I am printing out some great homemade kitty food recipes from the internet mrsD

I really think I am going to start preparing fresh food for my felines and supplement it with the new all natural Blue Spa kibble and canned products that are now available at Petsmart. I have also found a number of online sources for healthy catfood that i am checking out

MrsD,

I wouldn't give the kitty ANY cat food with chunks and gravy. I've heard that even the major companies that are not affiliated with Menu are pulling their products.

I would try Purina dry kitten food with maybe just the tiniest smidgen of flavoring -- maybe milk or human gravy of some of the water from human-grade tuna packed in water. Cats get addicted very easily to flavors. It's not good to "bribe them" to eat.

You know, when I had my former five kitties, two of them had diabetes. I talked with other people at the Vets and every single one of them that also had cats with diabetes had also been giving them Hills Science Diet. I wouldn't give any animal that brand.

I wonder about this Menu Food company. They've 48 brands which are all basically the same product with different labels. That sounds like market manipulation to me. I would never buy any of their products.

I just heard on the news that they tested the product on 40 to 50 animals over the weekend and 7 of the animals died. My God, that's like almost 20% death rate. And they're still doing live testing. They ought to be able to tell chemically what's causing this. They're possibly blaming it on some new grain supplier. I would wonder what the heck could be in grain that could cause kidney failure.

I don't think any of the companies are as careful with feeding our pets as we would want them to be.

I hope they find out what is causing this.

Barb

I am starting to wonder:

this gluten ingredient? You know human foods, gravies, Chunky Soups,
and many other canned products, have gluten like this added as well...

Will this issue cross over to human products? Just read any processed food
label...you will see the gluten additives.

I vary the food that my cats eat...I buy many products besides the pouches.
But my gravy licker will be very disappointed in the future. No more gluten
containing foods for her or her friends. I also give them chicken that we cook, and beef scraps. Very small amounts...but our 3rd kitty will not eat them.

I think time will tell, more, and I sure hope this does not cross over to us, humans!
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I just heard on the news MrsD that they think that the FDA is starting to think that gluten might have been contaminated with mold or some other toxin.

Maybe all these gluten-free people are the parakeets in the mine shaft for the rest of us.

This is so sad. I just heard about a lady's 13 year old lhasa apso (sp??). Just had a checkup a week ago and was fine. Had a half can of the stuff on two different days. And she's dead now. This is so sad.

I don't understand why it took so long to find out that there's such a huge problem with their product. Don't they have any quality control??

Barb

Wheat you know, can also be contaminated by ergot. This was a mold
that grows on damp wheat and has CNS effects in humans.

In the middle ages there were enormous populations affected --

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Ergot has been removed from migraine products (where it used to be commonly used) except for one now in this
country because of the vasoconstrictive harmful consequences.

There is also a toxic algae implicated in Parkinson's and Alzheimer's:

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So yes, I was considering a mold-- a toxic mold.

The incidence of gluten intolerance is rising alarmingly in this country.
Perhaps this will be a warning call for us, humans, as well.

I am going to have to start increasing my shrimp purchases now, our store
has buy one get one free occasionally on the frozen ones. That should take care of Sheba for now!
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This is her fave, so at least she will be happy!

I went to WalMart today for my monthly supplies, and returned the pouches
we had left. They took them back ...no questions asked.

So then I went down the petfood isle...and all pouches were gone except
for Whiskas brand.

There were some Friskies cans that I found that didn't have the wheat gluten
in them, but about 1/2 did. Most of the flavors I found without the gluten were the "special formula" low ash version.

But I don't screen for artificial flavors etc, so I can't vouch for them for that.

There was very little cat food left. So I only bought a week's supply.
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Several months ago I switched my pup (19 months) over to Solid Gold dry food (Wolf King).

After looking at all the ingredients etc I decided this was the best I could do for her. Yes, it's expensive (comparable to Eukanuba) but when you factor in the nutrition, the ingredients, etc It's worth it.

Since the old cat (21 yrs old) will eat nothing but Iam's slices, I am switching him over to the cat equivalent of this product in cans. It's going to cost a bunch of bucks more per month, but what can a person do? He has had urinary blockages in his younger years from eating the cheap stuff like Friskies.

I get the food from the vet. LOL I might as well have children in the house. They are getting really expensive to take care of, but worth it. Hubby asked just last night if the Wolf King was on the list of recalled food. NO IT"S NOT

to check out these products
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I know not everyone can afford this kind of stuff. I would go homemade but my cat just doesn't handle it well, and you have to keep in mind that specialized blends of food have stuff in it that they need. When you do completely homemade you might not be giving your cat some of the nutrients.

But that's just my opinion, OK?

Hugs and Prayers

P.S. If you go to
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there is a great explanation of the ingredients, additives and brands available. There are also recipes you can cook.

my search has led me to a really good resource for more natural stuff for pets


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the news stories that are on daily about the sick and dying dogs breaks my heart. one lady...all 5 of her dogs.
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The ingredient is being kept "secret"...? I am now wondering more and more
about the cross over to human products...soups/gravies!
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This a very alarming statement and quite confusing....
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