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what band dry cat food you feed ?
"outsider" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in : But surely it does not have be an either or thing? Boyfie is fed mainly wet food but he does have a bit of dry every day. His teeth were checked when he had his vacs last month and they were fine. If it *were* an either or - it would be wet food. My cat could manage without his teeth but not without his kidneys. The very high protein content in dried food is a real strain on the kidneys as cats get older. Tweed In the end it comes down to personal choice. Joy In the morning I give them (the two boys) a half can between them of chunky food with a lot of water mixed in Why do you mix water into it? |
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what band dry cat food you feed ?
"Christina Websell" wrote in
: "outsider" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in : But surely it does not have be an either or thing? Boyfie is fed mainly wet food but he does have a bit of dry every day. His teeth were checked when he had his vacs last month and they were fine. If it *were* an either or - it would be wet food. My cat could manage without his teeth but not without his kidneys. The very high protein content in dried food is a real strain on the kidneys as cats get older. Tweed In the end it comes down to personal choice. Joy In the morning I give them (the two boys) a half can between them of chunky food with a lot of water mixed in Why do you mix water into it? I am trying to insure they drink enough water in hopes it will help keep their kidneys in the best shape possible. They lap it down in no time when added to the food. Also since they eat half their diet in dry form maybe it will insure they are properly hydrated. |
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what band dry cat food you feed ?
"Joy" wrote in
: "outsider" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in : But surely it does not have be an either or thing? Boyfie is fed mainly wet food but he does have a bit of dry every day. His teeth were checked when he had his vacs last month and they were fine. If it *were* an either or - it would be wet food. My cat could manage without his teeth but not without his kidneys. The very high protein content in dried food is a real strain on the kidneys as cats get older. Tweed In the end it comes down to personal choice. Joy In the morning I give them (the two boys) a half can between them of chunky food with a lot of water mixed in (the water is the main reason for the canned) and the rest of the day my electric feeders give them 3 small portions of the Core. I hope over time this compromise works well. Frank is always way early (45 minutes some times) to the dishes crying for food but Lyle has it down to a few minutes and just waits there with no crying at all. Waffles and Pickles were used to having dry food available all the time, so I've continued that. In spite of that, Waffles usually starts whining for his canned food about 5 p.m. I normally give it to him about 6:30 p.m. Joy Yeah, they both dislike Saturday since I sleep a bit later and they run up and down the bed and make a general pest of themselves until I get up and give them their canned food. |
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Cat Fountains (WAS: what band dry cat food you feed ?)
"outsider" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in : "outsider" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in : But surely it does not have be an either or thing? Boyfie is fed mainly wet food but he does have a bit of dry every day. His teeth were checked when he had his vacs last month and they were fine. If it *were* an either or - it would be wet food. My cat could manage without his teeth but not without his kidneys. The very high protein content in dried food is a real strain on the kidneys as cats get older. Tweed In the end it comes down to personal choice. Joy In the morning I give them (the two boys) a half can between them of chunky food with a lot of water mixed in Why do you mix water into it? I am trying to insure they drink enough water in hopes it will help keep their kidneys in the best shape possible. They lap it down in no time when added to the food. Also since they eat half their diet in dry form maybe it will insure they are properly hydrated. Persia loves her Drinkwell fountain. I never have to worry about her being properly hydrated. She drinks water several times a day from the filtered water fountain. One of the last things I hear before she joins me in bed at night is the sound of her drinking water. One thing she's never had is kidney problems She loves that fountain! I got the idea because when she first came to me back in 2001 she'd try to drink from the running faucet when I was brushing my teeth. I didn't want to spit toothpaste on her head, so I got her her own fountain She loves it! You might consider one for your cats. Of course they have to be cleaned regularly and the filters changed every couple of months. But she gets her fresh cool water and loves drinking out of the fountain. She's happy and well hydrated Jill |
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Cat Fountains (WAS: what band dry cat food you feed ?)
On 7/28/2011 6:44 PM, jmcquown wrote:
"outsider" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in : "outsider" wrote in message ... "Christina Websell" wrote in : But surely it does not have be an either or thing? Boyfie is fed mainly wet food but he does have a bit of dry every day. His teeth were checked when he had his vacs last month and they were fine. If it *were* an either or - it would be wet food. My cat could manage without his teeth but not without his kidneys. The very high protein content in dried food is a real strain on the kidneys as cats get older. Tweed In the end it comes down to personal choice. Joy In the morning I give them (the two boys) a half can between them of chunky food with a lot of water mixed in Why do you mix water into it? I am trying to insure they drink enough water in hopes it will help keep their kidneys in the best shape possible. They lap it down in no time when added to the food. Also since they eat half their diet in dry form maybe it will insure they are properly hydrated. Persia loves her Drinkwell fountain. I never have to worry about her being properly hydrated. She drinks water several times a day from the filtered water fountain. One of the last things I hear before she joins me in bed at night is the sound of her drinking water. One thing she's never had is kidney problems She loves that fountain! I got the idea because when she first came to me back in 2001 she'd try to drink from the running faucet when I was brushing my teeth. I didn't want to spit toothpaste on her head, so I got her her own fountain She loves it! You might consider one for your cats. Of course they have to be cleaned regularly and the filters changed every couple of months. But she gets her fresh cool water and loves drinking out of the fountain. She's happy and well hydrated Jill Mine *love* their Drinkwell Platinum fountain. We used to keep a tap running for Jessie, but after a while she started using nothing but the fountain - I guess she likes the charcoal-filtered water better than straight tap water. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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what band dry cat food you feed ?
