Nutro is pretty awful stuff, too. The best canned food out there is Merrick Before Grain, and even that has carageenan in it. You may also have to add some pumpkin/veggies (5%). It's unknown if it's balanced in terms of Phos:Ca, as the company isn't very forthcoming.
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:57 PM, <longhornf...@verizon.net> wrote: > Yes, I neglected to mention that it was a very gradule transition so I was > perplexed that she got sick every night. > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: GRAS <g...@optonline.net> > Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:04:04 > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Reply-to: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition > > When switching foods, it is very important to do it correctly. When cats > have been used to one food, and when suddenly exposed to a new food, their > enzymes are not used to it, often causing diarrhea and vomiting. You have > to > use both old and new food, slowly increasing the proportions of the new > food. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > [mailto:felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of > longhornf...@verizon.net > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 2:23 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition > > Wow! I'm really surprised. I've had all my healthy cats on SD since they > were kittens. One in particular loved it so much, he would inhale it. We > had > him on W/D. He was a big cat, a domestic orange & white kitty - he was > almost 4 ft long from the tip of his paw to the end on his tail (not > stretched, just when he laid down). He weighed 30 lbs, and lived to be 15 > 1/2 yrs. My 15 year old dachshund has been on SD since 8 weeks old. She is > still very active & plays with my cat Kirby every chance she gets. I guess > some do better on it more than others. I did try to switch her food to > Nutro > when she was about 5. She got sick every night. When I put her back on SD, > she was fine. Just thought I would share my experience. > Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile > > -----Original Message----- > From: Natalie <at...@optonline.net> > Sender: felvtalk-boun...@felineleukemia.org > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 14:08:30 > To: <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> > Reply-to: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- ---------------------------- 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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