Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Gina WN
LOL My Pippin used to try to bury the Innova wet food! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try Shredded Friskies...Turkey and Cheese, Salmon and Cheese. My cats devour this stuff and will begged for it. Friskies Prime Fillets Fancy Feast Medley Whiskas Buy a can of each so you

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread elizabeth trent
LOL how funny! i got some for my cats and they wouldn't touch the stuff :-/ elizabeth On 3/24/07, Gina WN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL My Pippin used to try to bury the Innova wet food! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: *Try Shredded Friskies...Turkey and Cheese, Salmon and Cheese. * *My cats

Piano Cats (seriously ot)

2007-03-24 Thread elizabeth trent
This break from the stress of the times, the recall, sickness, and all things unhappy was brought to you by Piano Cats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z5133u9qqMmode=relatedsearch= elizabeth

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
I have one who will ONLY eat the Friskies shredded cheese and turkey in gravy. And the turkey prime fillets is the preferred cat food of my pickiest eater. From what I can determine, Friskies and Fancy Feast are not manufactured by Menu Foods. I would like to know everything that has

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread TenHouseCats
i'm kind of surprised that whiskas--9 lives--friskies aren't advertising like crazy right now. makes me really worry that they know something we don't--like that their products might show up on the list one of these days. On 3/24/07, Susan Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have one who

RE: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread MacKenzie, Kerry N.
That is a very good--and scary--point. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of TenHouseCats Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:54 AM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: Looking for a good canned food i'm kind of surprised that whiskas--9

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread PEC2851
In a message dated 3/24/07 1:04:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That is a very good--and scary--point Yes, I was also thinking [See? Sometimes my brain DOES work!!!] the same thingabout Friskies Fancy Feast. Wonder if we'll ever know the truth...

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread catatonya
Beth, Please don't take one person's word as the opinion of the list. We do what we can. And I applaud you for your rescue work. I have had friends whose cats lived much longer, healthier lives than my own have who ate supermarket generic brands. I am sure you do the best you can for your

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2007-03-24 Thread catatonya
Kelly, I'm so sorry. tonya Kelly L [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To my Friends, My sweet Little White Deaf kitty is at the emergency vets under Oxygen tonight. It is a long story but probably underlying heart disease..and he is not responding. The ventilator is an option, but the prognosis of

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
My personal cats average around 18 years (including one who was FIV+). The canned food of choice is Friskies. I buy it at Walmart or on sale at the grocery store. I tried upgrading their dry food to something corn-free but, after I caught them digging through the crunchy bowls to get at the

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2007-03-24 Thread elizabeth trent
Love and light to you, Kelly. My heart is with you. elizabeth On 3/24/07, catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kelly, I'm so sorry. tonya *Kelly L [EMAIL PROTECTED]* wrote: To my Friends, My sweet Little White Deaf kitty is at the emergency vets under Oxygen tonight. It is a long story but

RE: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Susan Hoffman
Any manufactured or processed product -- and even organic spinach -- can land on the supermarket shelves with a contaminant of some sort at some point. It's been a week since this all hit. Friskies and other pet food sellers do have info on their websites. I would not expect them to

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread TenHouseCats
you got that right! Love sustains any of us more than food ever will. was writing to nina last night, and a refrain from an old judy collins song popped into my head very applicable to a lot of the contentious things we discuss here. There is no one who can show you the road you should

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread elizabeth trent
Love sustains any of us more than food ever will. These are words of wisdom, Susan...so very true. You take wonderful care of your furry friends. elizabeth On 3/24/07, Susan Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My personal cats average around 18 years (including one who was FIV+). The canned

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread elizabeth trent
Great advice, MC :0) I am so very glad to be a part of this list. In my heart, I know that if I had not joined - Mama Kitty would not be with us today. She's having a wonderful day in the sunshine -- and she drank a lot of water this morning! She's been helping me plant verbena and

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread elizabeth trent
Good point, Susan. I think the lack of disparaging remarks shows some class. I have to wonder - why are so many of these types of issues being brought into focus now? The question isn't Are you paranoid?it's Are you paranoid enough? elizabeth On 3/24/07, Susan Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread TenHouseCats
class and advertising are usually oxymorons--maybe i'm just too jaded, but i HAVE gotten lots of EMAIL ads for other foods. i think advertisers will do anything to make money if they think they can. maybe because big companies keep getting away with it when they disregard public safety,

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread Nina
Hooray!!! elizabeth trent wrote: Great advice, MC :0) I am so very glad to be a part of this list. In my heart, I know that if I had not joined - Mama Kitty would not be with us today. She's having a wonderful day in the sunshine -- and she drank a lot of water this morning! She's been

someone who is GOOD at marketing, etc

2007-03-24 Thread TenHouseCats
you know, they have these businesses all over the country for people to get together and cook up a week's worth of meals with other people, in a fully-equipped kitchen, etc. good company, instructions, all the ingredients-- someone needs to start up a business, then franchise it, doing that for

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Nina
I hear you. Has Menu foods even acknowledged that there was rat poison in the wheat they bought from China? I haven't seen it yet if they have. It hasn't stopped me from checking all labels for wheat gluten though. N Susan Hoffman wrote: This is the line that troubles me -- effected by the

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread TenHouseCats
doesn't all wheat have gluten? isn't that why people with celiac disease can't eat products with wheat? (and so what, if the same equipment was used to process the stuff with rice or something else. i don't think that rat poison cares what it clings to.) what are SAFE sources of protein in

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2007-03-24 Thread Marissa Johnson
Kelly, I'm so sorry to hear about your baby. It's so hard to say goodbye. GLOW and prayers for you. *hugs* MJ elizabeth trent [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Love and light to you, Kelly. My heart is with you. elizabeth On 3/24/07, catatonya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: any other catfood suggestions

2007-03-24 Thread Marissa Johnson
WOOHOO!! Hugs to you and Mama Kitty! :) Nina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hooray!!! elizabeth trent wrote: Great advice, MC :0) I am so very glad to be a part of this list. In my heart, I know that if I had not joined - Mama Kitty would not be with us today. She's having a wonderful day

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Nina
Perhaps all wheat has gluten, but I highly doubt it all comes from the same source in China. I don't know. Now I have to go find my glasses and check the label on my Roman Meal bread! Could it be possible that Menu Foods also produces processed foods for people too? Or that they are not

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread TenHouseCats
no, not that we can't be safe from all hazards, but that we're really fooling ourselves if we think that our food sources have been safe for a long time. we've all heard about SPORADIC outbreaks of e-coli, salmonella, etc etc and seen videos of horrible things happening at slaughterhouses,

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Tad Burnett
If you go to Purina's web page they have a whole special page about how their foods are safe Tad TenHouseCats wrote: i'm kind of surprised that whiskas--9 lives--friskies aren't advertising like crazy right now. makes me really worry that they know something we don't--like that their

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Nina
I can't believe you got a giggle out of me after all that. Nina TenHouseCats wrote: no, not that we can't be safe from all hazards, but that we're really fooling ourselves if we think that our food sources have been safe for a long time. we've all heard about SPORADIC outbreaks of e-coli,

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Kelly L
At 01:08 PM 3/24/2007, you wrote: Boy do I agree.those were the days when the dogs ate table scraps and SKIPPY and lived long healthy lives. Organic does not mean much as far as safety, You may avoid pesticides, but the you risk mold , so of which are more deadly, Kelly lane If

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread TenHouseCats
so maybe the point is, we do the best we can with the information we have at the moment and hold onto our cats and one another for dear life. -- Spay Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ:

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Basically, if you don't raise it or farm it yourself, there's no guarantees. Even then, accidents happen occasionally. Phaewryn http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html Special Needs Cat Resources what are SAFE sources of protein in this world anymore, anyway? for humans OR critters? i just cannot

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
My ex-step-dad's father would spend an hour after every grocery shopping trip WASHING everything he bought before putting it in his refrigerator or pantry: gallons of milk, blocks of cheese, jars of condiments, canned food, all washed with hot soapy water, if the label fell off, he would use a

Re: Looking for a good canned food

2007-03-24 Thread Kelly L
At 03:14 PM 3/24/2007, you wrote: We all have out compulsions, Me I eat fruit and vegetables without even washing it,,Most germs are on your hand, And as I mentioned i will not ever eat home canned products, Botulism is so lethal, Anyway,, I never get sick either, We have no way of