go figure.

kili

If you fed them canned and no dry I bet Silver and Scout would slim down. I
worry a bit about them. I hear it is quite a decent food.


"Karen AKA Kajikit" wrote in message
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It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans
of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday
and 'seafood' today, and both were scarfed down in double quick time.
Judging by their reactions to it, it's Gourmet - they liked it even
better than the fresh turkey and ham they got on Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day!

Has anyone used this canned food on a regular basis? They liked it so
much that I'm thinking of buying them more instead of their Science
Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and
more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly...

Seriously, Miranda is probably way better off on the raw diet she is getting
with supplements. If I ever got a baby again, I think I would try to go
raw.

"Marina" wrote in message
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wrote:
Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My.
Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for
them I'm not starting them on another habit--it's $1.19 a can. I doubt
it's healthy anyway--they liked it too much!

The chicken was the whitest, purest-looking, best smelling cat food
I've ever seen.

My niece told me that the chicken Sheba had actual bits of chicken in
it, so I decided to try if Miranda would eat it. I bought the cats one
tin each for Yule (at 1.30 euros a can!). I thought maybe I'd finally
found a cat food she would eat, instead of just fresh meat.

Haha! frustrated/hysterical laughter She did sniff it longer than any
other food (usually she just walks away if I put cat food in front of
her), but then she walked away. I didn't give up. I didn't give her any
other food, and offered her the Sheba a few more times, when she asked
for food. But every time I offered her the bowl, she didn't even sniff
it any more, she just walked away when she saw what was in the bowl. So
in the end, Caliban got two bowls of very expensive cat food, and
Miranda got her fresh beef.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki