Vet bills are too high to take chances with bony food. One of our cats ingested an end of a corn cob and surgery to remove it cost a couple grand. But he was/is a grand cat so it was worth the expense.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:05 PM, John Reames <jwrea...@comcast.net> wrote: > Our cats had a (holistic) vet that swore by the BARF (bones and raw food) > diet... Make your own food as it were. > > We've given ours some of the smaller bits that result from making chicken > or turkey stock... > > -- > John W Reames > jream...@verizon.net > Home: +14106646986 > Mobile: +14437915905 > > On Apr 16, 2014, at 13:52, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > So what's a nutritious and tasty natural cat food that won't cost me an > arm > > and a leg? It has to pass my critical palate test or I won't share it > with > > my cat. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > >> IIRC it was Hurst that got me on to looking at ratings for the various > >> foods. There are a few different sites that rate foods but they're > pretty > >> consistent. > >> > >> We used the Dick Van Patton stuff for awhile, can't remember why we > >> stopped. PetCo has a lady there on weekends giving away samples which > are > >> great for training treats. > >> Buster ate an ant trap at camp last fall and for some reason it put him > >> off Solid Gold so we started with the Halo which he really likes. > >> > >> -Curt > >> > >> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:59:55 -0400 > >> From: Gary Hurst <jabbahur...@gmail.com> > >> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > >> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cat Food > >> Message-ID: > >> <caciok3sjvqc9glhr4tm5dgqeq8zew5-qkptjzhac4yixjoe...@mail.gmail.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > >> > >> i used to use the dick van patton stuff for both dogs and cats. i was > also > >> big on innova before they sold out. solid gold products for teh dogs. > a > >> few2 others as well. the dogs also really liked the bloody raw meat > stuff > >> but that just go them so crazy at feeding it was scary to watch > >> > >> science diet has a terrible reputation among the high end feed buffs for > >> being all about the undigestable fillers, mostly in terms of corn > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > >> individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > >> has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner > has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
