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By-Products...why?
I went to buy cat food online, and found that outside of Nutro and Wellness,
and some other brands..many brands have meat or chicken byproducts...Why do they include them if they have such a negative reputation... Also..what's the deal with all the barley, rice, and wheat germ additives? Since when do cats eat rice? Are they Chinese? Or Jewish? (barley soup).. And the difference in price - 12 three ounce cans of Nutro are $6.99...but 12 cans of other brands are $12.99...Nutro seems the cheapest - are they not as good? Well, those are my questions.. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200508/1 |
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On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 04:07:26 GMT, "Doris Late Nite via CatKB.com"
wrote: I went to buy cat food online, and found that outside of Nutro and Wellness, and some other brands..many brands have meat or chicken byproducts...Why do they include them if they have such a negative reputation... Also..what's the deal with all the barley, rice, and wheat germ additives? Since when do cats eat rice? Are they Chinese? Or Jewish? (barley soup).. And the difference in price - 12 three ounce cans of Nutro are $6.99...but 12 cans of other brands are $12.99...Nutro seems the cheapest - are they not as good? Well, those are my questions.. Someone posted about how renderers extract the fat from municipal sewage ponds (all the oils that leech out of the turds and float to the top) and add that to cat food. I'll bet you wont' find any sewage fat in these expensive brands. But, sewage fat is wholesome nutrition once the pathogens have been removed. As Bismarck said, people are better off not knowing the story. I really believe the catfood story is less clear than many seem to believe... my impression is that cats can go a long time on dry food, wet food, cheap food, expensive food. The main thing is to monitor the health of the cat and be alert to any problems caused by diet, and modify for special needs. For example, my cat had urinary crystals when I took him in a few months ago. I am giving him Friskies "special diet" meant to balance urinary pH and prevent that, and soon I will take him back to the vet to make sure it's working. Charlie |
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