Food Question

"GAUBSTER2" wrote in message
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From: olitter (PawsForThought)

I make my cats' food, but some brands I would recommend
are Wellness, Felidae, Innova and there's a new one I came across called
Nature's Variety.

What are the phosphorus and calcium levels in these foods? I'll give you
a
hint, they're quite high for a cat food. Also, any idea of what these
foods
will do for your cat's pH? This is what you end up with when you only
look at
an ingredient list!

Wellness has very low phosphorus and calcium levels, as well as almost 0
carbohydrates. That's something your beloved Science Diet can't claim.

"GAUBSTER2" wrote in message
...
From: olitter (PawsForThought)

I make my cats' food, but some brands I would recommend
are Wellness, Felidae, Innova and there's a new one I came across called
Nature's Variety.

What are the phosphorus and calcium levels in these foods? I'll give you
a
hint, they're quite high for a cat food. Also, any idea of what these
foods
will do for your cat's pH? This is what you end up with when you only
look at
an ingredient list!

Wellness has very low phosphorus and calcium levels, as well as almost 0
carbohydrates. That's something your beloved Science Diet can't claim.

"GAUBSTER2" wrote in message
...
From: olitter (PawsForThought)

I make my cats' food, but some brands I would recommend
are Wellness, Felidae, Innova and there's a new one I came across called
Nature's Variety.

What are the phosphorus and calcium levels in these foods? I'll give you
a
hint, they're quite high for a cat food. Also, any idea of what these
foods
will do for your cat's pH? This is what you end up with when you only
look at
an ingredient list!

Wellness has very low phosphorus and calcium levels, as well as almost 0
carbohydrates. That's something your beloved Science Diet can't claim.

I firmly believe in a diet of mostly canned food. However, one of my cats
basically insists on eating almost exclusively dry food. The thing that
bothers me is he drinks lots of water, whereas my other cat hardly ever
drinks. Then I read about how cats eating dry food require enormous amounts
of water and rarely drink enough, and even when they do their urine is more
concentrated than cats eating wet food.

With so many older cats having so many kidney problems, I think it's
important to feed them wet food.

Jon

"Christina" wrote in message
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I give my two kitties (almost one year old) dry cat food....is this okay
or
should I be giving them canned?

Thanks!

Christina

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http://www.geocities.com/christinamarie29/ourpage.html

I firmly believe in a diet of mostly canned food. However, one of my cats
basically insists on eating almost exclusively dry food. The thing that
bothers me is he drinks lots of water, whereas my other cat hardly ever
drinks. Then I read about how cats eating dry food require enormous amounts
of water and rarely drink enough, and even when they do their urine is more
concentrated than cats eating wet food.

With so many older cats having so many kidney problems, I think it's
important to feed them wet food.

Jon

"Christina" wrote in message
...
I give my two kitties (almost one year old) dry cat food....is this okay
or
should I be giving them canned?

Thanks!

Christina

--
http://www.geocities.com/christinamarie29/ourpage.html

I firmly believe in a diet of mostly canned food. However, one of my cats
basically insists on eating almost exclusively dry food. The thing that
bothers me is he drinks lots of water, whereas my other cat hardly ever
drinks. Then I read about how cats eating dry food require enormous amounts
of water and rarely drink enough, and even when they do their urine is more
concentrated than cats eating wet food.

With so many older cats having so many kidney problems, I think it's
important to feed them wet food.

Jon

"Christina" wrote in message
...
I give my two kitties (almost one year old) dry cat food....is this okay
or
should I be giving them canned?

Thanks!

Christina

--
http://www.geocities.com/christinamarie29/ourpage.html

I actually buy Ol Roy for my bassett hound (whereas she used to get Purina
Beneful), but money is so tight that we've had to make many changes. We
have a family of six, two cats and one dog and are having a hard time just
keeping the utilities on which is why I ended up buying the Walmart brands.
I realize I shouldn't have taken on the responsibility for two cats, but the
lady who was fostering them made me feel guilty for not taking both since
they were brothers, so my husband and I adopted both of them even though we
were intending to get one kitten.

