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From: "Karen"
"dgk" wrote in message .. . I'm trying to feed my cats a high quality diet and they simply walk away. I'm finally going to get a chance to try some Petguard Premium Feast which some kind soul recommended last week. But frankly, if they won't eat that, then I'm going to try Friskees or 9 Lives. Several of my friends have reasonably elderly cats (15 up to 20) that have eaten that **** all their lives. Me, I fed my previous four cats good food (they were a LOT less picky than the current generation) and only one lived to 16. Two died by the age of 10, one from Heart Disease and the other from Diabetes. This is just anecdotal of course, but I am really getting ****ed off throwing away expensive food after getting that look from the boys."What, you expect us to eat this crap?" And it isn't like I've been offering them the real crap. For all I know they're going to turn it down also (they have all the dry food they want, which IS Science Diet or Eukanuba or Nutra or something - that stuff they eat). Let's say that quality food extends my cats lives by 6 months. That is significant when you only live 18 years or so at a maxiumum. Still, if they really enjoy McDonalds and they hate Quality Nutrition, should I deny them that their whole lives? What is quality of life if not enjoying food? It isn't like they have sex. Hmm. Come to think of it, I should start eating at McDonalds. (I haven't eaten at McDonalds or Burger King since 1970). I threw away a LOT of food until I got to Petguard. The three flavors my picky eaters like are Premium Feast, Chicken Stew lite, Turkey Lite with Barley, and Beef w/Barley. Still, I have seen starving strays turn away from 9 lives which makes me wonder what is in THAT! I fed my last cats mostly Fancy Feast, Friskies and Pukarina, I mean Purina. Most cats are hard to switch once they've eaten a certain food for a while. That's why I think it's good when a cat is young to start him out on a variety of foods, in order to avoid a finicky cat later. Before I started my present cats on a homemade diet, I fed them Petguard along with a couple other brands. They always liked the Petguard. I also think it's important when introducing a new food to not just put it down for the cat. I think switching is usually more successful when the new food is mixed in with the old food, a little at a time. Lauren ________ 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.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: "KellyH"
Like I said before, at the shelter, where every donation counts, we won't even keep Special Kitty or other store-brand food. What exactly is Special Kitty? I never heard of it until CP posted about it. ________ 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.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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From: "KellyH"
Like I said before, at the shelter, where every donation counts, we won't even keep Special Kitty or other store-brand food. What exactly is Special Kitty? I never heard of it until CP posted about it. ________ 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.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message
... From: "KellyH" Like I said before, at the shelter, where every donation counts, we won't even keep Special Kitty or other store-brand food. What exactly is Special Kitty? I never heard of it until CP posted about it. ________ It's the Wal-Mart brand cat food. Bleh. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com |
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"PawsForThought" wrote in message
... From: "KellyH" Like I said before, at the shelter, where every donation counts, we won't even keep Special Kitty or other store-brand food. What exactly is Special Kitty? I never heard of it until CP posted about it. ________ It's the Wal-Mart brand cat food. Bleh. -- -Kelly kelly at farringtons dot net Check out www.snittens.com |
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"dgk" wrote That's an interesting point and I thank you. But I've read elsewhere that it is a good idea to leave out dry food and let them snack since many small meals is preferable to a few large ones. A compromise might help. We limit Buddha's dry food to a small amount--maybe 1/3 cup a day. We used to keep her bown full. We found that once she started on the canned food she lost interest in the dry to the point that there were days when she would not empty the dry bowl. (She is a real chow hound.) Now she looks forward to her canned food (begs for it every time I go to the kitchen) and "rations" out her small amount of dry to last the day. She has lost weight since I made canned food her primary food. Oh well, who said it would be easy. |
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"dgk" wrote That's an interesting point and I thank you. But I've read elsewhere that it is a good idea to leave out dry food and let them snack since many small meals is preferable to a few large ones. A compromise might help. We limit Buddha's dry food to a small amount--maybe 1/3 cup a day. We used to keep her bown full. We found that once she started on the canned food she lost interest in the dry to the point that there were days when she would not empty the dry bowl. (She is a real chow hound.) Now she looks forward to her canned food (begs for it every time I go to the kitchen) and "rations" out her small amount of dry to last the day. She has lost weight since I made canned food her primary food. Oh well, who said it would be easy. |
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In the fine newsgroup "rec.pets.cats.health+behav", "KellyH"
artfully composed this message within news:4aGIc.63685$a24.3583@attbi_s03 on 12 Jul 2004: "PawsForThought" wrote in message ... From: "KellyH" Like I said before, at the shelter, where every donation counts, we won't even keep Special Kitty or other store-brand food. What exactly is Special Kitty? I never heard of it until CP posted about it. ________ It's the Wal-Mart brand cat food. Bleh. It makes me think of Special K. Cereal for Kitties. -- Cheryl |
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