Picking a high quality cat food (if you’re resourceful enough)
Here’s a list of criteria to select the best cat food based on the performance of the pet food manufacturers.
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RSPCA warns cat owners they could be prosecuted for feeding their cat vegan food
The RSPCA in the UK say that if a cat owner feeds their cat commercially prepared vegan cat food they may be prosecuted under the Animal Welfare Act. But they are on a collision course with the big manufacturers because … Continue reading →
What is wrong with feeding your cat tuna?
What is wrong with feeding your cat tuna? Answer: canned tuna is not a complete cat food. Cats need certain nutrients and canned tuna does not contain all the required nutrients. That alone is reason enough to limit tuna as … Continue reading →
Sheep’s wool used as dietary fibre supplement in cat food
When wool proteins are extracted from sheeps’ wool by hydrolysis the product (‘wool hydrolysate’) can be used as dietary fibre in pet food to improve gut health to the same extent as conventional pet food dietary fibres. So why use … Continue reading →
How To Read American Cat Food Labels
This is my take on how to read American cat food labels. Personally I find it hard to read cat food labels which means I rarely read them. I try and buy the best cat food in terms of quality. … Continue reading →
Is plant protein the same as animal protein in a cat’s vegetarian diet?
It is claimed that a domestic cat can live healthily off a vegetarian diet. There is at least one commercial pet food manufacturer making a vegetarian diet for cats. The concept is counterintuitive. A lot of people including cat owners … Continue reading →
Can a vegan diet for a cat be acceptable?
I’m going to play devil’s advocate and write something provocative. Can a vegan (or vegetarian) diet for a cat be acceptable? I believe that it is a question worth asking. I don’t think that we should criticise the idea of … Continue reading →
Domestic cats taste the sweetness or bitterness in flesh
Arguably domestic cat are overspecialised eaters. They are ‘hypercarnivores’. Their dietary requirement are too inflexible and demanding. They are “stuck firmly in the nutritional dead end their ancestors bequeathed to them” (Dr John Bradshaw in Cat Sense). If only cats … Continue reading →
Domestic Cats Select Food on its Nutrients not Its Flavour or Aroma
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 … Continue reading →
Is fish bad for cats?
Is fish bad for cats? I hear that question a lot since our Sealy is hooked on Whiskas Purrfectly Fish. He’s also eating their chicken and beef flavors now to wean him off so much fish. As it turns out, … Continue reading →