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Old December 22nd 03, 02:10 AM
Karen
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in article , Steven Cook at
wrote on 12/21/03 6:15 PM:

First I'd like to say Hi to you guys, I'm a new cat owner, just over 3
weeks and counting although my SO has had cats most of her life. If
anyone is interested you can view pictures of our new boys at the
following links

http://www.stevencook.net/images/benny.jpg

http://www.stevencook.net/images/chooch.jpg

We got them from our local Cats Protection in Scotland, UK. They are
8yrs old and are everything we'd hoped for!

The main reason for this post is that we have been feeding them IAMS,
and although the boys absolutley love the stuff I have been shocked by
some of the stuff I've read about their "research" techniques. Most
of the stuff I have read has been "old" and I'm wondereing if they
have cleaned up their act recently, if not can someone recommend an
alternate dry product we can switch them to?

Also, we live in a small one bedroom flat/apartment and are currently
trying to get them to use a covered litter tray with varying levels of
success.It doesn't half reek when they drop one! Does anyone have any
tips on converting them to such a tray?

Steve.


Are they brothers? Sure look alike. I switched off Iams when Johsnon bought
them. I really don't know what to believe about "research" anymore. Whenever
food comes up here it's a big issue. As I understand it, food is much better
in the UK supposedly. So, I think you just need to do what you can. Most
posters here are US so it will be different anyway.

As for the litter box, what type of litter do you use? that makes a big
difference. Again, I don't know what brands you have over there, though I
believe the choice is less.

Karen