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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED OR NEEDED!
Note on subject: Cybercat wants to push her opinion regardless of what
question is asked and frankly she's not very intelligent and her posting history shows she excel's in both rude and crude..she's not wanted. ok My two house-mates (Pete and Fred) gained too much when I tried using one of those feeders they seem to be nibbling all day long so I decided to purchase a 8-day auto feeder a few months ago, set to open twice a day at 6am and 5pm with heaping 1/3 of a cup serving at each serving, they've lost some much needed weight but now I'm concerned I'm not giving them enough to maintain a good healthy weight especially since they are purely house cats although they usually clean the serving dish between feedings- but not always. They have always ate Chicken Soup for the Cat but I recently switched to the Lite version both have always thrived on CSFTCLS with beautiful clear eyes, shiny coats, clean strong teeth and gums and very playful. The bag instructions as usual are vague but better then most companies..they recommend 1/3 to 2/3's of a cup "per day per cat", if I go by that and I'm feeding them 2/3 total but now they are at the proper weight suggestion's on correct amounts would be appreciated Pete and Fred are currently at 9-10 pounds @ 2 1/2 yo they seem to be getting close to ideal for their bigger size. |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED ORNEEDED!
The bag instructions as usual are vague but better then most companies..they recommend 1/3 to 2/3's of a cup "per day per cat", if I go by that and I'm feeding them 2/3 total but now they are at the proper weight *suggestion's on correct amounts would be appreciated If you're concerned about your cats gaining weight, I would talk to your vet about the amount of food you should give them. IME, following the amount listed on the bag is not very helpful. Manufacturers want you to feed more so you buy more often. FWIW, I have had poor experience with any food marked "lite" or "light." One of my own cats gained weight on light food, even with careful monitoring of portions and no treats. He did not lose any weight until I switched him to an all-canned diet. I realize that you are not interested in feeding wet food, but the truth is, some cats can't metabolize dry food very well. |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED OR NEEDED!
"mystro" wrote in message
... Note on subject: Cybercat wants to push her opinion regardless of what question is asked and frankly she's not very intelligent and her posting history shows she excel's in both rude and crude..she's not wanted. ok My two house-mates (Pete and Fred) gained too much when I tried using one of those feeders they seem to be nibbling all day long so I decided to purchase a 8-day auto feeder a few months ago, set to open twice a day at 6am and 5pm with heaping 1/3 of a cup serving at each serving, they've lost some much needed weight but now I'm concerned I'm not giving them enough to maintain a good healthy weight especially since they are purely house cats although they usually clean the serving dish between feedings- but not always. They have always ate Chicken Soup for the Cat but I recently switched to the Lite version both have always thrived on CSFTCLS with beautiful clear eyes, shiny coats, clean strong teeth and gums and very playful. The bag instructions as usual are vague but better then most companies..they recommend 1/3 to 2/3's of a cup "per day per cat", if I go by that and I'm feeding them 2/3 total but now they are at the proper weight suggestion's on correct amounts would be appreciated Pete and Fred are currently at 9-10 pounds @ 2 1/2 yo they seem to be getting close to ideal for their bigger size. Sorry, but I happen to agree with Cybercat - if you can't even be bothered to dump dry food in their bowls you really should see about giving them to someone who can and get stuffed animals. CatNipped |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED OR NEEDED!
"mystro" Why does her opinion ring true and your pridegets in the way of a aggressive out spoken woman being right Cybercat is always welcome here and she calls it as she sees it. Be lucky I am taking a break from telling it how it is or that catnipped did not show you how she can peel turnips from 50 feet away |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED ORNEEDED!
On Jul 28, 2:52*pm, "CatNipped" wrote:
Sorry, but I happen to agree with Cybercat - if you can't even be bothered to dump dry food in their bowls you really should see about giving them to someone who can and get stuffed animals. CatNipped- Hide quoted text - Good grief its Cybercat's co-signer.. At the very least get your facts straight and stop mimicking someone else especially someone less intelligent. Remedial question #1..how do you think those 8 bowls get filled with FOOD?? by some magic food fairy? DUH! Bonus question (and this is big points) will you ever be smart enough to ask people why they do things the way they do them and why *before you look like a raving idiot in the mirror..is that too damn complicated for ya? When you co-sign for an idiot then you deserve to be treated like one, do your own thinking and reading and in this case what you should have done was write virtually ZERO in this thread and let helpful *thinking people do the real answering. Thanks Rene..I was beginning to have my doubts about Usenet RPCH +B..unfortunantly I'm convinced this newsgroup has deteriorated beyond what I'm looking for and is no longer the friendly helpful place it was known for and it damn sure ain't like the old days..but I finally found where many are. |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED ORNEEDED!
Thanks Cheryl, I feel better about the place already. Actually I lied
alittle..I do feed these guys a half-can of no-wheat gluten Fancy Feast just before their dinner bell 3 times a week.. so I'm not such a ogre after all. On Jul 28, 4:17*pm, Cheryl wrote: On Mon 28 Jul 2008 03:19:07p, Rene S. wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav . com: FWIW, I have had poor experience with any food marked "lite" or "light." One of my own cats gained weight on light food, even with careful monitoring of portions and no treats. He did not lose any weight until I switched him to an all-canned diet. I realize that you are not interested in feeding wet food, but the truth is, some cats can't metabolize dry food very well. Years ago I tried to get a cat to lose weight on lite dry food (Science Diet IIRC) before I knew about these groups. *I didn't measure the food and he free fed, but thinking since it was a 'lite' food he was getting less calories. *Lite food is full of fiber rather than protein and it takes more to satiate them. *They just eat more. And even if you measure it out, you have a hungry grumpy cat all the time who is looking for any source of food he can find. -- Cheryl |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED OR NEEDED!
