What do you feed your pets? - Page 3

TheMercenary · 05-01-2007, 09:44 AM

Dry Purina. Very absolutely rarely table foods. IF they ever get table foods they only get them in their dish and at dinner time, never from the table and never from one's plate.

Iggy · 05-01-2007, 02:51 PM

My cats eat 9-lives indoor formula. And they each get a can of the wet version too when I have a chance to give it to them. When my cat Zeus was a kitten he was weaned way too early. My sister gave him to be as a birthday present and claimed he was 8 weeks old, but I am almost positive he was 4 weeks at the most. He wouldn't eat anything I gave him until I bought the iams canned food. He would eat the gravy off the top of the food and get some food with it.

I had tried several brands of kitten food and the "cat milk" they sell. None of it worked. So he got used to the wet food and once he was older he would eat dry food as well. He freaks out if I don't give him wet food every day so I just go ahead and give it to him. All of my other cats before this were fed only dry food. But I am glad I gave him the wet food because I don't think he would have survived if I hadn't.

I inherited my sisters cat, and as I can't feed just one wet food she eats it now as well. But are 9-lives brand. I was feeding them Pet Pride but they stopped eating it, but would still complain when they wanted wet food so I switched. About a month later was the pet food recall, which included pet pride wet food. ( I have fed them the 9-lives dry food [indoor formula] for over six months now.) I think my cats sensed that the food wasn't right, and I am so glad I listened!!

Edit: The reason I fed him iams when he was a kitten was it came in the small cans, so I wasn't wasting as much each time I fed him. When I got bigger I started feeding him pet pride.

Katkeeper · 05-01-2007, 03:42 PM

My 2 get Nutro and Max Cat. They are bright-eyed, healthy, and have beautiful fur and long whiskers. The vet always comments on their lustrous fur.

I am dealing with the recall by feeding them the dry Nutro, which is not on the banned list, and I have been trying to find a canned food for them to replace the canned they got in the mornings. It is a struggle so far as there is not much choice. They do not get table food and do not have snacks. Their weight is normal.

Cloud · 05-01-2007, 08:31 PM

so I see. Have they settled down?

DucksNuts · 05-01-2007, 08:34 PM

They are now outdoor cats and thats works for all of us

The grey was the main culprit and I moved her outside straight away, then the black (daughter) started doing it as well.

Mother and Daughter HATE each other now...cats!!

05-01-2007, 08:36 PM

I feed pets to alligators.
I love Florida!

Cloud · 05-02-2007, 11:26 AM

Here is a place you can order all-natural European style pet food mix, a grain mix that you mix with meat or other stuff.

Here is a place you can get freeze dried salmon cubes or chicken livers for your kitties.

These places were recommended by a book called Cat Be Good, and although I haven't tried them yet, I very well might.

Beestie · 05-02-2007, 11:31 AM

Lawyer bits.

monster · 05-02-2007, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beestie

Lawyer bits.

bah, you beat me to it!

busterb · 05-02-2007, 11:57 AM

2 dogs. I feed Freds brand+ table scraps. $7.?? on sale for 40 lbs. 2 years ago it was $4.99 on sale.

Sundae · 05-03-2007, 12:00 PM

Mine get James Wellbeloved dried food in the mornings - it contains the least additives of any I can buy within walking distance of my flat. I'm not happy about the carbohydrate content though (most of the varieties are something-and-rice).

In the evenings they get raw meat and bones, often chicken these days as I no longer work near the market in order to vary it as much as I should.

Trouble is, one of my cats likes to sit and watch the other eat, and if I feed them a reasonable amount for 2, 1 gets 2/3 of it. Neither is fat (they are SO active) but it worries me that my carefully balanced menu is being tinkered with. I've taken to hand feeding Dylan in the living room, but he only likes titbits (scraps of cooked meat or cheese etc). Once I've got his attention I hand him some raw meat and like as not he'll drop it and wander off to watch Diz. He does like raw meat and bones - he'll unfortunately drag whatever is leftover around the flat and eat it in front of me (not great if I've decided I want to go and read in bed).

Cat trial this weekend! Taking the boys to London to meet my soon-to-be housemate's cat. I may have some photos of very sorry cats next week...

Hyoi · 05-07-2007, 09:45 AM

Four, count them, four cats......and we feed them nothing but leftover Chinese.

CzinZumerzet · 05-08-2007, 12:05 PM

Fairly elderly lady cat, 13 years,rescued after two years living rough, with a gastric stricture so she can't digest dry or lumpy food, and sadly minus almost all her teeth lives on fresh fish steamed and then mashed with Cat Milk. She is in wonderful shape and loves life.

Rexmons · 05-08-2007, 12:50 PM

I used to feed my Border Collie / Cocker Spaniel dry Eukanuba but since the pet food contamination, and because Eukanuba was on the list of "Possibles", I switched her back to her old brand, Pedigree (Dry)

Cloud · 05-13-2007, 01:07 PM

I predict good money-making opportunities for small-batch, boutique pet food.

Hmm. I wonder how hard it would be to get into that?

