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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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