wrote in message ... J J Levin wrote: "CatNipped" wrote in message ... On 7/27/2011 6:18 PM, jmcquown wrote: "Michael Lane" wrote in message ... I feed Purina in blue bag , tried indoor purina but they seem like the blue bag stuff.I look on the back at the analiys of things & feed brand that has most protien in it . Purina Kitten chow is only one I think that has more . Michael Lane n Flatrock, Tennessee Persia eats prescription food so what I feed her isn't very informative. You'll get all sorts of answers to this question, from stuff you can only get in a pet specialty store to home cooked meals. I figure as long as they don't have specific health problems and like what you're feeding them, go for it! Jill *Very* diplomatic, Jill! ; Michael, this is probably fourth on the list of subjects that will cause, well not a flame wars, we don't do flame wars here, but let's say a long discussion. It ranks just between 'indoor vs. outdoor', 'intact vs. speutered(1)', 'claws left decently/humanely intact or "declawed"' (it's clear to see which side of that debate I, and probably all of us here, are on - but it's one of the things we're passionate about, that being the one "hot button" troll to use). I believe in feeding canned food. I won't go into the pages long reasons why I feel that way, but here is a good, educational link about the subject: http://www.maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm Warning, it's long and technically a bit difficult, but scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll find *numerous* cites of very prestigious personages who contributed to the article. (1) For Jay, that's a contraction of "spayed" and "neutered" that we use here to denote both/either "spayed (females)" or "neutered (male)". Thanks. I am slowly learning the lingo. I've always used "neutered" for both males and females, but "spayed" only for females. Does anyone else? Joyce I was curious about this, as I do recall that word being used by a few people. According to google, (if the search was accurate)...."speuter" has been used 44 times in the history of this newsgroup. I don't think I've ever said it. I always just say neuter. Unless I'm talking about a specific female, then I say "spay." I'm not trying to be difficult, but we have a new poster and it's nice to have a new poster who isn't a crossposter, a sock puppet, or a troll. We want him to feel welcome, and not have the impression he has to learn a secret lingo, or a list of subjects that he must avoid. God knows there are some subjects that I sometimes wish *were* avoided. rant over |
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what band dry cat food you feed ?
On 7/29/2011 12:10 AM, Sherry wrote:
wrote in message ... J J Levin wrote: "CatNipped" wrote in message ... On 7/27/2011 6:18 PM, jmcquown wrote: "Michael Lane" wrote in message ... I feed Purina in blue bag , tried indoor purina but they seem like the blue bag stuff.I look on the back at the analiys of things & feed brand that has most protien in it . Purina Kitten chow is only one I think that has more . Michael Lane n Flatrock, Tennessee Persia eats prescription food so what I feed her isn't very informative. You'll get all sorts of answers to this question, from stuff you can only get in a pet specialty store to home cooked meals. I figure as long as they don't have specific health problems and like what you're feeding them, go for it! Jill *Very* diplomatic, Jill! ; Michael, this is probably fourth on the list of subjects that will cause, well not a flame wars, we don't do flame wars here, but let's say a long discussion. It ranks just between 'indoor vs. outdoor', 'intact vs. speutered(1)', 'claws left decently/humanely intact or "declawed"' (it's clear to see which side of that debate I, and probably all of us here, are on - but it's one of the things we're passionate about, that being the one "hot button" troll to use). I believe in feeding canned food. I won't go into the pages long reasons why I feel that way, but here is a good, educational link about the subject: http://www.maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm Warning, it's long and technically a bit difficult, but scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll find *numerous* cites of very prestigious personages who contributed to the article. (1) For Jay, that's a contraction of "spayed" and "neutered" that we use here to denote both/either "spayed (females)" or "neutered (male)". Thanks. I am slowly learning the lingo. I've always used "neutered" for both males and females, but "spayed" only for females. Does anyone else? Joyce I was curious about this, as I do recall that word being used by a few people. According to google, (if the search was accurate)...."speuter" has been used 44 times in the history of this newsgroup. I don't think I've ever said it. I always just say neuter. Unless I'm talking about a specific female, then I say "spay." I'm not trying to be difficult, but we have a new poster and it's nice to have a new poster who isn't a crossposter, a sock puppet, or a troll. We want him to feel welcome, and not have the impression he has to learn a secret lingo, or a list of subjects that he must avoid. God knows there are some subjects that I sometimes wish *were* avoided. rant over Sorry, I didn't mean to give that impression. -- Hugs, CatNipped See all our masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped See the RPCA FAQ site, created by "Yowie", maintained by Mark Edwards, at: http://www.professional-geek.net/rpcablog/ Email: L(dot)T(dot)Crews(at)comcast(dot)net |
