Please be careful of the soy. That's how I killed that kitten. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Lee Evans <moonsiste...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> There's so much corn in cat food that when I opened a can of corn for > myself recently, one of my cats ran over and began gobbling it. Sheesh! > Since I'm a vegetarian, they don't get leftovers like hamburger and > chicken. So they eat my corn and tofu. Weird world. > > > > Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty > neighbors too! > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kathryn Hargreaves <khargrea...@gmail.com> > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2012 1:11 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition > > Not only are corn, wheat, and soy not cat food (they can't digest veggies > very well, much less grains, which can give them diabetes and IBD), but > unless the corn and soy are organic, they are most likely GMO, and soy can > give cats Hyperthyroidism (I learned this the hard way on a 7-month-old who > died). > > Yes, fish dries the system (ours, too), and is a mercury risk. > > I've already said what I think about dry food. > > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 7:50 PM, <dlg...@windstream.net> wrote: > > My Homey has had several bouts of crystals. She liked the Hill's SD > canned food, but not the dry. I had taken my guys off Hills because they > ahve corn, wheat and soy and they are allergic to those ingredients. I now > feed Blue buffalo dry DUCK. We love that and also the duck canned food. > We hate chicken and fish which is okay because the vet said fish can be > part of the problem. I have tried to get them off the dry, but not too > much luck. Right now, Homey is okay. I got water fountains and everyone > loves them. It recirculates the water thre a filter. The plastic ones are > okay, but need to be cleaned out more often. I got one on line that is > stainless steel. Much better, lower profile so I can open cabinet doors > without hitting it and it does not need to be cleaned as often. With the > fountains, the water is always moving, makes noise and they do drink more > water. You might try them. > > > ---- Emma Beauchamp <weazy...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hello All, > > My cat Gertrude Penelope Pennyapple is a one year old baby and she has had > FELV probably since she was born. She has always been very healthy despite > the FELV and a chronic upper respiratory infection, but recently (Sunday > night) she contracted a UTI. She had a urinalysis at the vet and 130 > dollars later she was diagnosed with an UTI, and Struvite Crystals were > present in her bladder. I was given an Antibiotic called Orbax and given > Hill's Science Prescription diet S/D. I bought a bag of Dry Food and a > couple of cans of wet. > > My picky/anorexic cat hates both of them! She ate 1/3 of a can of the wet > food yesterday, but hasn't touched it today, and she just kind of giggled > at the dry food and turned away. > > > After reading a few articles online, I'm kind of mad they sold me the dry > food in the first place, since a big part of the struvite crystals is water > intake! > > I was wondering if anybody has dealt with this issue before, and if so > what kind of food/diet did you switch to? > > Before the prescription food I was feeding Gertie Whiskas brand meaty > selections dry food, and occasionally their wet food as well. I used to > feed her exclusively Blue Buffalo Wet Food, but this summer funds were > tight so I switched to the Whiskas, and she seemed to like it more anyway! > > So any suggestions/experiences would be welcome and helpful!! > > Emma Beauchamp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > -- > ---------------------------- > Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! > > If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save > their life. Contact your local pound for information. > <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm> > > If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and > to free up cage space. > > > Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by > implementing the No Kill Equation: > http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> > > Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: > http://www.nokillhouston.org/no-kill-shelters-in-north-america/ > > Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org > > More fun reading: > http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ > > More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially > http://vimeo.com/48445902 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: http://www.nokillhouston.org/no-kill-shelters-in-north-america/ Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially http://vimeo.com/48445902
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