Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 as the owner of two cats who i've cured of feline inflammatory bowel disease through intensive dietary research, i have to agree that cats are natural carnivores and need to be kept as such. unfortunately, their bodies cannot properly digest any items that are non-meat sources. the WORST items for cats are wheat and corn derived products, and this is the reason so many cats end up with feline ibd. my advice: stick with the highest-quality canned cat food you can find (no dry food). i recommend wysong's all-meat canned food with their call of the wild supplement. as a second choice, try wellness formula or similar (too many veggies, but will do in a pinch). melody http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 In a message dated 4/30/04 1:55:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, nadiana1 writes: stick with the highest-quality canned cat food you can find (no dry food). And just a side note.. many of the canned cat foods have a high % of water in them so you need to make sure you are feeding enough and that the products you are using have enough Taurine in them. Very important. I don't have issue with good quality dry foods but again read the labels. Many do have assorted fillers and use corn, etc. Robin in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 I don't have issue > with good quality dry foods but again read the labels. Many do have assorted > fillers and use corn, etc. > Robin in NC > the problem with most dry foods is twofold: 1) cats get most of their water from their food, so dry cat food tends to dehydrate them. 2) dry cat food is often 40% (and sometimes more) undigestible fillers, which is simply not a good base for ideal feline nutrition. i highly recommend the following website and the links on it for further information: www.catnutrition.org . it is very eye-opening. hope this helps. melody http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Melody, what do you suggest for cats who get tartar on their teeth? My vet says to always feed dry food, as wet food will upset their digestion and not clean their teeth. I've rescued a few cats who had never had dry food, and their teeth were in awful condition. How do you keep your cats' teeth clean? My partner is a cat lover and we plan to adopt a cat this summer (once we get a house.) thanks, priscilla nadiana01 <nadiana1 wrote: I the problem with most dry foods is twofold: 1) cats get most of their water from their food, so dry cat food tends to dehydrate them. 2) dry cat food is often 40% (and sometimes more) undigestible fillers, which is simply not a good base for ideal feline nutrition. i highly recommend the following website and the links on it for further information: www.catnutrition.org . it is very eye-opening. hope this helps. melody http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 I agree, a feline is a feline. Whether it be a African lion or a puma or housecat, their digestive systems are designed for meat. I am a wildlife biologist and there are many animals that have very strick diets and thats just a fact of nature. nadiana1 wrote:as the owner of two cats who i've cured of feline inflammatory bowel disease through intensive dietary research, i have to agree that cats are natural carnivores and need to be kept as such. unfortunately, their bodies cannot properly digest any items that are non-meat sources. the WORST items for cats are wheat and corn derived products, and this is the reason so many cats end up with feline ibd. my advice: stick with the highest-quality canned cat food you can find (no dry food). i recommend wysong's all-meat canned food with their call of the wild supplement. as a second choice, try wellness formula or similar (too many veggies, but will do in a pinch). melody http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2004 Report Share Posted May 3, 2004 Hello. I had to jump in and agree here; as well as recommend the links below for anyone who is interested in their feline's nutrition. Unlike us, cats are obligate carnivores and cannot be healthy without meat. In my house, the cats are the only meat eaters! All the best, Bonnie ( & her six cats) The Dry Cat Food Crisis http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch4.php The truth is, dry commercial cat foods are anything but healthy for cats. First and foremost, the nutritional composition of commercial dry foods does not compare to or reflect the cat's natural diet from which cats have evolved as absolute and true carnivores. The natural prey diet of the cat contains between 65%-75% water. The cat, having evolved on the plains of Africa, has adapted to quench her water requirements entirely on the moisture content in her prey. Due to its nature, commercial dry cat food contains no more than 10% moisture. Nutrition For True Carnivores http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch1.php Learning about the nutritional needs of cats means to understand the dramatic distinction between their needs and our needs as humans. We have to come to terms with the fact that what is good for us is not necessarily good for cats. Their radical differences from us are simply the result of choosing a different evolutionary pathway and the adaptation into a different niche in the ecosystem. Fresh, raw fruit and vegetables just doesn't cut it for our feline friends, and the ingestion of such foods could in fact result in painful indigestion. , " nadiana01 " .> > the problem with most dry foods is twofold: > > 1) cats get most of their water from their food, so dry cat food tends to dehydrate them. > > 2) dry cat food is often 40% (and sometimes more) undigestible > fillers, which is simply not a good base for ideal feline nutrition. > > i highly recommend the following website and the links on it for > further information: www.catnutrition.org . it is very eye- opening. > > hope this helps. > > melody > > > http://www.melodysmusic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Thanks for those links, Bonnie. If you'd like, be sure to add them into our links section. I am owned by two supreme goddess cats, and as per all the info and advice i have gotten on this site, have opted to keep them carnivorous as well. ~ feral ~ There is no news in the truth and no truth in the news. ~ Russian proverb ~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~> , " Bonnie " <bonlyn2000> wrote: > Hello. I had to jump in and agree here; as well as recommend the > links below for anyone who is interested in their feline's > nutrition. Unlike us, cats are obligate carnivores and cannot be > healthy without meat. In my house, the cats are the only meat eaters! > > All the best, > Bonnie ( & her six cats) > > The Dry Cat Food Crisis > http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch4.php > Nutrition For True Carnivores > http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch1.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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