Thanks for the advice everyone, I'll start mixing in cooked meat with their dried Purina/Blue Buffalo mixture.
(I tend to mix dry foods together, they like picking the flavor they want to eat that day! I never spoil my animals!) Now I am curious, what's wrong with tuna? (One of my cats wont eat fish anyway, so I wouldn't feed it very often, I'd just like to know.) On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Christiane Biagi <ti...@mindspring.com>wrote: > They aren't thrilled w. Turkey but LOVE that Sardines, Shrimp & Crab. We > rotate through the different "flavors" cause we wouldn't want the little > buggers to get bored with their food-LOL. They finally agreed to all eat > some Blue Buffalo Lite dry but it took a bit of doing. They're not spoiled > or anything! > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Bonnie Hogue > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 11:25 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Foof > > My cats eat canned "Wellness" but only the salmon and turkey flavor. Go > figure. > They *Love* "Prarie" chicken dryed catfood. It's pretty good > nutrition-wise. And no, it's not made out of 'prarie chickens'... > ~Bonnie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christiane Biagi" <ti...@mindspring.com> > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 8:55 AM > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Foof > > > > They can be fussy, can't they! LOL My brood eats wellness canned but > > when I tried wellness dry as supplement, they turned up their noses. > > Have a friend who had a cat that lived to her early 20's--wouldn't eat > > anything xcept 9-Lives (which is not the worst food in the world). > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Jannes > > Taylor > > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 10:41 AM > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Foof > > > > I have found that my cats, even Amber my felv cat does not care for > > the more "expensive/healthy" food. I fed her that at first and after > > she got past her starvation mode,(a time when she was grateful for > > anything to eat), she would not eat it as well. I switched to the Meow > > Mix shredded with gravy and they all love that. I tried feeding my > > other cats the "healthy stuff" as well and they tried to cover it up > > like it was a bowel movement..LOL. > > > > Amber will eat cooked chicken but my other cats won't eat anything but > > cat food. > > > > I aree with supplementing their junk food cat food with real meat if > > you can get them to eat it. I am feeding Amber the Fancy Feast brand > > as well, but it not really a "healthy" brand... It is not cheap in > > price though. > > > > Jannes > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: MaiMaiPG <maima...@gmail.com> > > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > Sent: Mon, March 28, 2011 8:47:40 AM > > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Cat Foof > > > > You may want to supplement what ever food you chose with chicken, > > ground beef or tuna. I've been able to get whole chicken at 69 or 79 > > cents a pound near the end of sell by date and recently picked up a > > couple of hundred cans of tuna at > > 39 cents each. When you figure out the per pound price you are paying > > a lot less than cat food and using all of the product. Before anyone > > jumps on me, the tuna is for putting meds in and is usually divided by > > 6 cats or by 2 cats and a dog. I would never feed it entirely. > > > > I can feed 7 cats and a dog for 3-4 days with a whole chicken. Same > > with hamburger. > > On Mar 28, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Katy Doyle wrote: > > > >> And that subject is supposed to be "cat food"... Typos! > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> On Mar 28, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Katy Doyle <athenapities...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> What kind of food do you feed your cats? > >>> > >>> I was feeding the Blue Buffalo and I really liked it, but it is > >>>getting too expensive because of my furlough days at work. > >>> > >>> I'm looking for something affordable but still good for cats that > >>> are > > FeLV+. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> Katy > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Felvtalk mailing list > >> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.or > >> g > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Felvtalk mailing list > > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
