Health, Pet Food, UNPROCESSED, at least

[Guest guest]

I think this is the where I posted my story about the genesis of

my cat, Phantom (of the office), and my relationship. He was brought into my

life in the dire necessity of evicting rodents who were dining on the

electrical wiring at my office only after providing many a great meal of

cheese unsucessfully producing the desired results at the mouse trap. I have

walked many times through the isle at the grocery store with dismay over how

people have such an emotional dependency on pets that they would support

that industry that produces pet food knowing it was a high priced nutrional

waste land that could better be spent feeding the staving children in

China.However, after Phantom successfully performed his duty for which he

was " employed " , the original plan to send him onto his next petowner was

derailed by my own emotional attachement to this highly intelligent and

psychic cat who keeps my feet warm at the computer and impatiently demands

that I not keep him waiting when he needs to be let out ot go his outhouse

sparing me the expense of kitty litter. I have endeavoured to provide

Phantom the carnivour diet he deserves while I endeavour not to eat animals

and have suscumbed to purchasing processed pet food. Never mind that he will

regurgitate the dry food as evidenced by the remains that require cleaning

upon discovery and he has sense not to eat an entire can of cat food and

just lets it sit there on the floor uneaten. He has more sense that most

humans refusing to eat food that is not good for him. While I am sure that

he enjoys his basic animal instincts of self sufficiency stalking his prey

that keeps his muscles strong as evidence by the occational feather and bird

egg with the contents removed found in his domain that he shares with me,

this discussion will motivate me not to buy any more processed

pet food and make a point of going to the meat department one a week to buy

him the raw meat with the uncooked enzymes he needs for digestion and proper

nutrition. It's the least I can do out of appreciation for my devoted furry

companion who keeps me company while I mourn the death of my Mother, Alma

Virginia Sanders, who committed suicide on antidepressents that the

manufacturers knew caused an increased incidence of suicide and lied to the

public about withdrawal symptoms by deceptively calling them " discotinuation

syndrome " as I enjoy the comfort of his furry comforting warmth while I

consider how best to encourage the American public to take measures by

political activism to demand that their State Representative and Senator

refuse the Federal funding appropriated by Congress for Bush's " New Freedom

in Mental Health " for compulsory mental health screening for ALL Americans

as a precusor to involuntarily psychiatric medication for mind and behavior

control.

Thank you,

Dr. Sandra Lance, D.C.

800 309 6560

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Raw meat and bones, what pets ate before commercial food was invented in the

1940's to get rid of what wasn't fit for human consumption.

 

Starris

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PageRox

As I chose this as my first-of-the-morning email...I was glad I at least

had my coffee first! This is horrid, but I'm not surprised.

 

As to the question posed by Tom, I see no answers! (Yet.)

I give up--what SHOULD we feed our pets?

I think Dr Lance's Grandma's cats ate mice, but I'm not sure about the

dogs...perhaps they ate the cats? But then we're back to pet food

being....well....pets! So, I must be wrong. (?)

 

But, armed with the info from that link, and my own instincts that this

was going on, I'd like to know what IS nutritional and safe (relatively) for

pets. If our own meat and poultry is tainted--and cats and dogs are

carnivores, I hope nobody suggests we feed our kitties tuna-flavoured

tofu--;-)--what DO we feed them? I don't think Fluffy or Fido would cotton

to anything less than meat, but I may be wrong.

 

Any answers? The links are informative as to what the pet food industry is

doing (or not doing) but they don't provide any alternative. I hope there is

one...

 

Happy Holidays everyone! :-D

-Glenna/Seattle