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Well that is encouraging that Izzy seems to do better on the Respiratory formula compared to other brands you have tried. Maybe the "essences" help too. I may need to give it a try.

Yeah, no easy answers. A lot of bugs makes me wonder if they are treating the litter to kill bugs that get into it at the plant, in addition to whatever pesticide might have been used growing it. A disturbing thought. I hadn't heard of cassava for cat litter, but I agree with you that it is a...

Which brand of grass seed litter do you use and like?

For those who have used grass seed litter, have you experienced problems with your cats eating it? I was ready to buy some Smart Cat but then read the reviews and got cold feet. Several reported that their cats were eating it - and a lot of it. Also more than one report of finding bugs in it...

I think even modest success should be celebrated when it comes to cats. Only one of my cats (out of 5) will eat Rawz, and she prefers the rabbit. One other cat considers it a little bit from time to time, so maybe eventually I will be 2 for 5. Which is better than other new foods I've tried...

Yeah, at one point I was consuming a lot of flaxseed too because of the health benefits – mostly on cereal. I still eat Flackers crackers pretty frequently. I’ve continued doing a lot of research on the subject and there are many articles that suggest flaxseed can be problematic (or at least...

That’s interesting. It looks like all of the Lotus pates contain Ground Whole Flaxseed Meal, but their Just Juicy recipes do not. I like companies who provide full nutrient info online, and Lotus does. I may give them a try. Their dog foods too. No rabbit recipes for either though. Thanks for...

The cyanide content of the food was 0.591 mg/kg. I’m confident the units are right. The sample that @Jojo&Tutu had tested had a level of 0.3 mg/kg. You can look at that lab report above.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I’m a numbers person, so I do like to see numbers. But I’m afraid my concerns are not alleviated by what you presented. I prefer to look at it from the perspective of the acute reference dose for humans (for chronic consumption), which is 20 µg cyanide/kg body...

I think you underestimate the power of my dog’s sniffer. :) It’s pretty impressive what he can detect in his food. Like medications that I try to hide. It was the duck pate that I started with, not the rabbit. By the time I opened a can of rabbit he had decided that he likes Rawz after all...

Thanks for that Chewy tip! Not sure why I didn’t think of that. I’m impressed that Chewy is on top of this issue. I will say though that their filter misses quite a few foods that don’t have flaxseed. They need to update. And thanks for mentioning a few brands that you know of. I’ve been...

Thanks @Jojo&Tutu for sharing this info and I salute you for the testing you have done, plus the research to learn what an acceptable level of cyanide is for cats, and for letters written. Flaxseed first came on my radar when looking at the lab reports on cats.com and wondering about the...

Thanks for sharing your experiences. It's so interesting how all cats are different. Initially there was no interest at all in Rawz by my 5. I started with the duck pate, which seemed to me to have the highest potential. No interest. When I eventually tried the rabbit pate, one cat decided...

That's unfortunate. I haven't experienced that yet, but I have only opened a few cans. So it is probably only a matter of time before I encounter some bad ones. My cats are not interested in it except that one of them has a little bit of interest in the rabbit, but not the other recipes...

My 2 lb bags from Chewy arrived. They are the new formula. :( But I'm glad you were able to get some of the old before they made the change.