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Wellness Cat Food
I know there has been some discussion on Wellness Brand cat food before, but
I would like to hear people's opinion's on it. I am thinking of switching my cats to it (they've tested it out - the canned food - and love it!!). I have one cat with CRF - he is currently on Hills x/d (dry mixed with canned). He's been eating this for about a year. We have episodes with him where he will pee outside the box - in fact just had him at the vets last week for this very problem. They could find nothing medically wrong with him. It's looking like it's behavioral...We trying to keep logs and such to see what could be causing this. Anyway, I don't want to get into his inappropraite unination problems... Do you have any opinions on the harm it might cause to take him off the x/d and switch him to the Wellness (dry and canned mixed...I like giving them something a little crunchy to eat - they have tartar problems). The other 3 cats are currently on Hills c/d prescription (canned + dry also). The vets feel this will keep their urinary tracts healthy. They don't have any medical problems. I think they would love to be switched to the Wellness. Any experiences with cats who have switched from c/d to Wellness. Looks like the price is all the same, so that isn't a deciding factor for me. Of course, the vet doesn't recommend anything but prescription for all the cats. Thanks for any info!! -Janet |
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"default" wrote in
: The other 3 cats are currently on Hills c/d prescription (canned + dry also). The vets feel this will keep their urinary tracts healthy. They don't have any medical problems. I think they would love to be switched to the Wellness. Any experiences with cats who have switched from c/d to Wellness. Looks like the price is all the same, so that isn't a deciding factor for me. Of course, the vet doesn't recommend anything but prescription for all the cats. If the vet recommends the prescription food, I would feed the prescription food. My Nickleby had FUS and whenever I would try switching from the c/d all hell would break loose -- once I reconciled myself to feeding him the c/d, he remained healthy (and lived to be 17.5 years old). --Catherine & Rosalie the calicohead |
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Default,
Taking a CRF cat and placing it on a non CRF food will unquestionably shorten the cats life tremendously. There are several critical factors involved. Phosphorus levels, sodium levels, N3 fatty acid levels etc. The Wellness products contain 3-10 times as much phosphorus, substantially more sodium and nowhere near high enough levels of N3 fatty acids to be considered appropriate for a CRF kitty. Your veterinarian knows more about the needs of your animal than anyone here. That is the person to talk to, not internet gossip from people who have no training whatsoever in small animal clinical nutrition, - ask her what she thinks of such a move. |
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Lauren,
You are amazing. Your attempt to insinuate that becaasue the vet sells the food at her practice that Default should therefore be suspicious is hilarious. You know damn well that Prescription Diets are ONLY sold at vets clinics. Feeding a CRF cat a non CRF food will shorten the lifespan of that kitty by half or more. There are now 2 peer reviewed published Grade 1 Evidence based studies which clearly illustrate this. Allowing your own mis perceptions to taint your advice here is dangerous and foolish. |
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From: "Steve Crane"
Date: 12/16/2004 3:35 PM Ea Lauren, You are amazing. Your attempt to insinuate that becaasue the vet sells the food at her practice that Default should therefore be suspicious is hilarious. You know damn well that Prescription Diets are ONLY sold at vets clinics. Feeding a CRF cat a non CRF food will shorten the lifespan of that kitty by half or more. There are now 2 peer reviewed published Grade 1 Evidence based studies which clearly illustrate this. Allowing your own mis perceptions to taint your advice here is dangerous and foolish. I'm not talking about her CRF kitty, Mr. Sciece Diet salesman, aka Steve Crane. I'm talking about her other 3 cats who don't have any health problems but yet the vet wants them on prescription food. That to me seems very suspicious! Now why would a vet prescribe prescription food for 3 healthy cats? As a sales rep for Hill's, Steve, do you have an answer? Is that the usual protocol? I know my vet doesn't prescribe prescription foods for healthy cats as it could cause a serious imbalance. IMO, her cats have a better chance of urinary tract health if they were on a better food than Scie Die. This is from the OP: "The other 3 cats are currently on Hills c/d prescription (canned + dry also). The vets feel this will keep their urinary tracts healthy. They don't have any medical problems. ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecatjournal.com/articles/claws.htm |
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one reason I never liked wellness cat food is they include garlic as an
ingredient. Garlic is harmful to cats "default" wrote in message ... I know there has been some discussion on Wellness Brand cat food before, but I would like to hear people's opinion's on it. I am thinking of switching my cats to it (they've tested it out - the canned food - and love it!!). I have one cat with CRF - he is currently on Hills x/d (dry mixed with canned). He's been eating this for about a year. We have episodes with him where he will pee outside the box - in fact just had him at the vets last week for this very problem. They could find nothing medically wrong with him. It's looking like it's behavioral...We trying to keep logs and such to see what could be causing this. Anyway, I don't want to get into his inappropraite unination problems... Do you have any opinions on the harm it might cause to take him off the x/d and switch him to the Wellness (dry and canned mixed...I like giving them something a little crunchy to eat - they have tartar problems). The other 3 cats are currently on Hills c/d prescription (canned + dry also). The vets feel this will keep their urinary tracts healthy. They don't have any medical problems. I think they would love to be switched to the Wellness. Any experiences with cats who have switched from c/d to Wellness. Looks like the price is all the same, so that isn't a deciding factor for me. Of course, the vet doesn't recommend anything but prescription for all the cats. Thanks for any info!! -Janet |
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"default" wrote in message
... I know there has been some discussion on Wellness Brand cat food before, but I would like to hear people's opinion's on it. I am thinking of switching my cats to it (they've tested it out - the canned food - and love it!!). I have one cat with CRF - he is currently on Hills x/d (dry mixed with canned). He's been eating this for about a year. We have episodes with him where he will pee outside the box - in fact just had him at the vets last week for this very problem. They could find nothing medically wrong with him. It's looking like it's behavioral...We trying to keep logs and such to see what could be causing this. Anyway, I don't want to get into his inappropraite unination problems... You might want to read this though: http://www.felinecrf.org/treatments....te_elimination Do you have any opinions on the harm it might cause to take him off the x/d and switch him to the Wellness (dry and canned mixed...I like giving them something a little crunchy to eat - they have tartar problems). Personally I wouldn't feed Wellness, it contains garlic which may cause Heinz body anaemia, not a risk I'd want to take in a CRF cat: http://www.felinecrf.org/diet_and_nutrition.htm#onion Helen |
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"~*Connie*~" wrote in message
... one reason I never liked wellness cat food is they include garlic as an ingredient. Garlic is harmful to cats Garlic in extremely huge quantities is harmful to cats, but not the small amount that's in Wellness. Don't some holistic people use garlic supplements for their cats? Every time there's a Wellness ingredients question, my cats get all excited because I have to go to the pantry and look at a can. They think it's feeding time! To the OP: I am a big believer in Wellness food, but with a cat who has CRF, I would be scared to change foods. I think it would be OK for the cats on c/d, but I am not a vet. My cat Bartleby had issues with becoming blocked and once we switched foods, he was fine. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net "Wake up, and smell the cat food" -TMBG |
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