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Sherry wrote:
wrote in message ... J J Levin wrote: "CatNipped" wrote in message ... On 7/27/2011 6:18 PM, jmcquown wrote: "Michael Lane" wrote in message ... I feed Purina in blue bag , tried indoor purina but they seem like the blue bag stuff.I look on the back at the analiys of things & feed brand that has most protien in it . Purina Kitten chow is only one I think that has more . Michael Lane n Flatrock, Tennessee Persia eats prescription food so what I feed her isn't very informative. You'll get all sorts of answers to this question, from stuff you can only get in a pet specialty store to home cooked meals. I figure as long as they don't have specific health problems and like what you're feeding them, go for it! Jill *Very* diplomatic, Jill! ; Michael, this is probably fourth on the list of subjects that will cause, well not a flame wars, we don't do flame wars here, but let's say a long discussion. It ranks just between 'indoor vs. outdoor', 'intact vs. speutered(1)', 'claws left decently/humanely intact or "declawed"' (it's clear to see which side of that debate I, and probably all of us here, are on - but it's one of the things we're passionate about, that being the one "hot button" troll to use). I believe in feeding canned food. I won't go into the pages long reasons why I feel that way, but here is a good, educational link about the subject: http://www.maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm Warning, it's long and technically a bit difficult, but scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll find *numerous* cites of very prestigious personages who contributed to the article. (1) For Jay, that's a contraction of "spayed" and "neutered" that we use here to denote both/either "spayed (females)" or "neutered (male)". Thanks. I am slowly learning the lingo. I've always used "neutered" for both males and females, but "spayed" only for females. Does anyone else? Joyce I was curious about this, as I do recall that word being used by a few people. According to google, (if the search was accurate)...."speuter" has been used 44 times in the history of this newsgroup. I don't think I've ever said it. I always just say neuter. Unless I'm talking about a specific female, then I say "spay." I'm not trying to be difficult, but we have a new poster and it's nice to have a new poster who isn't a crossposter, a sock puppet, or a troll. We want him to feel welcome, and not have the impression he has to learn a secret lingo, or a list of subjects that he must avoid. God knows there are some subjects that I sometimes wish *were* avoided. rant over "Speuter" just sounds silly to me. All I can thing of is someone spewing liquid, like when you post something funny without a BW. (Lingo explanation: there's a tradition on this newsgroup of putting "BW" somewhere in the subject line of a post if you think it's going to be funny. This way, people who are drinking things while at the computer won't spew it all over their keyboard when they read something funny. It stands for "beverage warning".) This would be a good time to post the FAQ link, but I don't have it. Maybe someone else would be willing to post it? I lost a bunch of bookmarks when I had to have my hard drive wiped last month, due to a nasty virus. Joyce -- I prefer to live with Feline Sapiens, thank you very much. |
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what band dry cat food you feed ?
"CatNipped" wrote in message ... Michael, this is probably fourth on the list of subjects that will cause, well not a flame wars, we don't do flame wars here, but let's say a long discussion. It ranks just between 'indoor vs. outdoor', 'intact vs. speutered(1)', 'claws left decently/humanely intact or "declawed"' (it's clear to see which side of that debate I, and probably all of us here, are on - but it's one of the things we're passionate about, that being the one "hot button" troll to use). I believe in feeding canned food. I won't go into the pages long reasons why I feel that way, but here is a good, educational link about the subject: http://www.maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm Warning, it's long and technically a bit difficult, but scroll to the bottom of the page and you'll find *numerous* cites of very prestigious personages who contributed to the article. (1) For Jay, that's a contraction of "spayed" and "neutered" that we use here to denote both/either "spayed (females)" or "neutered (male)". -- Hugs, CatNipped Within the group of (few) people still remaining on rpca, I don't think anyone is going to disrespect anybody else's decision on *what* they feed their cats. A "long discussion" about cat food is welcome, to me, anyway. We've got plenty of indoor/outdoor cats here, and that's not a taboo subject to me, either. I think Michael is welcome to raise any discussion about his cats that he wants to. I feed a combo of wet/dry. At the moment, we're switching from Purina Pro Plan/ FF to Wellness. One good thing about Purina is that it was one of the few brands unaffected by the melamine scandal. Sherry |
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