Cat Food Questions

momisa

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

I'm afraid to say that feeding tuna so frequently is actually bad for cats. It can cause heart problems and prevents them absorbing Vitamin E. Once or twice a week as a treat is fine, as long as they're otherwise getting a healthy diet, but I think daily could be bordering on unhealthy.

When I first mentioned to my vet about feeding Tuna to cats they immediately stated that too much is bad and can cause problems. I now make sure they only share one tin a week but give them cooked chicken breast once a week too now. I know when I'm giving them treats they love it but these extras they don't actually need and I completely acknowledge within myself that I spoil them because I want to. More often than not, the easiest way to spoil them is to make my lap available whenever they are ready to curl up.

nealallen

kimevans wrote: »

Try Iams, often on special & good quality so they eat less & it lasts ages.

NO DON'T try Iams. If you go to PETA's website you will read horror stories of what this company does.



If you don't beleive me chaeck out their site http://www.peta.org/

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has issued a warning letter to Iams Co. that says some of its diet pet foods contain an unapproved substance.
Eukanuba Veterinary Diets Optimum Weight Control/Canine dry, Optimum Weight Control/Feline dry, Restricted-Calorie/Canine dry and canned, and Restricted-Calorie/Feline dry and canned contain chromium tripicolinate, which is not an approved food supplement, the FDA said.
The warning follows a recall of nearly 100 brands of pet food made by Menu Foods after animals suffered kidney failure. That recall included some Iams products made under contract by Menu

planbetter

Yeh I read that stuff on IAMs. It's a minefield these days. Am going to see what else in in the pet shop. Any comments about Nature's Menu? Wet food

asea

nealallen wrote: »

NO DON'T try Iams. If you go to PETA's website you will read horror stories of what this company does.



If you don't beleive me chaeck out their site http://www.peta.org/

The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it has issued a warning letter to Iams Co. that says some of its diet pet foods contain an unapproved substance.
Eukanuba Veterinary Diets Optimum Weight Control/Canine dry, Optimum Weight Control/Feline dry, Restricted-Calorie/Canine dry and canned, and Restricted-Calorie/Feline dry and canned contain chromium tripicolinate, which is not an approved food supplement, the FDA said.
The warning follows a recall of nearly 100 brands of pet food made by Menu Foods after animals suffered kidney failure. That recall included some Iams products made under contract by Menu

do you have any links or information from any source other than peta, please? haven't heard of this before & am now a little worried!

milkydrink

I have seen this on the internet before re Iams.
But I'm not convinced Iams are the only ones who do this, how can they be?
All pet food must be pretty similar in some ways.
So I figure they must all be at it.
Of the BUDGET food that you can get at the supermarket Iams is the best for your Cat or Dog (not comenting on other animals).
If you want real good stuff go to a pet shop & buy Hills Science Diet or better still Royal Canin.

nealallen

asea wrote: »

do you have any links or information from any source other than peta, please? haven't heard of this before & am now a little worried!

http://www.peta.org/

That's PETA's site. If you can't find any topic's, as it's an acive site, make a post and ask about Iams Cat food.

janner471

Hi, I have three cats. They all like dry biscuit, and I find they like Go-Cat. fish flavour, just as long it contains Tuna. I find it best to buy a 10Kg. bag. Cost round about £20... Save money in the long run. Also less trips into city's Pet Shop. Tins of cat meat must be tuna in jelly, my cats likes it best.

I started to buy 10 tins at the local corner shop, and ask the shop staff to keep a stock of them. It soon turned out that other cat owners started to buy tuna in jelly. Seem to be a favorite flavour.

I found Super Markets sold 6's packs of assorted fish types. My cats only like tuna. It's rare to see a 6's pack of only tuna in jelly.
Me-ow from them, and a thank you from me. janner471:D

Wickedkitten

nealallen wrote: »

NO DON'T try Iams. If you go to PETA's website you will read horror stories of what this company does.

The quality of pet food in the US is absolutely dire compared to the quality in the EU, and Iams over here is much better quality than it is over there.

milkydrink

janner471 wrote: »

Hi, I have three cats. They all like dry biscuit, and I find they like Go-Cat. fish flavour, just as long it contains Tuna. I find it best to buy a 10Kg. bag. Cost round about £20...

I don't mean to sound rude.

But I feed my cat Royal Canin at £13.50 for a 2kg bag, so mine works out at £6.75 a kg & your go-cat works out at £2 a kg.
How can go-cat be a quality product? It can't be at that price.

Mine is £13.50 a bag, but thats only £3.12 a week. I don't think £3.12 is a bad price for a quality product.

Is yours false economy, do they eat more because its less filling?
Is it as good for their all round health & teeth (because this can keep vets bills down)?

HelzBelz

boo81 wrote: »

Hi

Ive got one little cat and currently I feed her dry biscuits (supermarket own brand) in the morning and a pouch in the evening.

Im concerned about the cost as I feel maybe tinned food is cheaper than pouches and also pouches seem to create a lot of waste from 7 meals which cant be recycled.

Reading things on the website here im also a bit confused about whether this mixed diet is suitable, the vet certainly has never had a problem with it and she seems perfectly happy!

Any help appreciated

Have always fed my 3 on pouches and dried food, the older 2 are now 11 years old and healthy & active (well as active as a cat gets:p ) we did try a completely dry food diet, but one of them started self catering and I really couldn't cope with a half eaten piece of wildlife on the bedroom carpet EVERY morning, so we went back to them sharing a pouch of food twice a day