When we got our first cat, the vet told us the best food for it was raw hamburger. The cat got a little now and then, but mostly made up for the lack with mice and birds.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote: > <head slap> > > We put ours on Blue Buffalo when it came out. Before that we used > Eukanuba, but in hindsight, it's really crappy food. One of the ways they > (IAMS) mess with the ingredients is to weigh the proteins before > dehydration, which, of course, grossly skews the actual content. Right > after the protein you start seeing the by-products, which is a bad sign as > well. > > Science Diet cat food always had a bad rap amongst breeders because they > use corn gluten as a major ingredient, which is tough for cats to digest. > They also like to use brewers rice as well, another ingredient that's tough > on kitty's digestive tract. > > Some of the worst stuff out there is sold by the largest companies. What > you want to look for is the first three or four ingredients - there should > be no filler grains. The main protein should not be a by-product. > > Using these criteria you'll find that most of the major cat food suppliers > are selling crap. > > Dan > -- OK Don NSA: The only branch of government that actually listons to US citizens! "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
