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OK, so chicken wing bones, preferably small ones are safe. Then how do you "sanitize" it? If you can't cook them? I'm worried about raw meat, even if its frozen, and when cats catch a bird, they usually eat it at once, not kept in storage for days, like the meat at supermarkets. 

I have heard feeding bones to cats is a good way to keep their teeth clean, and if they like gnawing on things with their teeth. Dry cat food is probably bad for cats' teeth, despite what the cat food companies want us to think, so what bones would be appropriate for cats? I heard raw chicken on...

Why do most if not all cats like fish? It isn't a common part of a cat's diet in the wild, so how did cats start to like fish? Do feral cats ever catch fish from streams or ponds? Are there cats that don't like fish? My guess for why cats tend to enjoy fish is its strong smell, like liver. Cats...

Any thoughts on Cat Chow's "Healthful Life" flavor? Is it better than Cat Chow regular? There's apparently salmon, cheese, and carrots in it, and more protein. Good for its price? Ingredients: chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, soybean meal, ground yellow corn, ground wheat, animal fat...

I guess a lot of it has to do with selective breeding, especially the mutant breeds. I believe Cornish Rex cats were developed by breeding back the first Rex mutation to its mother, and many of the exotic breeds also do similar practices. But doesn't that mean the exotics are very inbred...

Sorry if this sounds like a dumb question, but I've never really understood how cats developed so many colors and patterns. I assume it has to do with selective breeding, where let's say when cats started being kept as pets, one cat had kittens with a new coat color, so they were bred among each...

Obviously they should be left alone in the wild, and even ferals can be ferocious if approached incorrectly. But why hasn't anyone tried to breed hybrids of felis silvestris catus and a felis silvestris silvestris? Though I think Bengals have to be at least 4 generations away from the leopard...

I don't really know where I should be posting this, but "Cats and Other Animals" seemed to be the closest to the subject. Can wildcats, "wildcat" referring to the domestic cat's wild ancestors, felis silvestris, (not bobcats, leopard cats, servals, etc) be tamed and kept as pets? Supposedly pet...

Friskies 5.5oz cans are on sale at Loblaws for 50 cents each, which is a very good bargain. But what about its quality? I know Friskies dry kibble is often considered a bad cat food, but are the cans any good? Meat by-products are usually the first ingredient, but I don't think by-products...

My favourite canned food I get for my cat is President's Choice Nutrition First. AFAIK, it's only available in Canada, but it's also unbeatable for cost. No meat by-products, and no artificial flavours. Usually costs 69 cents a 3 oz can, and that's a lot cheaper than the pet store premium...

Sorry if this question sounds so ridiculous that it shouldn't even be asked, pardon my ignorance, because I'm new to cats, but what would (relatively speaking) be the better of the two (or less worse) between Purina's Cat Chow and Friskies dry kibble? I know they're both supermarket brands and...

A lot of canned cat foods have a recipe that is usually called "Ocean Whitefish (and Tuna)" flavor, but 'ocean whitefish' is a type of tilefish, which I've heard is contaminated with a lot of mercury (even more so than tuna). So much that pregnant women are advised to avoid it. Are foods...

Went over to the Petsmart today, and Authority 6 oz cans are on sale for 57 cents each (what a good deal), so I got a can to try it out. After reading a lot about ash in cat food, is it something I should be concerned about for a spayed female cat? Does ash have something to do with the quality...

I'll go to the Superstore on the weekend to check if that flavour is available. But can anyone vouch for the safety or quality of Special Kitty Select if I feed the cans to her?

Thanks for the replies. I've gotten Fancy Feast for her in the past (its usually 60-68 cents), but I've never heard of Sheba here in Canada. But Fancy Feast often has wheat in the gravy, and I'm trying to at least keep her wet food grain free. Friskies might be OK, it comes in a larger can and...

Is Special Kitty Select Ultra Gourmet wet cat food OK for my cat? I'm currently feeding her President's Choice wet cat food, but Special Kitty Select is usually cheaper, so I got a few cans. But after some research, Special Kitty has had a lot of recalls in the past, so is Special Kitty Select a...