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Recommendation for organic cat foods?
Is there some research to show benefits of these organics or disadvantages
of off-the-shelf foods? What is your opinion? many thanks |
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Recommendation for organic cat foods?
Testimony is often the best proof. My sister's two feral rescues were
2 years old when they came to her from a no-kill shelter, where they'd lived since they were kittens. They were being well cared for and fed plenty of commercial food at the shelter. After two weeks on organic raw food these adult cats actually started growing in size. Their teeth and eyes cleared, no more bad breath, silkier coats, and what came out of them completely changed in ...well, stinkiness. As in much less stinky. Of course now they're trying to keep up with them, they've got so much energy. A cat's natural diet does not include fillers, chemicals, and preservatives. With an organic, species-appropriate diet, they do thrive. My sister's cases are just one example. I've seen this without fail a minimum of 30 times. Every cat has also gone through a detox period of about 1-2 weeks where everything gets stinkier, etc. and then it's like they've peeled off a dingy film and everything about them shines. |
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Recommendation for organic cat foods?
On 2006-03-28, Joe Canuck wrote:
wrote: [...] A cat's natural diet does not include fillers, chemicals, and preservatives. With an organic, species-appropriate diet, they do thrive. My sister's cases are just one example. I've seen this without fail a minimum of 30 times. Every cat has also gone through a detox period of about 1-2 weeks where everything gets stinkier, etc. and then it's like they've peeled off a dingy film and everything about them shines. We should worry so much about the food WE consume. We do, which is why my wife and I have been eating exclusively organic food (except for the occasional take-out or restaurant meal) for about the last seven and a half years. Better for us, better for the planet, etc. I've never seen organic cat food. Romeo has been eating Iams almost since we got him over nine years ago. He seems to like it. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Love of beauty is Taste...The creation of beauty is Art. --Ralph Waldo Emerson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Negron from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
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Joe Canuck wrote: We should worry so much about the food WE consume. LOL! I always say my cats eat better than we do. |
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Recommendation for organic cat foods?
Joe Negron wrote: I've never seen organic cat food. I believe Paul Newman's uses organic ingredients, but can't say for sure. Petguard uses free-range, non-hormones beef. |
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Recommendation for organic cat foods?
Joe Negron wrote:
On 2006-03-28, Joe Canuck wrote: wrote: [...] A cat's natural diet does not include fillers, chemicals, and preservatives. With an organic, species-appropriate diet, they do thrive. My sister's cases are just one example. I've seen this without fail a minimum of 30 times. Every cat has also gone through a detox period of about 1-2 weeks where everything gets stinkier, etc. and then it's like they've peeled off a dingy film and everything about them shines. We should worry so much about the food WE consume. We do, which is why my wife and I have been eating exclusively organic food (except for the occasional take-out or restaurant meal) for about the last seven and a half years. Better for us, better for the planet, etc. I've never seen organic cat food. Romeo has been eating Iams almost since we got him over nine years ago. He seems to like it. I don't doubt it is better for all of us, but how do you know the foods you purchase have been grown and tended in a completely organic matter? These days even ordinary water isn't quite so ordinary anymore. :-( |
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Recommendation for organic cat foods?
On 2006-03-28, PawsForThought wrote:
Joe Negron wrote: I've never seen organic cat food. I believe Paul Newman's uses organic ingredients, but can't say for sure. Thanks for the mention. Later, after posting that message, I happened to watch an "Iconoclasts" episode on Sundance; this particular episode was on Robert Redford's regard for Paul Newman. As a matter of course, they did a small segment on Newman's Organics and, what do you know, they displayed a Newman's Organic's pet food. I've never noticed it where we shop, but I'll keep an eye out for it. Petguard uses free-range, non-hormones beef. Thanks for this, too. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something. --Wilson Mizner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Negron from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
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Recommendation for organic cat foods?
On 2006-03-29, Joe Canuck wrote:
Joe Negron wrote: On 2006-03-28, Joe Canuck wrote: wrote: [...] We should worry so much about the food WE consume. We do, which is why my wife and I have been eating exclusively organic food (except for the occasional take-out or restaurant meal) for about the last seven and a half years. Better for us, better for the planet, etc. I've never seen organic cat food. Romeo has been eating Iams almost since we got him over nine years ago. He seems to like it. I don't doubt it is better for all of us, but how do you know the foods you purchase have been grown and tended in a completely organic matter? Well, that's another whole kettle of fish (bleak attempt to stay OT -- cat, fish, get it?). IMO, the situation was better when state organic certification was the norm (Oregon, Washington, etc.) instead of the USDA Organic certification. The USDA Organic standard is a watered down version of the various regional certification agencies. To make matters worse, various corporations are putting pressure on the USDA to further erode the USDA organic standard. It doesn't help that many of the people at the top of the USDA (and many other government agencies) are former industry lobbyists and such. These days even ordinary water isn't quite so ordinary anymore. :-( I'm unsure of what you mean this, but I'm reminded of one of the abuses of the term "organic": cosmetic products can be called "organic" simply by adding water to them. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored. --George Saunders' dying words ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joe Negron from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, NY, USA |
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