Pet Food

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Hope everyone has been doing well. I've been busy, busy, and am over a week

behind in replying to emails.

*sigh* And I had just gotten caught up too.

 

Anyhoo ... I've been following this discussion with interest. As a result, I've

been doing some checking on

the internet. Of course, I'm thoroughly confuzzled by many of the claims, the

warnings, the labels, etc. One

of the things that has me confuzzled is that someone mentioned they feed their

cats Evolve Organic. Part of

what I've read says you don't want to feed your meat meal (such as chicken

meal). The ingredient listing I

found for Evolve lists chicken meal as ingredient # 2... at least it isn't

chicken by-product meal. And from

looking at the list, it appears that somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 of the

ingredients are additives (vitamins,

minerals, and I'm not sure what else).

 

I've begun looking at ingredient lists for cat food. I've been feeding our cats

Science Diet because that's

what the vet recommended. I never looked at the ingredient list before because

I don't know much about animal

physiology, and figured the vet wouldn't recommend something that wasn't good.

Well, number 1 ingredient is

chicken by-product meal, and number 2 is corn. ACK!!

 

So I'm looking for a new cat food. Evolve is a possibility, and I'm also

considering Innova. Another one I'm

interested in is Balance Diet Supreme-V Feline Nutrition, but I can't find it on

the manufacturer's website,

or anywhere else on the internet aside from it being listed in About.com's Top

10 Picks. I have no idea if

the person putting the list together is wrong, or if it's been discontinued, but

if it's anything like the

canine version, it looks to be an awesome food.

 

Big problem is that we have three cats. One is a rotund (putting it politely)

20+ pounder, and 5 years.

Second is 4 years, and about 16 pounds or so, definitely not overweight

according to the vet on his last

visit. The third is a 6 month old kitten. We give the kitten the kitten

version of Science Diet, mostly

because of the extra nutrition a growing youngster needs (even though he likes

to eat the older boys' food).

The older ones get hairball control light. Innova does have a light version,

which is cool because chubby boy

certainly doesn't need the full fat version. I think they also have a kitten

formula. So if I switch their

food, how do I help with hairballs? Even with the hairball control they yack at

least a couple of times a

month (the older ones are both long hairs), and men being men, I'm the only one

who cleans it up.

 

Oh, and while we're on the topic of pet food, here's an interesting, yet

disturbing, article about commercial

foods. It's not for the super-sensitive or the squeamish.

www.belfield.com%2Farticle3.html After reading

this, I'm really not happy with the pet food industry and wondering which

company/brand I can trust..

 

Carol

 

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