Actually, a lot of ferals live on/supplement with insects. We don't have water bugs inside here, but I've seen them around, so the cats must be eating them. (BTW, just read that insects are the healthiest meat humans can eat, as they are low-fat and animal fat is hard on humans.)
On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 3:34 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > Should have tied a string to the rabbit and dragged it along the floor. > They chase and eat anything that moves in my house! If flies had enough > protein several of mine could live off them. > > Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G on AT&T > > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [Felvtalk] The Price of Cat Food > Date: Fri, Oct 12, 2012 4:09 pm > > > > i TRIED RABBIT FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO RAISES HIS ORGANIC FOR HIS OWN FOOD. THEY > LOOKED AT IT LIKE IT WAS ALIEN, WOULD NOT EVEN TOUCH IT. I ONLY HAVE 7, BUT > KEEPING ENOUGH MEAT FOR THEM WOULD BE A PROBLEM. i HAVE A SIDE BY SIDE AND > THE FREEZER IS NOT THAT LARGE. AND GETTING IT OUT IN TIME TO THAW WOULD BE A > PROBLEM WITH MY MEMORY. > > ---- Lee Evans <[email protected] > > wrote: > > It would be nice if I could do that but I'm feeding around 35 cats right > > now. Feeding raw would cost me around $9 a day with turns into around $250 > > a month. On top of which, I would be a little nervous to feed raw chicken > > to the cats. Some of them probably wouldn't even understand what it was > > while others might throw it up at first. Cooked chicken would add about 3 > > hours work to my day. My freezer would be full of frozen chicken, not > > defrosted in time for their dinner and I would go insane. > > The dry food costs me about $100 - $150 a month. With the price of Kirkland > going up it would cost me about equal to that because they eat less of the > Kirkland due to fat content. Seems to fill them up better. I used to buy > Friskies regular type, and Purina Cat Chow (no one wanted to eat that). Then > I bought HEB brand Hill Country Fair and all the cats began throwing up in > unison. Stopped buying that also. They seem to be able to digest Paws and > Claws, the Tractor Supply brand that cost $20 for 36 pounds but the older > ones lose weight when they eat it. One of my cats, Isadora lost most of her > fur (long hair) and had scabs and sores on her skin. I began feeding > Kirkland about 3 months ago and the other day I realized that Isadora had no > more scabs and had grown back her fur. The fat content did her a whole lot > of good. She looks like she has gained a pound or two and is much more > active. Mr. Buttons (Big Butt-tons) also gained weight on > > Kirkland. I need to widen the doorway for him. > I will probably have to keep buying the Kirkland and just work harder. > > > > Spay and Neuter your cats and dogs and your weird relatives and nasty > neighbors too! > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Felvtalk mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > > > > > -- > ---------------------------- > Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! > > If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their > life. 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Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: http://www.nokillhouston.org/no-kill-shelters-in-north-america/ Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially http://vimeo.com/48445902 Local feral cat crisis? See Alley Cat Allies' for how to respond: http://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=537
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