I'm interested in hearing everyone's opinions on feline nutrition. You could possibly include in your posts a commercial pet food that you would recommend, the diet you think felines were specifically designed to eat, if you prefer feeding wet food, dry food, or raw food, what food your cat likes best and what you think would provide a cat with optimum health and nutrition. I'm really interested in hearing what everyone thinks and looking at the situation from different point of views.
My honest opinion is that cats were designed to eat meat, and meat only. That's why I think feeding grain free, veggie and fruit free, diets would be the best way of feeding a cat. As long as it is a complete and balanced diet. The commercial pet food brand that I would recommend is Weruva. For some reason, it's the brand I feel most comfortable with and most of the ingredients seem like things I would want my cat to eat. I do not buy the cans of Weruva with veggies and carrageenan in them, though so I tend to stick to Nine Liver and Paw Lickin Chicken.
Obviously, feral cats hunt rabbits, mice, voles, squirrels, and birds. You don't see them sitting around a campfire cooking their meat before they eat it. No, they eat their meat raw. Which is proof that kitties indeed can handle a raw diet. I think that felines were designed to eat raw meat. They have shorter digestive systems than ours and they have a higher acidity level so they can process the raw meat, unlike humans.
I totally prefer feeding wet food, because dry food is mostly derived from plant matter and wet food has much more moisture in it. Cats have a low thirst drive so they need moisture from their food. My cats really like Nature's Variety Raw, and Instinct canned, as well as Weruva. They also get a can of BFF as a fishy treat. :lol3:
I think the best, most species-appropriate diet is a raw diet, or high quality canned. Kitties need moisture. A raw diet is the closest option to nature, but canned is also another good option for people who don't really like the option of feeding raw.
What do YOU think?
My honest opinion is that cats were designed to eat meat, and meat only. That's why I think feeding grain free, veggie and fruit free, diets would be the best way of feeding a cat. As long as it is a complete and balanced diet. The commercial pet food brand that I would recommend is Weruva. For some reason, it's the brand I feel most comfortable with and most of the ingredients seem like things I would want my cat to eat. I do not buy the cans of Weruva with veggies and carrageenan in them, though so I tend to stick to Nine Liver and Paw Lickin Chicken.
Obviously, feral cats hunt rabbits, mice, voles, squirrels, and birds. You don't see them sitting around a campfire cooking their meat before they eat it. No, they eat their meat raw. Which is proof that kitties indeed can handle a raw diet. I think that felines were designed to eat raw meat. They have shorter digestive systems than ours and they have a higher acidity level so they can process the raw meat, unlike humans.
I totally prefer feeding wet food, because dry food is mostly derived from plant matter and wet food has much more moisture in it. Cats have a low thirst drive so they need moisture from their food. My cats really like Nature's Variety Raw, and Instinct canned, as well as Weruva. They also get a can of BFF as a fishy treat. :lol3:
I think the best, most species-appropriate diet is a raw diet, or high quality canned. Kitties need moisture. A raw diet is the closest option to nature, but canned is also another good option for people who don't really like the option of feeding raw.
What do YOU think?