Anyway, they seem to love it and drink plenty of water, but I'm curious if
anyone in the group knows why the walmart brand is known as the worst brand
to give your pet.

Thanks for all of your help it's much appreciated.

Christina

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http://www.geocities.com/christinamarie29/ourpage.html
"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
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Christina wrote:

Hi Sue and thanks for the advice! If you read my response to Lauren,
you'll
see that I have been buying Walmart brand "Special Kitty". Can you tell
me
about how much a bag of Purina ONE costs? Thank you!!

I think a seven pound bag costs about seven dollars at Wal-Mart.
It could cost more or less where you live. Wal-Mart checks prices at
other local stores to be sure their prices are lower. (It's called
"comping," if you care!)

"Special Kitty" is probably one of the worst brands to buy, IMHO. Same
for the "Ol' Roy" Wal-Mart brand of dog food.

8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~

"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
*************************************************
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/

I actually buy Ol Roy for my bassett hound (whereas she used to get Purina
Beneful), but money is so tight that we've had to make many changes. We
have a family of six, two cats and one dog and are having a hard time just
keeping the utilities on which is why I ended up buying the Walmart brands.
I realize I shouldn't have taken on the responsibility for two cats, but the
lady who was fostering them made me feel guilty for not taking both since
they were brothers, so my husband and I adopted both of them even though we
were intending to get one kitten.

Anyway, they seem to love it and drink plenty of water, but I'm curious if
anyone in the group knows why the walmart brand is known as the worst brand
to give your pet.

Thanks for all of your help it's much appreciated.

Christina

--
http://www.geocities.com/christinamarie29/ourpage.html
"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
...
Christina wrote:

Hi Sue and thanks for the advice! If you read my response to Lauren,
you'll
see that I have been buying Walmart brand "Special Kitty". Can you tell
me
about how much a bag of Purina ONE costs? Thank you!!

I think a seven pound bag costs about seven dollars at Wal-Mart.
It could cost more or less where you live. Wal-Mart checks prices at
other local stores to be sure their prices are lower. (It's called
"comping," if you care!)

"Special Kitty" is probably one of the worst brands to buy, IMHO. Same
for the "Ol' Roy" Wal-Mart brand of dog food.

8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~

"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
*************************************************
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/

I actually buy Ol Roy for my bassett hound (whereas she used to get Purina
Beneful), but money is so tight that we've had to make many changes. We
have a family of six, two cats and one dog and are having a hard time just
keeping the utilities on which is why I ended up buying the Walmart brands.
I realize I shouldn't have taken on the responsibility for two cats, but the
lady who was fostering them made me feel guilty for not taking both since
they were brothers, so my husband and I adopted both of them even though we
were intending to get one kitten.

Anyway, they seem to love it and drink plenty of water, but I'm curious if
anyone in the group knows why the walmart brand is known as the worst brand
to give your pet.

Thanks for all of your help it's much appreciated.

Christina

--
http://www.geocities.com/christinamarie29/ourpage.html
"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
...
Christina wrote:

Hi Sue and thanks for the advice! If you read my response to Lauren,
you'll
see that I have been buying Walmart brand "Special Kitty". Can you tell
me
about how much a bag of Purina ONE costs? Thank you!!

I think a seven pound bag costs about seven dollars at Wal-Mart.
It could cost more or less where you live. Wal-Mart checks prices at
other local stores to be sure their prices are lower. (It's called
"comping," if you care!)

"Special Kitty" is probably one of the worst brands to buy, IMHO. Same
for the "Ol' Roy" Wal-Mart brand of dog food.

8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail)
~~~~~~

"I reserve the absolute right to be smarter
today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
*************************************************
http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/
http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/

From: "Jon C"

Wellness has very low phosphorus and calcium levels, as well as almost 0
carbohydrates. That's something your beloved Science Diet can't claim.

What's wrong w/ carbs? Are you a carbophobic??

What do you think the phosphorus and calcium levels are on a dry matter basis?