LOL! thats right, grrrrrOriginally Posted by pushylady
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Yikes "human supliments"! Is this what happens to neighbours who annoy you?
LOL! thats right, grrrrrOriginally Posted by pushylady
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Yikes "human supliments"! Is this what happens to neighbours who annoy you?
There are some alternatives to making your own.Originally Posted by moggiegirl
I agree. Those who have the time and the desire to prepare homemade should do it. But I'm not brave or knowledgeable enough to feed raw and the stuff at my grocery store is pumped with hormones and Rosie threw up the last time I gave her some raw hamburger meat as a treat. So I just feed a combination of dry food and canned food and some occasional cooked chicken. I also add halo's purely for pets Live a Littles freeze dried chicken treats to my cats dry food. I think it improves the quality of dry cat food by adding some extra animal based protein.
Thank you for the wet food note... I have found anything without by products to be above fancy feast cept for a few flavorsOriginally Posted by lavender
Kai Bengals, I have to disagree with you on the wet food reccomedationSOME varieties of Fancy Feast are not terrible but overall, it's not a very good quality food. Pretty much the same companies that make top quality dry foods (Wellness, Innova, Felidae, Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers Soul, Wysong, Natural Balance, etc.) also make a great quality wet food.
I think a high quality wet food diet is the best thing you can feed your kitties, other than raw.
In terms of prepared raw diets that are available, I think it varies widely per area, as it's not practical to ship frozen raw food over great distances. My store carries Healthy Paws, Pets4Life, Amore and Urban Carnivore. But I'm in Canada. You'll find different brands depending on where it is you are
My experience with canned foods is indeed limited, since I rarely use it. But when I do, I use the fancy feast fish varieties. What do you think of those flavors...good or bad in perspective?Originally Posted by lavender
Kai Bengals, I have to disagree with you on the wet food reccomedationSOME varieties of Fancy Feast are not terrible but overall, it's not a very good quality food. Pretty much the same companies that make top quality dry foods (Wellness, Innova, Felidae, Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers Soul, Wysong, Natural Balance, etc.) also make a great quality wet food.
I think a high quality wet food diet is the best thing you can feed your kitties, other than raw.
In terms of prepared raw diets that are available, I think it varies widely per area,as it's not practical to ship frozen raw food over great distances. My store carries Healthy Paws, Pets4Life, Amore and Urban Carnivore. But I'm in Canada. You'll find different brands depending on where it is you are
In this day and age and with dry ice, it's very practical. Even after 2 1/2 days of travel, the product still arrives at my door frozen. And the shipping is very affordable with UPS.as it's not practical to ship frozen raw food over great distances.
One of my lacal stores is getting this brand dry kibble ... Have you tried it??Originally Posted by Lndscpsam
Both my kitties and one dog get a raw diet supplemented with kibble. They all LOVE it and it has done wonders for their coats and litter box smell too!! I buy the Natures Variety Prairie brand. I don't have the time or ambition to make it myself, so I spend the extra to purchase this brand. I can't say enough about it!!!
may i suggest you take 12 hours between feeding raw and dry so the dry does not interfere with proper abosrption of the raw.Originally Posted by HUNTER
My one year old bengal kitty is being fed raw since he started eating solid, i give him 3 ozs. of raw and 1/2 cup of dry daily, he likes it.
They are okay from what I have read but I personally would only buy organic like the livers I buy..Originally Posted by semiferal
Does anyone know how chicken gizzards are for cats? I've seen them really cheap at a local store and might like to give them to my cats (not as an exclusive diet, of course) if they have some nutritional merit...
Ideally that's definitely what I'd do. It's just not financially feasible. I'm trying to work as much raw into their diet as possible, though.Originally Posted by sharky
They are okay from what I have read but I personally would only buy organic like the livers I buy..
My nossey recomedation..lmao... is to check around I get chn or beef livers that are either all natural grain feed or organic for 1.99 a lb ... the hearts are like 4.99 a lb...Originally Posted by semiferal
Ideally that's definitely what I'd do. It's just not financially feasible. I'm trying to work as much raw into their diet as possible, though.