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Steve Crane wrote:
Here's the decision you must make. Do I feed a food with excesses of phosphorus in order to justify some other emotional need/desire/preference I have, even when that need/desire/preference cannot be proven to show any benefit? According to the lists at http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/jmpeerson/canfood.html http://www.sugarcats.net/sites/jmpeerson/dryfood.html The chicken, turkey, chicken & herring, and turkey & salmon flavors of Wellness don't have significantly more phosphorus than most of the varieties of Science Diet. The mixed seafood flavors have more, but so do a few of the Science Diet dry varieties. My cats (now 13 and 17) were on Science Diet dry most of their lives, until LeMieux was diagnosed diabetic in January. They ate Adult Maintenance for many years, and then Sensitive Stomach. (a 20 lb bag's worth of Lite and Senior at different periods caused them both to get noticably fatter, and develop large amounts of dander.) LeMieux (13) maintains normal bg (80 to 115) on Wellness canned. I tried Science Diet and Iams canned kitten food for several weeks (recommended by the vet as low-carb) when LeMieux was first diagnosed, but while they enjoyed both as a new treat for the first week or so, after that they both sniffed it when I put it out, and then avoided eating it for several hours until they were too hungry not to. I haven't had that reaction to the Wellness, which also smells a LOT better than the Science Diet and Iams, and has less carb content. BTW, Hills prescription M/D canned is higher in carb than Science Diet canned kitten food. Why? Gideon developed a bladder full of struvite crystals on the Science Diet dry. Fortunately, he never developed a blockage, but because his developing hyperthyroid caused him to drink and urinate more, he didn't have any obvious symptoms of bloody or concentrated urine, and he never broke litterbox training. His only obvious symptom was walking stiffly, and he was misdiagnosed as arthritic by my previous vet. The new vet took an X-ray to check, and found no sign of arthritis, but his bladder on the X-ray looked like it was *full* of fishtank gravel. Between the extra drinking from the hyperthyroid, and the Wellness diet, he managed to dissolve or excrete all but a marble-sized cluster of crystals before his pre-op X-ray (the vet was really surprised) so we cancelled the bladder surgery that was to be done along with the thyroid and dental. -- jamie ) "There's a seeker born every minute." |
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