re: OT: the raw food debate for cats

[Sandra]

It's a funny thing but the healthier the food was said to be, bought from Vets, specialty stores, etc., the less they liked it. And
if they don't eat it, it's not helping them. Trying to wait them out by not feeding them for days until they give in is not an
option. My cats are so stubborn I know I wouldn't win anyway. I haven't seen Paul Newmans, but I'll give it a try.

Thanks for your input,
Sandra

what i would be concerned with, beside the preservative, is the grade of
meat and fish. for example,
tuna has a high level of mercury in it, some worse than others depending on
where it is fished.

paul neuman has an organic cat food line but i must say that when i was
still feeding canned, my
cats wouldn't eat it. there are several other food lines that are sold in
health food stores, i forget
their names now. some of them did not have artificial colorings or
flavorings.

tanya
Market Select made by Meow Mix, in little cups? It's
vitamins.

[Shannon Nelson]

Have you tried mixing the new in with the old, just a little bit at a
time?
Maybe not so far different from switching a kid from junk food to "real
food"--if they're used to the sugars and artificial flavorings, it can
take some time to get used to the milder tastes of "real food"?
Shannon

[Irene de Villiers]

Sandra wrote:

Hi Sandra - None that is perfect - but the best I can find is ProPAc
kitten dry food. It can be hard to locate - any feed store can get it
however.
I use it for all ages ("kitten" just has more protein and less carb
"filler").
Second best options:
MAxximum kitten (Walmart has)
Nutro Max kitten (not Nutro natural choice)
Annamaet

To ALL, one needs to add to the diet:
Cooked pumpkin for readily absorbed carotene
Fish oil.

NAmaste,
IRene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Irene de Villiers]

Sandra wrote:

Not good. Even the kitten one has 48% carbohydrates (and only 30%
protein) - and not carbs cats can handle either - FLUTD predisposing
ones. You can not go by the first three ingredients - adding 20 others
later on can overwhelm that. The give-away is the citric acid - used to
acidify an essentially plant-based food!!!

To those who do not like the thread - please rememebr that cats now
outnumber dogs as "man'd brest friend" and both need good nutritionm as
part of any homeopath's approach - since the current food on the market
is MAINLY junk, and/or contains species inappropriate ingredeints that
are just plain toxic to that species.
Thus food is the most likely maintaining cause after vaccinations -
of whatever illness you see - and it is almost always a contributing cause.
In my practise I can say "always" is part of the problem.

Whether that is so in human nutrition or not I am not sure - but I
would not be surprised - and the same principles hold - that no amount
of correct remedy will replace a deficient nutrient or remove a toxin
that is a maintaining cause.
To me that is VERY on topic to the practise of homeopathy when
literally 99% of commercial foods are seriously inappropriate.

Please do add other topics if you want to skip this one or have no pets
or clients with pets and do not need to know what's currently best
available or how to tell a poor food from a reasonable one.

The send button should be as easy to find as the delete one hopefully
) No doubt patience is thin at these times of the lunar cycle:-)

Namaste,
IRene
-
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."

[Irene de Villiers]

Robert & Shannon Nelson wrote:

Great advice for changing cats to a new food. They NEED the time to
adjust digestion to new more concentrated protein food, or to new
proteins not fed before.
....IRene

--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."