by Alyssa W.(Nebraska) Purina® Cat Chow® Naturals My cat had a shedding problem but after I started feeding him Purina All Naturals, he doesn’t shed nearly as much and his coat is much softer and shinier too. Alyssa W. Hi Alyssa: thanks for passing on that tidbit of information about cat food. [Note: this page …
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I can only think of one reason why a perfectly healthy and fit cat, well looked after, is not eating the food that you put down for him or her. And I guess by now you’ve figured out the reason: they are consistently going around to your neighbour and eating all the food that they …
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Preamble This page has been refreshed, added-to, and republished as at January 2022. IT IS IN 2 PAGES WITH A 2ND PAGE LINK. All website pages need to go through a review and rebuild process after about 10 or more years in my opinion. That’s what I am doing here. Things change and these must …
Susan Thixton is probably the most expert and knowledgeable person on pet food that is currently sharing their knowledge on the Internet. Susan Thixton runs the Truth about Pet Food website. It is a respected website. Thixton has been running her website meticulously for a very long time. She is a very demanding woman in …
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Mars employees eat the cat food because they are hungry….just kidding, please read on… Certain employees working for the giant pet food manufacturer, Mars, eat the company’s wet cat food as part of their job. The Daily Mail website says that they do this to make sure that it tastes nice for cats and dogs. …
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It had to happen. Despite the fact that a lot of domestic cat food is not of the best quality (or downright poor), some cat soups such as Purina’s Gourmet Crystal Soup contains a lot more meat than soup for humans but it costs 10 times more. Yes, that’s not a typo: it is 10X …
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I am confused about grain-free cat food. I think it’s becoming almost impossible to understand cat food ingredients and what is good or bad for our cats. Cat food manufacturers have to face competing objectives. They need to provide food which is affordable and which is suitable for a cat. It is the affordability element …
A cat’s diet should contain 30 to 45% protein on a dry matter basis (DMB) and it should be of high biological value which means that it should be meat proteins as opposed to plant proteins. The phrase “biological value” means a measure of the proportion of absorbed protein from a food which becomes part …
If allowed to, domestic cats don’t select food on flavour but on nutritional content a study has found1. Cats have an intuitive feel for selecting a food that is right for him/her based on its macronutrient content by which I mean the type of food (e.g. fat, protein, carbohydrate) required in large amounts in his/her …
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When I am owned by a cat that regularly eats with gusto, I thank the gods for rewarding me with a kitty that isn’t a picky eater. Two of my cats fit into that category, but when it comes to one of them there are times I have found this thankless task to be as …
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This is a review of 1,759 cat food formulas. It is extremely comprehensive and the reviewers came up with 163 approved cat foods. That is a large number but substantially whittled down from a total approaching 2000. It took 300 hours to produce and is a lengthy document. It is on this page as an …
Yes, we need fully independent scientific studies on the quality of the different types of cat food: manufactured dry and wet, and raw. But what is the likelihood of us ever having sight these quality scientific studies? There is a lot of anecdotal evidence about the quality of cat food. Some vets even speak up …
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There has been an increasing emphasis on the importance of feeding cats a well-balanced species appropriate diet. As a result, many kitty guardians have discovered the majority of the popular well-known brands of commercially prepared cat food are falling short of meeting their cats’ essential nutritional needs. In part these nutritional discrepancies are caused by …
Do gourmet cat foods tempt finicky felines? Our two Oriental shorthair cats, Dr. Hush Puppy and Sir Hubble Pinkerton are to say the least extremely fussy about what they will eat. Trying to figure out what will suit their fancy leaves my head spinning. What makes this situation even more anxiety-producing is the meager selection …
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Kittens should be raised on high quality cat food. Not only should kittens be raised on good quality cat food so should the kitten’s mother. And the mother should be feeding on the highest quality food when she is raising her kittens. That is what I believe. I believe that common sense tells me that …
