> > I have been vegetarian a few years, but I often buy and cook chichen for > the cats. I boil it, then shred it, and almost always have a bowl of it in > my fridge and/or freezer for them. My friends think I am whacko because of > that. I don't ever eat it, but I know cats have different needs, and they > need meat. I , naturally have the option, being omnivorous, but they don't > have the same choice in their diet, as you all well know. About once a > month, I am a chicken cooking fool, on a fairly large scale. (I always > apologize to the birds. haha) > I've also heard that cats cannot taste "sweet", Kathryn... I am baffled by > this. I know that they love the taste of Karo syrup, and even concentrated > SUGAR WATER is often used on the gums of kits to stimulate a little > appetite, especially the wee ones who need to take a bottle. Also, though > I have never tasted it, I heard anti-freeze is "sweet", and that is why so > many cats are poisoned by it. This sounds like such a contradiction to me, > and I wonder, if it's not the "sweet" they taste in the syrup, what is > it? And in sugar water, there is only sugar...and water. What else could > it be? >
Kat > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kathryn Hargreaves <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 02:55:28 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition > I've been vegan for almost 20 years (vegetarian for some some before > that), so it's always funny when people see me buying so much meat for the > cats. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Kathryn Hargreaves <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Cc: > Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:38:11 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition > Some of my cats adore veggies. Cats can't taste sweet, did you know? No > receptors for it. > > On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 3:11 AM, Beth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They might just like veggies, plus corn is sweet. My cats are obsessed >> with lettuce. >> >> Beth >> >> Don't Litter, Fix Your Critter! www.Furkids.org <http://www.furkids.org/> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Lee Evans <[email protected]> >> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2012 6:46 AM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition >> >> There's so much corn in cat food that when I opened a can of corn for >> myself recently, one of my cats ran over and began gobbling it. Sheesh! >> Since I'm a vegetarian, they don't get leftovers like hamburger and >> chicken. So they eat my corn and tofu. Weird world. >> >> >> Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty >> neighbors too! >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Kathryn Hargreaves <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2012 1:11 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] FELV+, Struvite Crystals, and Nutrition >> >> Not only are corn, wheat, and soy not cat food (they can't digest >> veggies very well, much less grains, which can give them diabetes and IBD), >> but unless the corn and soy are organic, they are most likely GMO, and soy >> can give cats Hyperthyroidism (I learned this the hard way on a 7-month-old >> who died). >> >> Yes, fish dries the system (ours, too), and is a mercury risk. >> >> I've already said what I think about dry food. >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 7:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My Homey has had several bouts of crystals. She liked the Hill's SD >> canned food, but not the dry. I had taken my guys off Hills because they >> ahve corn, wheat and soy and they are allergic to those ingredients. I now >> feed Blue buffalo dry DUCK. We love that and also the duck canned food. >> We hate chicken and fish which is okay because the vet said fish can be >> part of the problem. I have tried to get them off the dry, but not too >> much luck. Right now, Homey is okay. I got water fountains and everyone >> loves them. It recirculates the water thre a filter. The plastic ones are >> okay, but need to be cleaned out more often. I got one on line that is >> stainless steel. Much better, lower profile so I can open cabinet doors >> without hitting it and it does not need to be cleaned as often. With the >> fountains, the water is always moving, makes noise and they do drink more >> water. You might try them. >> >> >> ---- Emma Beauchamp <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hello All, >> >> My cat Gertrude Penelope Pennyapple is a one year old baby and she has >> had FELV probably since she was born. She has always been very healthy >> despite the FELV and a chronic upper respiratory infection, but recently >> (Sunday night) she contracted a UTI. She had a urinalysis at the vet and >> 130 dollars later she was diagnosed with an UTI, and Struvite Crystals were >> present in her bladder. I was given an Antibiotic called Orbax and given >> Hill's Science Prescription diet S/D. I bought a bag of Dry Food and a >> couple of cans of wet. >> >> My picky/anorexic cat hates both of them! She ate 1/3 of a can of the wet >> food yesterday, but hasn't touched it today, and she just kind of giggled >> at the dry food and turned away. >> >> >> After reading a few articles online, I'm kind of mad they sold me the dry >> food in the first place, since a big part of the struvite crystals is water >> intake! >> >> I was wondering if anybody has dealt with this issue before, and if so >> what kind of food/diet did you switch to? >> >> Before the prescription food I was feeding Gertie Whiskas brand meaty >> selections dry food, and occasionally their wet food as well. I used to >> feed her exclusively Blue Buffalo Wet Food, but this summer funds were >> tight so I switched to the Whiskas, and she seemed to like it more anyway! >> >> So any suggestions/experiences would be welcome and helpful!! >> >> Emma Beauchamp >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Felvtalk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org >> >> >>
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