Apparently they are giving out free samples of Hills’ “Nature’s Best” dry dog and cat food somewhere near work. Someone left a sample on the table at work yesterday and today there was a woman on the elevator holding three samples. I could NOT hold my tongue in the elevator – and simply told her [...]
Posts Tagged ‘dry food’
Nature’s WORST
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged cat food, dry food, feline nutrition, Hills, nutrition, pet food on June 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Vets and pet food
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged cat food, cat nutrition, cats, dry food, feline nutrition, IBD, pancreatitis, raw food on December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This post has actually been a work-in-progress for some time, but a phone call today pushed me to try and finish it. That phone call took place with the internal medicine specialist treating Studley. The specialist has diagnosed Studley with pancreatitis and IBD, based on an ultrasound performed Tuesday. Today he got back the results [...]
Fat cat, skinny cat – what ya gonna do?
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged canned food, cat food, diet, dry food, obesity on November 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Obesity seems a rather fitting post-Thanksgiving subject, doesn’t it? However, in this case I’m talking about feline obesity.
Not coincidentally, recent research shows the most effective method of “normalizing” a cat’s weight is feeding a low-carbohydrate WET diet (canned or raw). Normalizing a cat’s weight means inducing weight loss or weight gain in order to achieve [...]
Junk Food
Posted in Chi-Town Fur Gang, Feline nutrition and health, tagged canned food, cat food, cats, dry food, Rumpelmintz on September 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Friends of mine compared dry food to doughnuts, candy, or chips recently. They noted that a little bit given to a healthy cat, probably won’t hurt them. I actually agree – but if your cat is anemic, vomiting and/or has diarrhea/constipation, is borderline diabetic (or full-blown diabetic), obese, or has a tendancy to develop urinary tract stones – [...]
Pop goes the pop-top can
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged cancer, canned food, cat food, cats, dry food, hyperthyroidism on August 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Let’s talk about canned food. First, if it isn’t already abundantly clear – I think dry cat food is a very bad idea. I don’t think anyone thinks the semi-moist foods (those little pieces that aren’t hard as kibble, but chewy, like Tender Vittles) are a good idea. (If you do – well, they’re not for [...]
Feline lower urinary tract disease
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged canned food, cat food, dry food, FLUTD, litterbox on August 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve had no fewer than THREE conversations with individuals in the past week regarding their cats and urinary tract disorders (in these cases, urinary tract inflammation and/or stones). In each case, the individual was feeding a dry food.
The most effective means of avoiding urinary tract disorders is to feed an all-wet diet. One coworker resisted [...]
