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Dear Members,
As you'd probably are aware I lost my cat today due to a combination of UTI & CRF. What made me decide to post this is to get your opinion(s) about what to feed your cats. I see a lot of posts here about which "commercial food" to feed cats.
We fed his on both very affordable commercial dry (including the pricey Science Diet) and canned food for 8 years. The vet informed me the main cause of UTI was mainly due to the dry food and all that artificial preserving chemicals, colourings and stuff in canned food too which contribute to the disease. He highly recommended to feed cats fresh produce ie. freshly bought white/red meats to be cooked (boiled, grilled, broiled) and fed to cats daily. And he is right.
In the old days when Singapore was poor (villages aplenty and stray cats were easily adopted by the villagers), owners fed their felines with scraps from the dinner table. These cats, surprisingly lived to ripe old ages and not easily succumb to diseases. The people then hadn't even heard of vaccinations and vets were non-existent.
So, knowing that this is the case, I wonder if you would continue to feed your cats commercial food despite being aware of the undesirable health consequences. For me, I choose to switch to a natural diet unless the vets prescribe special diets due to a medical condition if I decide to adopt a cat in the future (again). It's a lot of work but if that's how we stay healthy by eating preservative/colouring free food daily, then our feline friend(s) deserve this too. And fresh produce is cheaper than the commercial food too. I asked myself how I would end like eating canned produce like sardines, carrots etc. for the next few decades of my life :O
I'm not against commercial food but it's a proactive choice we cat owners can make. And I wish to hear you.
As you'd probably are aware I lost my cat today due to a combination of UTI & CRF. What made me decide to post this is to get your opinion(s) about what to feed your cats. I see a lot of posts here about which "commercial food" to feed cats.
We fed his on both very affordable commercial dry (including the pricey Science Diet) and canned food for 8 years. The vet informed me the main cause of UTI was mainly due to the dry food and all that artificial preserving chemicals, colourings and stuff in canned food too which contribute to the disease. He highly recommended to feed cats fresh produce ie. freshly bought white/red meats to be cooked (boiled, grilled, broiled) and fed to cats daily. And he is right.
In the old days when Singapore was poor (villages aplenty and stray cats were easily adopted by the villagers), owners fed their felines with scraps from the dinner table. These cats, surprisingly lived to ripe old ages and not easily succumb to diseases. The people then hadn't even heard of vaccinations and vets were non-existent.
So, knowing that this is the case, I wonder if you would continue to feed your cats commercial food despite being aware of the undesirable health consequences. For me, I choose to switch to a natural diet unless the vets prescribe special diets due to a medical condition if I decide to adopt a cat in the future (again). It's a lot of work but if that's how we stay healthy by eating preservative/colouring free food daily, then our feline friend(s) deserve this too. And fresh produce is cheaper than the commercial food too. I asked myself how I would end like eating canned produce like sardines, carrots etc. for the next few decades of my life :O
I'm not against commercial food but it's a proactive choice we cat owners can make. And I wish to hear you.