No more chicken

When I shop I usually pick up a chicken breast at the deli counter.
This has to stop. Amber has taken a liking to it. If I give her as
much as I give Tiger, she doesn't eat her supper. I have ordered some
Taurine powder to add to her canned food but I still want her to eat her
cat food. No more chicken for all of us.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

"---MIKE---" wrote in message
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When I shop I usually pick up a chicken breast at the deli counter.
This has to stop. Amber has taken a liking to it. If I give her as
much as I give Tiger, she doesn't eat her supper. I have ordered some
Taurine powder to add to her canned food but I still want her to eat her
cat food. No more chicken for all of us.

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I did not give my cats or dogs chicken breast unless they were ill and
refused everything- otherwise they wouldn't eat anything else.
Why would they go back to cat food when they can hold out for chicken? ;-)
I have said this several times before (from my vet) "Never give your cat or
dog, food he would give his eye teeth for unless he is ill, otherwise you
have nothing to tempt him with when he is.."
I think this is sound advice.

Boyfie would think his birthday and Christmas had come all at once if he got
chicken breast. Kitty FC, who had CRF in her last years dined on roast
chicken every day when she wouldn't eat anything else.

Tweed

On 1/28/2013 8:29 PM, ---MIKE--- wrote:
When I shop I usually pick up a chicken breast at the deli counter.
This has to stop. Amber has taken a liking to it. If I give her as
much as I give Tiger, she doesn't eat her supper. I have ordered some
Taurine powder to add to her canned food but I still want her to eat her
cat food. No more chicken for all of us.

---MIKE---

In the White Mountains of New Hampshire
(44� 15' N - Elevation 1580')

You don't have to give up chicken. Just don't (over)indulge Amber. Or
Tiger, for that matter. Make it an occasional treat rather than
something they get whenever you buy chicken. My two cents.

Jill

Christina Websell wrote:

I did not give my cats or dogs chicken breast unless they were ill and
refused everything- otherwise they wouldn't eat anything else.
Why would they go back to cat food when they can hold out for chicken? ;-)
I have said this several times before (from my vet) "Never give your cat or
dog, food he would give his eye teeth for unless he is ill, otherwise you
have nothing to tempt him with when he is.."
I think this is sound advice.

Boyfie would think his birthday and Christmas had come all at once if he got
chicken breast. Kitty FC, who had CRF in her last years dined on roast
chicken every day when she wouldn't eat anything else.

I sometimes buy plain, cooked chicken breast pieces (no bones, no skin)
to put into various things I make myself for dinner. When I'm handling
the chicken, Roxy sits on the floor, looking up at me expectantly and
giving her cute silent meow. And as you know, I'm a total pushover when
it comes to cute kitty machinations.

However, the last two times I gave her a couple of small pieces, she
threw it up (along with whatever else she'd happened to eat) shortly
thereafter. So, as the subject line says, "No more chicken." She can
have chicken cat food, she's fine with that, but her stomach can't take
the stuff I buy for myself. I don't know why. There's nothing in it
but chicken.

--
Joyce

He spent one-third of the time telling me about the musical he was
writing about raccoons, one-third of the time talking about C++, and
one-third of the time demonstrating the plot of Othello using the
salt and pepper shakers.
-- A Treasury of the World's Worst Online Dating Stories

"Bastette" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

I did not give my cats or dogs chicken breast unless they
were ill and
refused everything- otherwise they wouldn't eat anything
else....


I sometimes buy plain, cooked chicken breast pieces (no bones,
no skin)
to put into various things I make myself for dinner. ...

...I gave [Roxy] a couple of small pieces, she
threw it up (along with whatever else she'd happened to eat)
shortly
thereafter. So, as the subject line says, "No more chicken."
She can
have chicken cat food, she's fine with that, but her stomach
can't take
the stuff I buy for myself. I don't know why. There's nothing
in it
but chicken...

Are you sure? A lot of cooked chicken available in deli's and
supermarkets may have additives such as sodium triphosphate.

--
MatSav

"MatSav" wrote in message
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"Bastette" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:

I did not give my cats or dogs chicken breast unless they were ill and
refused everything- otherwise they wouldn't eat anything else....


I sometimes buy plain, cooked chicken breast pieces (no bones, no skin)
to put into various things I make myself for dinner. ...

...I gave [Roxy] a couple of small pieces, she
threw it up (along with whatever else she'd happened to eat) shortly
thereafter. So, as the subject line says, "No more chicken." She can
have chicken cat food, she's fine with that, but her stomach can't take
the stuff I buy for myself. I don't know why. There's nothing in it
but chicken...

Are you sure? A lot of cooked chicken available in deli's and supermarkets
may have additives such as sodium triphosphate.

--
MatSav
I only buy raw. I would not touch cooked chicken with a bargepole, neither
for myself or Boyfie.

When KFC would not eat anything else, I bought raw chicken and cooked it for
her every day.
Yes, I could have bought it already cooked, it would have been easier but I
preferred cooking raw for her. I knew what was in it with additives.
Nothing. She already had compromised kidneys, she didn't need to process
anything that was not pure.

MatSav wrote:

"Bastette" wrote in message

I sometimes buy plain, cooked chicken breast pieces (no bones,
no skin)
to put into various things I make myself for dinner. ...

...I gave [Roxy] a couple of small pieces, she
threw it up (along with whatever else she'd happened to eat)
shortly
thereafter... I don't know why. There's nothing in it
but chicken...

Are you sure? A lot of cooked chicken available in deli's and
supermarkets may have additives such as sodium triphosphate.

Well, I can't be 100% sure, but I'm inclined to trust them. The stuff
is called "Just Chicken." It has a pretty short shelf life. I usually
have just a few days to eat it before it spoils, which makes me think
there are no preservatives in it.

In any case, no more for Roxy.

--
Joyce

I prefer to live with Feline Sapiens, thank you very much.