Dry food, corn, and organ damage

On Jan 19, 12:53*am, "Yowie"
wrote:
As far as I know (IANAV) cats who live to a ripe old age often die of CRF,
for no other reason that tneir body is worn out, and the kidneys are the bit
that when worn out in a cat, makes the the 'wearing out' fatal. Once a cat
reaches distinctly senior years, I am not sure that reporting the cause of
death makes alot of sense, because reporting a disease seems to imply it was
preventable or at least treatable, when if it wasn't that it would be
something else.After all, old cats have to die of *something*.


To add another possibility for kidney and other issues in cats that
aren't so old (and older ones, too), an article just came out about
corn and it's causing organ damage in people. That same corn is going
into the majority of dry pet foods and could very well be causing the
same in cats:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_425195.html

On Jan 19, 3:22*pm, catlady wrote:
On Jan 19, 12:53*am, "Yowie"
wrote:

As far as I know (IANAV) cats who live to a ripe old age often die of CRF,
for no other reason that tneir body is worn out, and the kidneys are the bit
that when worn out in a cat, makes the the 'wearing out' fatal. Once a cat
reaches distinctly senior years, I am not sure that reporting the cause of
death makes alot of sense, because reporting a disease seems to imply it was
preventable or at least treatable, when if it wasn't that it would be
something else.After all, old cats have to die of *something*.

To add another possibility for kidney and other issues in cats that
aren't so old (and older ones, too), an article just came out about
corn and it's causing organ damage in people.

Correction. I meant to write rats, and that people could very well be
at risk.

That same corn is going
into the majority of dry pet foods and could very well be causing the
same in cats:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...rn-causing_n_4...

On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:25:07 -0800 (PST), catlady
wrote:

On Jan 19, 3:22*pm, catlady wrote:
On Jan 19, 12:53*am, "Yowie"
wrote:

As far as I know (IANAV) cats who live to a ripe old age often die of CRF,
for no other reason that tneir body is worn out, and the kidneys are the bit
that when worn out in a cat, makes the the 'wearing out' fatal. Once a cat
reaches distinctly senior years, I am not sure that reporting the cause of
death makes alot of sense, because reporting a disease seems to imply it was
preventable or at least treatable, when if it wasn't that it would be
something else.After all, old cats have to die of *something*.

To add another possibility for kidney and other issues in cats that
aren't so old (and older ones, too), an article just came out about
corn and it's causing organ damage in people.

Correction. I meant to write rats, and that people could very well be
at risk.

That same corn is going
into the majority of dry pet foods and could very well be causing the
same in cats:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...rn-causing_n_4...

Oh great. I'm sure it's going into the Taco Bell tacos that are the
basis of my existence.

"dgk" wrote in message
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On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:25:07 -0800 (PST), catlady
wrote:

On Jan 19, 3:22 pm, catlady wrote:
On Jan 19, 12:53 am, "Yowie"
wrote:

As far as I know (IANAV) cats who live to a ripe old age often die of
CRF,
for no other reason that tneir body is worn out, and the kidneys are
the bit
that when worn out in a cat, makes the the 'wearing out' fatal. Once a
cat
reaches distinctly senior years, I am not sure that reporting the
cause of
death makes alot of sense, because reporting a disease seems to imply
it was
preventable or at least treatable, when if it wasn't that it would be
something else.After all, old cats have to die of *something*.

To add another possibility for kidney and other issues in cats that
aren't so old (and older ones, too), an article just came out about
corn and it's causing organ damage in people.

Correction. I meant to write rats, and that people could very well be
at risk.

That same corn is going
into the majority of dry pet foods and could very well be causing the
same in
cats:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0...rn-causing_n_4...

Oh great. I'm sure it's going into the Taco Bell tacos that are the
basis of my existence.

heh. Btw, when I wrote "baby" I meant "the baby." The kitten I got back in
November.