"Cheryl" wrote in message ... On Mon 28 Jul 2008 03:19:07p, Rene S. wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav . com: FWIW, I have had poor experience with any food marked "lite" or "light." One of my own cats gained weight on light food, even with careful monitoring of portions and no treats. He did not lose any weight until I switched him to an all-canned diet. I realize that you are not interested in feeding wet food, but the truth is, some cats can't metabolize dry food very well. Years ago I tried to get a cat to lose weight on lite dry food (Science Diet IIRC) before I knew about these groups. I didn't measure the food and he free fed, but thinking since it was a 'lite' food he was getting less calories. Lite food is full of fiber rather than protein and it takes more to satiate them. They just eat more. And even if you measure it out, you have a hungry grumpy cat all the time who is looking for any source of food he can find. This is how Boo got to be 18 pounds before we got her. |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED OR NEEDED!
Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:52:21 -0500 from CatNipped
: Sorry, but I happen to agree with Cybercat - if you can't even be bothered to dump dry food in their bowls you really should see about giving them to someone who can and get stuffed animals. For crying out loud. How exactly is it worse for the cat to have an automatic feeder than to put food in the bowls manually? I personally wouldn't have an automatic feeder because it's just one more gadget to go wrong. But it seems like some of you are making this out to be a huge moral issue. -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com Shikata ga nai... |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED ORNEEDED!
On Jul 28, 12:47 pm, mystro wrote:
Note on subject: Cybercat wants to push her opinion regardless of what question is asked and frankly she's not very intelligent and her posting history shows she excel's in both rude and crude..she's not wanted. ok My two house-mates (Pete and Fred) gained too much when I tried using one of those feeders they seem to be nibbling all day long so I decided to purchase a 8-day auto feeder a few months ago, set to open twice a day at 6am and 5pm with heaping 1/3 of a cup serving at each serving, they've lost some much needed weight but now I'm concerned I'm not giving them enough to maintain a good healthy weight especially since they are purely house cats although they usually clean the serving dish between feedings- but not always. They have always ate Chicken Soup for the Cat but I recently switched to the Lite version both have always thrived on CSFTCLS with beautiful clear eyes, shiny coats, clean strong teeth and gums and very playful. The bag instructions as usual are vague but better then most companies..they recommend 1/3 to 2/3's of a cup "per day per cat", if I go by that and I'm feeding them 2/3 total but now they are at the proper weight suggestion's on correct amounts would be appreciated Pete and Fred are currently at 9-10 pounds @ 2 1/2 yo they seem to be getting close to ideal for their bigger size. I just wanted to say My vet has told me that feeding your cat straight can food can give then diarrhea, so I give them dry food and the are very healthy and active I give them canned food as a treat every now and again and I use a self feed dish where you just pour food in it when it is low and none of my cats are fat from it they only eat from it when they are hungry it has nothing to do with being lazy if I was to leave it in the bag and just pour a little at a time for them they would tear in to the bag no matter where I hide the bag they always find it, so it doesn't matter what you feed them in as long as you feed them thats all I have to say on this subject goodbye for now hope it helps you Mystro. P.S. I think your cats are lucky to have you in their life my cats Cali, Lilly May and Thomas Jefferson aka TJ says to tell Pete and Fred hi for them. |
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Dry-Food amounts help needed---NO CYBERCAT COMMENTS WANTED OR NEEDED!
"mystro" wrote in message
... On Jul 28, 2:52 pm, "CatNipped" wrote: Sorry, but I happen to agree with Cybercat - if you can't even be bothered to dump dry food in their bowls you really should see about giving them to someone who can and get stuffed animals. CatNipped- Hide quoted text - Good grief its Cybercat's co-signer.. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cybercat's friend, and proud of it. Hey, BTW, why don't you fix your newsread to it attributes correctly, is that beyond your ability along with your inability to do simple things like care for cats? --------------------------------------------------------------------- At the very least get your facts straight and stop mimicking someone else especially someone less intelligent. Remedial question #1..how do you think those 8 bowls --------------------------------------------------------------------- Um, from what you said about an automatic feeder!!? --------------------------------------------------------------------- get filled with FOOD?? by some magic food fairy? DUH! Bonus question (and this is big points) will you ever be smart enough to ask people why they do things the way they do them and why *before you look like a raving idiot in the mirror..is that too damn complicated for ya? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where I come from there are *no* excuses for mistreating animals (and giving them stale dry food in an automatic feeder is mistreatment). So, I really don't care what your excuse is, it wouldn't have changed my comment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When you co-sign for an idiot then you deserve to be treated like one, ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Since I'm not helping Cybercat obtain a loan, I have no idea what you mean by "co-sign". Were you by chance going for "co-dependent"? That wouldn't work either, but the insult would have been more in context. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- do your own thinking and reading and in this case what you should have done was write virtually ZERO in this thread and let helpful *thinking people do the real answering. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LOL! The "thinking" people here seem to have come to the same conclusion Cybercat and I came to, judging by the plethora of helpful answers you got. I had a little time for dalliance so I used it to tell you what a dunce you are - otherwise, like the others, I wouldn't have bothered with a piece of work like you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks Rene..I was beginning to have my doubts about Usenet RPCH +B..unfortunantly I'm convinced this newsgroup has deteriorated beyond what I'm looking for and is no longer the friendly helpful place it was known for and it damn sure ain't like the old days..but I finally found where many are. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Then please, do feel free to go there, don't let us keep you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CatNipped |
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