Comments on: Unbalanced Cat Foods You’re Not Told About

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 17 Sep 2023 02:00:11 +0000

In reply to Charlie. Hi Charlie. The soup alone would be a very unbalanced diet, which is probably stated in fine print on the back of the packet. Being watery, it would also supply insufficient nutrients, so if your cat is not eating other food, please get a check up straight away. Cats with FIV often need higher levels of intervention than others, but also usually respond well to treatment.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 16 Sep 2023 03:01:56 +0000

Is cat soup bad for cats. I give my cat just thr liquid. I really need to know. My cat has aids,

By: David

David — Sun, 17 Jul 2022 01:19:11 +0000

Thanks Andrew, for a brilliant article.
I wondered why they put “supplemental” food on tins of Ultimate I just bought (my cats love it)
But I’ll seek different ones from now on. Thanks again.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 22 May 2022 00:10:47 +0000

In reply to Stella. Hi Stella. They seem OK, as you will see in my page on raw diets for cats.

By: Stella

Stella — Sat, 21 May 2022 11:17:08 +0000

Are there any issues with raw commercial brands like Big Dog for cats or Leaps & Bounds?

By: Ilya Matthews

Ilya Matthews — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:40:32 +0000

Below are my somewhat long account of evolving discoveries of what made our former rescue Siamese cat kitten, Natasha, happy.
I did two things for ‘tasha whose coat in her mid-life years was sparse and dull. I sowed wheat grass from a health store and sowed this punnet of plants into quality potting soil in two black nursery seedling trays–one in use the other to alternate with the well-cropped. It sat in the light on the fireplace hearth extension. Tasha daily ate from the tray being an inside cat by choice.
Next, I received a tip from a pet professional that administering orally electrolytes to her would benefit bodily function and enhance her coat–electrolytes not usually, if at all, part of commercial pet food formulations. Daily she was put on her back [which she hated] while a dropper of about 5 ml max of baby formula electrolytes [ from a US pharmacy] was put on the rear of her tongue. In about six weeks her thin dull coat had changed into a glossy, thick bear-like coat. She was young and agile at 20 years of age and still going strong. I experimented with the food, gave her pet vitamins, fed her grass-fed minced lamb, sometimes fish [but not canned tuna] and bought the best canned full-healthy formulas available.

She required freshly changed water daily and couldn’t be conned by a circulating water device. [My friend’s cat insisted on drinking from the kitchen tap].
Lastly, she would spring up her 180 cm cat tree and hide in a covered section spying down on where we were moving around. A tall cat tree for hiding can be a cat’s own space from sometimes house commotion and noise and that, I should think, benefits feline nervous systems; such space necessary for dogs to voluntarily retire at day’s end.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 04:52:57 +0000

In reply to Lesley. Hi Leslie. That’s really interesting and not all that unusual either. However, it’s worth pointing out that for the majority of cats, these foods in moderation are perfectly fine.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 04:34:49 +0000

I used to supplement my 3 indoor cats’ diet with Dine (they all loved it). My oldest cat is now recovering from chronic pancreatitis (and suspected triaditis) by switching to a low-allergen diet. Even just removing Dine and replacing it with a veterinary diet wet food made a huge difference in the IBD symptoms that were increasing over the years. I really wish I’d discussed his diet and episodes with a vet long ago

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 10:24:05 +0000

In reply to Margie Green. Hi Margie. I’ll have a look myself the next time I’m in the supermarket – not all ingredients are declared on Australian food labels anyway so it would be hard to tell.

By: Margie Green

Margie Green — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 22:46:05 +0000

In reply to Helen Dickson. Check the ingredients in the Felix products: many contain sugar!!!!