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The minced varieties of Nutro Natural Choice I tried to feed Jackie a couple months ago all had pork broth, and Jackie hated all of them. Interestingly, I saw a member on here once say their picky cat finally took to wet food when they gave them the Nutro Natural Choice, and they thought it...

Jackie is the first Torbie I have had (we adopted her almost 2 months ago), and she is SO amazingly affectionate, cuddly, (and also wicked smart). She will let my husband and I rub her anywhere, touch her anywhere...even will sprawl on her back with her paws up in the air for belly rubs while...

Yeah, I would call the vet. That looks like she has an infection going on.  It concerns me that it looks greenish/pus like. She may need some antibiotics and they might want to clean up the area and see if they need to glue it again. We adopted Jackie in early January, and had her spayed a...

You do have to do a bit more legwork.....figure out how many calories your cat needs a day (look at that "How Much Food to Feed my Cat" link, then look at can (or catinfo.org chart) for the calories in the food. I feed my cat 2-3 varieties of canned (some raw) a day in 3 feedings so I need to...

Well, you also do not want her to lose weight too fast. You would be hungry too if you drastically reduced your daily intake! You ought to decrease calories as she loses weight...not overnight feed her the "ideal weight" calories. I believe the guideline is she should not lose more than 2% of...

Yeah, you have to check each of them. I do not know about the pates, but while a couple of the chunks are under/around 10% (I feed these ones) some are hovering around 20%.

I have read a lot about people stopping feeding Merrick, but I do have some flavours Jackie likes in the regular rotation....Cowboy Cookout included. She really likes them and as she won't eat pates the choices for lower-carb grain-free chunks & shreds (especially ones she likes) are few and far...

What does your cat weigh? How many calories are you feeding him? What is his goal weight? How active is he? Can you try 3-4 meals a day instead of 2?  I feed at at around 4:00 to 4:30 AM (when I get up to go to the gym before work) - usually figure out a half-day amount of calories as there is...

I think it depends on the cat. When cats are fighting, they will kick and claw at bellies (you see this when they play with toys too) so it can be quite natural for them to not like their bellies being touched. Most of my cats would be okay with a couple belly rubs or touches as a health...

Both? I have previously always had shorthairs, and kind of always thought long-hairs were more maintenance, but Jackie is a long-hair/psuedo-long-hair with the fluffy tail, paw tufts, floofy neck & belly, and just overall rabbit-fur softness. Plus, she is gorgeous! Brushing her is a pleasure as...

Yeah, really no need to switch your kitty's diet just as he is fixed. For one, he is still a kitten. He needs to eat a lot of quality food (eg high protein, low carb) to help him grow. Second, as already said, most of those weight maintenance diets are high carb. Finally, his energy needs depend...

That is great news! Yeah, dry diets are....drying. And often high carb. Not what you want for your kitties, especially as male kitties are at higher risk of urinary blockages and so forth. I would donate the kibble to a shelter or return it if the store allows it, and feed them all grain...

We adopted now-3 year old Jackie about 5 weeks ago, and she was on primarily a kibble diet but we really had no insight into what she was eating, or liked eating, or anything. We switched her right away to Orijen kibble (which she liked a lot) to at least give her a "healthier" kibble, and...

She has healed up wonderfully! I am so happy to hear she did not need surgery to fix her lip. What a beautiful face she has :)

When we first adopted Jackie and were transitioning her to all wet and raw diet, we would give her some Orijen. She really liked it and while it is dry, I did feel a bit better about feeding it to her then other drys as it is grain free, 80% meat proteins, and all the ingredients actually end up...