Cat Food / cat food ingredients / cat food labelling / dry cat food / wet cat food
September 4, 2023
I am happy with this infographic which I hope explains in a clear way how to compare the protein content of wet and dry cat foods. It can be puzzling. The protein content is...
Cat Behavior / Cat Food / cost of cat caregiving / feeding behavior / feeding characteristics / feeding domestic cats / Human to cat relationship / wet cat food
August 20, 2023
Do you aspire to that cat caregiving utopian ideal of no wet food waste left in the bowl after a feeding or even after five feedings? Well, I’ve achieved it. I’m boasting but I’ve...
Cat Food / cat food / cat food ingredients / Cat Health / pet food / wet cat food
June 5, 2023
I don’t believe that we can entirely trust the cat and dog food we buy in the UK to be safe for our companion animals. I have just watched a BBC programme about ultra-processed...
diet / dry cat food / environmental impact / global warming / wet cat food
May 26, 2023
The New Scientist website tells us that wet pet food has seven times the carbon emissions of dry cat food. They refer to a study which I can’t access which tells us that an...
Cat Food / Cat Products / dry cat food / feeding domestic cats / human behavior / human personality / human stress / wet cat food
April 23, 2023
There is an interesting discussion on cat food on social media. It’s about how much you store in your kitchen or to use an old-fashioned word, pantry. Does this picture reflect your attitude to...
Cat Food / cat food ingredients / diet / gourmet cat food / human behavior / nutrients / tuna
March 27, 2023
In general terms, the answer to the two questions in the title are (a) yes and (b) yes but it depends upon the food quality. Eating cat food to save money is not a...
Cat Food / cat food ingredients / dry cat food / feeding domestic cats / nutrients / protein / water / wet cat food
March 10, 2023
The experts at the Clinical Nutrition Service say that “The yearly costs ranged from $86 to over $2,100” when assessing the price range of wet and dry cat foods in the United States. The...
August 16, 2022
The first preventative step is to consider diet. Some veterinarians believe that feline lower urinary tract disease (FLUTD) is caused or exacerbated by dry cat food. There are differences of opinion which is apparent...
July 24, 2022
Wet cat food contains around 80 calories per 100 grams of food. Dry cat food contains around 300-400 calories per 100 grams of food. Therefore, dry cat food contains around four times the number...
February 3, 2022
Getting rid of uneaten wet cat food is a very, very important part of a cat caregiver’s life ?! How’d you do it efficiently with the minimum of fuss and effort? I have devised...
January 18, 2022
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...
April 3, 2021
This is a question for a veterinarian or scientist so what I’ll do is cite some stories about cats being cured of diabetes. Although individual cats respond in different ways, in these examples the...
February 15, 2021
It is too difficult to answer the question precisely because of the variables involved. However, there is one major factor which makes dry cat food cheaper than wet. This fact overrides any other in...
December 19, 2020
Veterinary-grade urinary care cat food works to a certain extent so you can’t call it a scam. However, it is a relatively poor solution to the formation of crystals of magnesium ammonium phosphate (“struvites”...
November 17, 2020
Cats are blamed for being picky eaters but is it true? I’ve never found that my cats are picky eaters. My current cat doesn’t necessarily eat everything I give him, and sometimes he doesn’t...
