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Do cats eat more in winter?
On Dec 30, 2:29*pm, CatNipped wrote:
There are chapters and chapters I could write about the very distinctive digestive tract of cats that would further prove the necessity of a canned food diet, Or I could just point out my recent experience- when I had Dunzi and Sarsi they'd get 3-4 pouches of wet food a day then quality dry to free feed from. Did well on it Then we got Bonnie..now she's a polite ladylike girl and once she got over her initial shyness a very friendly one but there is one issue she stamps her dainty little paw down on and that is her food- she has a healthy appetite to put it mildly but she point blank refused to eat kitten food wet or dry so we were forced to try the same diet we did with Dunzi and Sarsi (Issi and Gaz never got special kitten food and did well enough despite it) but that dainty little pink nose went striaght up in the air when faced with dry food! And it soon became obious Dunzi was the one who liked dry- Sarsi liked a little but that was it So now it's easier to put down 5-6 pouches of wet a day for both of them- I have a small bag of IAMS and Sarsi likes a couple of pieces as an occasional treat but literally a couple at this rate the smallest bag will last half a year at least- I give them to her when she's been good (At this moment the rate she's being good it will last a decade or more) The only problem we;ve had was when Felix "As Good as it Looks" went onto special offer- this is a rather expensive pouched wet food that we would normally only feed occasionally but after a few days of feeding it every meal Sarsi was having loose poops that didn't smell very nice at all so we switched back to the ordinary with some of the good stuff now and again and her stomach settled down within 24-48 hours so maybe it was a bit rich And they both look magnificent! Sarsi's always had a harsh thinnish coat, which we put down to genetics- no she now boasts a longish silky sleek coat and Bonnie's a picture of glowing health as well Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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Do cats eat more in winter?
CatNipped wrote:
One last comment... I give mine dry food occasionally (every 3rd or 4th day they'll get half a handful to kibble) and they love it. But, like children, you can't decide what they eat by how much they like it - they'll always go for the sugary treat even at the expense of their health. Wow! Such a useful post (even though I snipped it, since presumably most of us already know these things). You're a rpca treasure. Just a tiny nit (not even a pick) - hopefully you meant that the *children* go for the sugary treats, not the kitties. As we all (should) know, kitties have no receptors and can't taste sweet. -- You'd be crazy to e-mail me with the crazy. But leave the div alone. * Whoever bans a book, shall be banished. Whoever burns a book, shall burn. |
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Do cats eat more in winter?
On 12/30/2011 5:15 PM, Lesley wrote:
On Dec 30, 2:29 pm, wrote: There are chapters and chapters I could write about the very distinctive digestive tract of cats that would further prove the necessity of a canned food diet, Or I could just point out my recent experience- when I had Dunzi and Sarsi they'd get 3-4 pouches of wet food a day then quality dry to free feed from. Did well on it Then we got Bonnie..now she's a polite ladylike girl and once she got over her initial shyness a very friendly one but there is one issue she stamps her dainty little paw down on and that is her food- she has a healthy appetite to put it mildly but she point blank refused to eat kitten food wet or dry so we were forced to try the same diet we did with Dunzi and Sarsi (Issi and Gaz never got special kitten food and did well enough despite it) but that dainty little pink nose went striaght up in the air when faced with dry food! And it soon became obious Dunzi was the one who liked dry- Sarsi liked a little but that was it So now it's easier to put down 5-6 pouches of wet a day for both of them- I have a small bag of IAMS and Sarsi likes a couple of pieces as an occasional treat but literally a couple at this rate the smallest bag will last half a year at least- I give them to her when she's been good (At this moment the rate she's being good it will last a decade or more) The only problem we;ve had was when Felix "As Good as it Looks" went onto special offer- this is a rather expensive pouched wet food that we would normally only feed occasionally but after a few days of feeding it every meal Sarsi was having loose poops that didn't smell very nice at all so we switched back to the ordinary with some of the good stuff now and again and her stomach settled down within 24-48 hours so maybe it was a bit rich And they both look magnificent! Sarsi's always had a harsh thinnish coat, which we put down to genetics- no she now boasts a longish silky sleek coat and Bonnie's a picture of glowing health as well Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs Yeah, that's the biggest difference you'll see when they're switched to canned - their coats get very luxurious. Health-wise there's even been cases where diabetes was "cured" by switching to a canned diet. I know there is no cure for diabetes, so I have to assume it might not have been "true" diabetes, but all symptoms went away and all medications were able to be stopped, so there's really no difference. Cats are just not "built" to process carbohydrates. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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Do cats eat more in winter?
