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Sundae · 02-24-2010, 02:20 PM

Jinx - you can do much better than Whiskas.
Given your horror of microwave food and your own healthy lifestyle, you are buying cat junk food.

You want to go for a wet food that has as little as possible in carbohydrates. Cats eat a miniscule amount of these in the wild. Basically what is in the stomach of the birds and rodents they consume. Tiny, tiny amount. Any food that includes grain, semolina, rice etc is not a natural diet for your cat.

I wholeheartedly recommend Applaws. When I moved back home I had a whole case of it for the Diz cat. Given my drop in income, Mum commented frequently on the disparity between what I bought myself and what I bought the boy. His dinner looked like something that you'd see on top of a blini.

I'm not being holier than thou - my boy is what is technically called fat-fatty-fat-fat at present. I need to sort out how many beebles he should have access to a day, along with his raw meat & bones diet. Either one should be sufficient, which is why he is putting on weight.

But seriously - start checking the labels. If you are happy with the ingredients it's none of my business; many, many cats live to a ripe old age on that diet. But consider cutting biologically and evolutionary unnecessary carbs if you can.

02-24-2010, 02:20 PM	#65
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Jinx - you can do much better than Whiskas. Given your horror of microwave food and your own healthy lifestyle, you are buying cat junk food. You want to go for a wet food that has as little as possible in carbohydrates. Cats eat a miniscule amount of these in the wild. Basically what is in the stomach of the birds and rodents they consume. Tiny, tiny amount. Any food that includes grain, semolina, rice etc is not a natural diet for your cat. I wholeheartedly recommend Applaws. When I moved back home I had a whole case of it for the Diz cat. Given my drop in income, Mum commented frequently on the disparity between what I bought myself and what I bought the boy. His dinner looked like something that you'd see on top of a blini. I'm not being holier than thou - my boy is what is technically called fat-fatty-fat-fat at present. I need to sort out how many beebles he should have access to a day, along with his raw meat & bones diet. Either one should be sufficient, which is why he is putting on weight. But seriously - start checking the labels. If you are happy with the ingredients it's none of my business; many, many cats live to a ripe old age on that diet. But consider cutting biologically and evolutionary unnecessary carbs if you can.