A Michael Broad Blog
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 sheeps’ wool as a source of dietary fibre in cat food? The answer is …
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. If anyone can add to the page please do so. This article was first …
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 are probably unaware that plants contain protein. Can a vegan diet for a cat …
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 feeding your cat a vegan diet out of hand without thinking about it carefully. …
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 had evolved like dogs in respect of diet they might have been more successful. …
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 …
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, a lot of us are turning our cats into “fish junkies.” I guess the …