05-01-2007, 09:44 AM	#1
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Dry Purina. Very absolutely rarely table foods. IF they ever get table foods they only get them in their dish and at dinner time, never from the table and never from one's plate. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

05-01-2007, 02:51 PM	#2
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	My cats eat 9-lives indoor formula. And they each get a can of the wet version too when I have a chance to give it to them. When my cat Zeus was a kitten he was weaned way too early. My sister gave him to be as a birthday present and claimed he was 8 weeks old, but I am almost positive he was 4 weeks at the most. He wouldn't eat anything I gave him until I bought the iams canned food. He would eat the gravy off the top of the food and get some food with it. I had tried several brands of kitten food and the "cat milk" they sell. None of it worked. So he got used to the wet food and once he was older he would eat dry food as well. He freaks out if I don't give him wet food every day so I just go ahead and give it to him. All of my other cats before this were fed only dry food. But I am glad I gave him the wet food because I don't think he would have survived if I hadn't. I inherited my sisters cat, and as I can't feed just one wet food she eats it now as well. But are 9-lives brand. I was feeding them Pet Pride but they stopped eating it, but would still complain when they wanted wet food so I switched. About a month later was the pet food recall, which included pet pride wet food. ( I have fed them the 9-lives dry food [indoor formula] for over six months now.) I think my cats sensed that the food wasn't right, and I am so glad I listened!! Edit: The reason I fed him iams when he was a kitten was it came in the small cans, so I wasn't wasting as much each time I fed him. When I got bigger I started feeding him pet pride. __________________ Chock-full of naughty goodness.

05-01-2007, 08:31 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	so I see. Have they settled down? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-02-2007, 11:26 AM	#7
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Here is a place you can order all-natural European style pet food mix, a grain mix that you mix with meat or other stuff. Here is a place you can get freeze dried salmon cubes or chicken livers for your kitties. These places were recommended by a book called Cat Be Good, and although I haven't tried them yet, I very well might. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

05-02-2007, 11:31 AM	#8
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Lawyer bits. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

05-01-2007, 03:42 PM	#3
Katkeeper Hoodoo Guru Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Mechanicsburg PA Posts: 296	My 2 get Nutro and Max Cat. They are bright-eyed, healthy, and have beautiful fur and long whiskers. The vet always comments on their lustrous fur. I am dealing with the recall by feeding them the dry Nutro, which is not on the banned list, and I have been trying to find a canned food for them to replace the canned they got in the mornings. It is a struggle so far as there is not much choice. They do not get table food and do not have snacks. Their weight is normal.

05-01-2007, 08:34 PM	#5
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	They are now outdoor cats and thats works for all of us The grey was the main culprit and I moved her outside straight away, then the black (daughter) started doing it as well. Mother and Daughter HATE each other now...cats!!

05-01-2007, 08:36 PM	#6
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I feed pets to alligators. I love Florida!

05-02-2007, 11:57 AM	#10
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	2 dogs. I feed Freds brand+ table scraps. $7.?? on sale for 40 lbs. 2 years ago it was $4.99 on sale. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

05-03-2007, 12:00 PM	#11
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Mine get James Wellbeloved dried food in the mornings - it contains the least additives of any I can buy within walking distance of my flat. I'm not happy about the carbohydrate content though (most of the varieties are something-and-rice). In the evenings they get raw meat and bones, often chicken these days as I no longer work near the market in order to vary it as much as I should. Trouble is, one of my cats likes to sit and watch the other eat, and if I feed them a reasonable amount for 2, 1 gets 2/3 of it. Neither is fat (they are SO active) but it worries me that my carefully balanced menu is being tinkered with. I've taken to hand feeding Dylan in the living room, but he only likes titbits (scraps of cooked meat or cheese etc). Once I've got his attention I hand him some raw meat and like as not he'll drop it and wander off to watch Diz. He does like raw meat and bones - he'll unfortunately drag whatever is leftover around the flat and eat it in front of me (not great if I've decided I want to go and read in bed). Cat trial this weekend! Taking the boys to London to meet my soon-to-be housemate's cat. I may have some photos of very sorry cats next week... __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-07-2007, 09:45 AM	#12
Hyoi Faithful Companion Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 188	Four, count them, four cats......and we feed them nothing but leftover Chinese. __________________ When you stop trying to make sense of it all, it all begins to make sense.

05-08-2007, 12:05 PM	#13
CzinZumerzet .....short for Caz Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: The West Coast of England Posts: 358	Fairly elderly lady cat, 13 years,rescued after two years living rough, with a gastric stricture so she can't digest dry or lumpy food, and sadly minus almost all her teeth lives on fresh fish steamed and then mashed with Cat Milk. She is in wonderful shape and loves life. __________________ ..down by the zea zippin' zider

05-08-2007, 12:50 PM	#14
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	I used to feed my Border Collie / Cocker Spaniel dry Eukanuba but since the pet food contamination, and because Eukanuba was on the list of "Possibles", I switched her back to her old brand, Pedigree (Dry)

05-13-2007, 01:07 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I predict good money-making opportunities for small-batch, boutique pet food. Hmm. I wonder how hard it would be to get into that? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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