Recent Content by jisincla

That is true, and I have done enough research to be satisfied that the animal nutrition experts who developed their diet are qualified to do so, and the veterinarians who monitor their health would tell me if they had any diet-related problems. I have always made a point of informing my cats'...

According to what definition?? Check a dictionary. Not exclusively that. I acknowledge that I personally am not an expert in nutrition science. I also noted in my previous posts that, not being an expert myself, I have relied upon other people who *are* experts, *and* who have empirical...

You are again talking theory and what you think "SHOULD" be. I'm talking about empirically observed reality and what, in my own experience, actually IS. My cats have never read any books.

Whether the original poster is still reading this or not, clearly the topic is of interest to more than that one person. As I said in my last post, I am not qualified to discuss the science of it, but I do know enough about science to know that any theory that fails to account for empirically...

The original question asked if anyone has actually tried it. I have. For ten years my cats have been on VegeCat vegan formulas. For 14 years before that I fed an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet. Results: The first cat, who was ovo-lacto from weaning at 7 weeks until she was 14 years old, then went...

How often would you see a wild cat eating a tuna? Tunas are huge giant fish that live out in the middle of the ocean! I'd say tofu is no more "unnatural" for a cat to eat than tuna. Cats' bodies need certain nutrients. As long as they get the nutrients they need, they don't care where those...

Synthetic taurine has been readily and cheaply available for some 70 years. The fact is, meat-based commercial cat food has synthetic taurine in it. The natural taurine that was originally in the meat gets destroyed by the high temperatures used in the rendering process, and therefore synthetic...

Oh, one important thing I failed to mention in my reply about traveling with cats: If you're going to leave the cat in a parked car while you're not right there (as in standing right next to the car pumping gas), be VERY careful about the risk of overheating! I have a remote starter on my...

It was a one-day thing at a low-cost spay and neuter clinic: I dropped him off first thing this morning, and picked him up this afternoon. Due to his history (which includes a hospitalization with 30 blood sugar), I asked them to operate on him early in the day, so he could go home early, and...

Cricket the survivor kitten got neutered this morning. I brought him home with the following instructions from the clinic: Keep him warm and dry. Don't let him lick his incision. Don't let him run, jump, climb, or roughhouse. So we got home and I put him in a guinea pig cage (about 4 feet...

What ingredients were you concerned about?

So is the percentage based on the weight of the food? That may or may not help me, if I look at a chart and see that 1 cup of something has X grams of protein, but I don't know how much 1 cup weighs. Some charts do offer information by weight as well as by volume, though. Thanks. What I'm...

Does anyone use it? Is it effective?

How does Mialo do with the 4 hour drive? Does he travel calmly or does he get agitated? I travel back and forth between my home and my mother's, some 420 miles away, several times a year. That's at least a 7-hour drive if everything goes smoothly. When things don't go smoothly, as in major...

You mean like this? http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/tmgn47.htm It's still percentages, not grams or calories. Besides, look at the Appendix 1 in this article I found (which is much too technical for me to understand!): http://www.catinfo.org/docs/zorans_article.pdf It looks like...