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I have read a similar claim through
different publications – if you are feeding dry food – there are a
couple of things you can do to minimize the problems. First of all (this is
true for canned or wet food) – please make sure that you are not feeding
any food which contains BHT or BHA or any artificial preservatives which can be
toxic for our cats for a long term use – also try to avoid any food which
contains by product as an ingredient. Also, they suggest that don’t give
an access to the food all the time – when they smell their food all the
time, it says something about it contributes their urine to be more alkali,
which can be a problem for urinary tract problems, too. I think that the
bottom line is – you want to create and mimic their true natured life as
much as possible. That’s why raw food is recommended as it’s
closest to their nature food, and least processed. And most of the animals in
wild don’t eat for a day or two after having a meal --- From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dry food can, but does not always,
increase the risk of urinary tract problems (the grain in it raises the ph, as
does having more concentrated urine from no water content in the food, and the
acidifiers they put in to try to reverse this sometimes cause the opposite
problem of oxylate crystals), GI problems (lots of cats with inflammatory bowel
disease get diarrhea and vomiting from dry foods because of the grain and other
stuff in it), diabetes (too many carbs in it), and obesity (too many carbs,
plus dry food is often free fed which leads to more eating). I always free fed dry food until
recently, when I had to stop because Lucy developed IBD problems and both Lucy
and Patches had urinary tract trouble. I still give them dry food in
small amounts, Lucy I give Innova EVO which has no grains, and Patches I give a
prescription urinary tract formula. My two fat cats have lost some weight since
I stopped free feeding dry, which is probably good although since they are
FeLV+ I always kind of prefer that they are fat. Michelle In a message dated 2/4/2006 4:39:02 P.M.
Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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