On Dec 30, 4:00*pm, CatNipped wrote:
Yeah, that's the biggest difference you'll see when they're switched to canned - their coats get very luxurious. Sarsi looks like she' put a pound on but it's all coat and her slight pot belly has gone- she is a magnificent picture of sleek, shiny coated cat Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... I completely agree with you, Lori, wet food is the way to go. Especially for boycats who can get terribly blockages in their penises from eating dry food as a main diet. As I never had Boyfie from a kitten, I am fairly sure he always had dry from his previous owners as he loves it so much. So because he does, he gets a sprinkle of it at bedtime and has his main meals of wet food. I'd rather his teeth decayed than he got blocked and there is evidence to suggest that dry food contributes to kidney failure as the cats simply don't drink enough and the high protein it contains is also dangerous for the kidneys as cats get older. At his last vet check in June his teeth were fine. Tweed |
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On 12/30/2011 7:31 PM, Christina Websell wrote:
wrote in message ... I completely agree with you, Lori, wet food is the way to go. Especially for boycats who can get terribly blockages in their penises from eating dry food as a main diet. As I never had Boyfie from a kitten, I am fairly sure he always had dry from his previous owners as he loves it so much. So because he does, he gets a sprinkle of it at bedtime and has his main meals of wet food. I'd rather his teeth decayed than he got blocked and there is evidence to suggest that dry food contributes to kidney failure as the cats simply don't drink enough and the high protein it contains is also dangerous for the kidneys as cats get older. At his last vet check in June his teeth were fine. Tweed Mine have never had problems with their teeth - I think that has more to do with the luck of the genetic draw than what food they eat. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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"CatNipped" wrote in message ... On 12/30/2011 7:31 PM, Christina Websell wrote: wrote in message ... I completely agree with you, Lori, wet food is the way to go. Especially for boycats who can get terribly blockages in their penises from eating dry food as a main diet. As I never had Boyfie from a kitten, I am fairly sure he always had dry from his previous owners as he loves it so much. So because he does, he gets a sprinkle of it at bedtime and has his main meals of wet food. I'd rather his teeth decayed than he got blocked and there is evidence to suggest that dry food contributes to kidney failure as the cats simply don't drink enough and the high protein it contains is also dangerous for the kidneys as cats get older. At his last vet check in June his teeth were fine. Tweed Mine have never had problems with their teeth - I think that has more to do with the luck of the genetic draw than what food they eat. Kitty Farmcat had almost all her teeth when she was.. disappeared.. aged 25. I don't know whether it was because she ate birdies all her life. Bring me that collared dove! Tweed |
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Do cats eat more in winter?
CatNipped wrote:
Mine have never had problems with their teeth - I think that has more to do with the luck of the genetic draw than what food they eat. I'm sure that genetics plays a major role in dental health. It also plays a major role in urinary health. There is no statistical support for the idea that cats fed a dry diet will have more urinary blockages than those fed canned food. Studies have shown that on average, cats who eat dry take in as much water daily as cats who eat canned. But for those few cats who happen to be genetically predisposed to blockage, and who *don't* drink enough on there own, there would certainly be some prophylactic value in feeding wet food. But more important than wet or dry is feeding a diet that produces the desired pH to combat the particular type of urolith to which the cat is prone. -- Wayne M. |
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Do cats eat more in winter?
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:46:48 -0500, "J J Levin"
wrote: Our two cats, Agatha and Edgar, seem to have bigger appetites now that the weather is colder. Either I am giving them better food (I have not changed their menu much) or they need more food because it's winter. They share a small can of moist food morning and evening, and have kibble available all day. But now he (more than she) is begging for more treats after breakfast and after dinner. And he used to be sort of picky and pick and choose which treats he ate, now he wolfs them all down. Is this common? a)winter padding. and b)cold-weather energy. Cats definitely run around and play more in the Winter when the weather gets cool, and that burns more calories. Plus they burn more energy keeping themselves warm. |
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Do cats eat more in winter?
On Jan 1, 6:40*am, Kajikit wrote:
)cold-weather energy. Cats definitely run around and play more in the Winter when the weather gets cool, and that burns more calories. I've noticed they do of a morning but this time of day- they're crashed out and dead to the World! Bonnie is dreaming Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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