| Cats are very special animals and need very healthy | | | | China and has sickened or killed some children. How |
| food. Since cats are obligate carnivores which means | | | | horrible! This ingredient, Melamin, is used to boost the |
| they are meat eaters they do not have the ability to | | | | protein content and is deadly. Reading the labels of |
| process corn or wheat as food. | | | | the foods you feed your cats is essential to their |
| If you think about what a cat would eat in the wild if | | | | future health and life. |
| they had to provide their own food, they would be | | | | Preservatives are another ingredient that needs to |
| catching birds, mice or other small prey. If in this | | | | be looked at closely. If you have used a cat food |
| search they ran through a corn field, would they stop | | | | recommended by your vet and made by the Hills |
| to eat some corn? Have you ever thought about | | | | Company, it quite possibly contains two ingredients |
| this? About the only food other than meats and | | | | that have been removed from the human food |
| bone that they would find would be the food in the | | | | sources. They are BHA and BHT. Why on earth |
| stomach of the prey that they have caught. Thus | | | | would that be included by a company that makes |
| when feeding our cats, we would want to closely | | | | food for animals that have a need for very |
| emulate their chosen diet. | | | | specialized foods when it is a known killer of humans? |
| When feeding dry food or kibble, read the listed | | | | Why would a Veterinarian knowingly prescribe this |
| ingredients. The first ingredient listed is of course the | | | | for a pet that is sick or in need of special food? Most |
| largest amount of the ingredient in the container. Meal | | | | veterinarians have very little training in the feeding of |
| is the name of the meat or other substance that is | | | | healthy cats and dogs. As a breeder of a very special |
| included in the package. Chicken Meal is chicken that | | | | cat, the RagaMuffin, I have done much research in |
| has been cooked to a meal so that it can be | | | | the care and feeding of cats. I want the best for the |
| processed into kibble. If the ingredients listed contain | | | | cats I place in homes where they are loved and |
| corn or wheat you do not want to feed this to an | | | | cared for as very special family members. |
| obligate carnivore. Potatoes are not a food that is | | | | My recommended food, if you are feeding a dry or |
| used by the cat nor are vegetables in larger amounts. | | | | kibble type of food is one made by a company in |
| Remember when you think about the prey that they | | | | Florida by the name of Trilogy. This food is the |
| hunt a minimal amount of these substances are in the | | | | safest and healthiest that I have found for pets. It is |
| stomach and can be handled by the cat as nutrition. | | | | produced and shipped directly to your door so there |
| Food color is very needless in cat food as are garlic, | | | | is no warehouse storage for long periods of time. It |
| yucca, salt and pepper. The more items that you | | | | does not go to a retailer that must then put it into |
| read that you do not understand and have a hard | | | | storage in their warehouses prior to it's being sent to |
| time pronouncing are useless in your cat food. A little | | | | the retail store for sale to the public. You will not find |
| brown rice is much more digestible. | | | | wheat mites from lengthy warehouse storage. Since |
| In recent years it has come to the attention of the | | | | it does not contain any corn or wheat it is totally |
| public that cat foods with ingredients coming from | | | | usable by the cat so it is nutrient dense. Your cat |
| China carry an ingredient called wheat gluten which | | | | does not have to eat a large amount in order to |
| has been found to be a contamination that has | | | | satisfy its nutritional requirements. This also prevents |
| caused death in numbers of pets being fed foods | | | | overly used litter boxes which is a wonderful thing. |
| that were thought to be safe and in essence have | | | | Just a reminder, cats are a sensitive animal and many |
| caused kidney failure and death. Recently this same | | | | can be affected by ingredients that are harmful so |
| ingredient has been found in baby milk formula in | | | | use care and caution in feeding your feline companion. |