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Cat Food Questions

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  • Soubrette
    Soubrette Posts: 4,118 Forumite
    The Vegetarian Society don't recommend that you feed your cat a veggie diet.

    You probably can't get less unbiased that that :p

    Good luck and keep us posted :)

    Sou
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    It depends on why you don't eat meat. You could buy a mincer and half a lamb and Tufter would love you forever and it would be dead cheap.
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  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    The thing cats need from meat you can't get from veggies is Taurine - but you can get Taurine from a processed veggie source now. I use it when I am bulking, still don't think it's fair on a mogser though. Cats who get a low Taurine diet, ie chap dog food etc usually end up diabetic or blind or bot.
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  • sleepymy
    sleepymy Posts: 6,097 Forumite
    Badger Lady you can get organic pet food from Pero if you're on the mainland.
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  • liz545
    liz545 Posts: 1,726 Forumite
    Maybe not the cheapest option, but Burns' don't use intensively reared meat in their pet foods: http://www.burns-pet-nutrition.co.uk/cat_food.htm
    You can always supplement dry food with some cooked fish or add 1/4 cup warm water to the biscuits to make a kind of 'gravy' if your cat's more used to wet foods.
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  • Lack of taurine in cats causes retinal atrophy leading to blindness.To be honest I don't think it wise to feed cats which are natural carnivores a vegetarian diet.I would'nt risk taurine derived from other sources,it's just not natural to the cat and I would'nt risk its eyesight when it can easily be fed naturally.
  • sleepymy
    sleepymy Posts: 6,097 Forumite
    The food from veggiepets has taurine added just the same as meat based cat food has it added.
    Taurine
    Taurine is an amino acid that can be readily produced by the human body, however, cats need a dietary source of taurine for good health. In a 1974 study, it was found that a diet deficient in taurine contributed toward retinal degeneration in cats. Taurine deficiency can also cause a heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy. For several decades cat food manufacturers have added taurine to cat food.

    http://cats.about.com/od/catfoodandnutrition/f/goodingred.htm
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  • redmel1621
    redmel1621 Posts: 6,010 Forumite
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    Wow, How much contradictary information in what is a relatively short thread!!!
    I was pleased when I first saw this as I was wondering about what I should be feeding my cats (to my budget, of course) and now I just feel more confused than ever.

    I think I will stick with what i'm doing for now...cat's seem happy and when my income increases I may try some of the more expensive vet feeds...

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  • cupid_s
    cupid_s Posts: 2,008 Forumite
    I was looking at my tin of cat food yesterday and noticed the ingredients, meat and animal derivatives, derivates from grain, additives etc, (basically a load of rubbish that I can't believe i ever fed to my little Moo) and a lot of the dried food isn't much better. I want her to eat good quality food so we've decided to give her more dried food than we currently do and are going to buy some better quality stuff, maybe from the vets.

    But we don't want to feed her just dried food, she never drinks much and she really doesn't like the dried food much anyway - except go-cat!

    So i was thinking of making my own, buy some meat, fish, kidney, liver etc and add a bit of veg or rice or something and blend it up loosely.

    Does anyone currently feed their cat on this? Is it advisable? I just want her to be healthy, and giving more natural things surely must help. I'd feed her salmon and fillet steak if it would make her happy and healthy and live longer (and save money in vets fees lol).

    Also if anyone has any good recipes please post them.
  • Hope this helps!

    http://www.ehow.com/how_12698_make-homemade-cat.html

    :)

    What a good idea! hehehe
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