if you own a cat or dog, PLEASE read!

[Lee]

If they require ash in their diet, why don't I ever see them licking my ashtrays?

HAHAHA

When Liquorice was a puppy she used to steal my Marlboros.

Id wake up some mornings and whole packets of the things would have been chewed to bits with just the butts left intact :eek:

The best though was when we woke up one day and couldnt find Garys wallet, we found it eventually, contents intact, chewed to a pulp... Including the $500 or so that was in it

Regards,

Lee

[Xstr8guy]

Only the wet though, i should have said, she only eats the dry stuff.

For some reason, she decided at a very early age she didnt like anything 'sloppy' in her bowl [shrug]

Its funny watching her walk in to the family room sometimes though, she'll go to one of the corners and stockpile food there for a snack later in the day so she doesnt have to walk across the room in to the kitchen to eat LOL

Regards,

Lee

Both of our dogs eat the dry food too. And they also like to take mouthfuls of food and bring it over to where their daddies are to eat. Our office is in our dining area and all day long, all 4 of us are in the same area. The 2 dog beds are under our desk so they can be close at all times. It's sometimes a little TOO close.

[gaybucks_chip]

I have two Bengal kitties that are almost a year old. I talked to the breeder and also did a bunch of research online when choosing the food for them.

The pet food the breeder recommended is Innova Evo. It is one of the only (or maybe THE only) dry pet food that has no grains and is not high in carbohydrates. They also make a canned food, which I have, but the cats prefer the dry food.

The ingredients label bears out that this is a good quality food... in order, the ingredients are turkey, chicken, chicken and herring meal, then stuff like apples, carrots, cottage cheese, tomato, and a large number of nutritional supplements (B vitamins, amino acids, minerals, etc.) No fillers at all. Sounds like it wouldn't be a bad diet for humans, either

I don't know about other cats or about dogs, but Bengals are about 1/8 wild Asian leopard and are a lot more muscular than normal housecats, so require a higher protein food. They also have very high metabolisms, and apparently the higher carb food often causes diarrhea. My girls have never had anything but Innova so I don't know how they would handle regular food.

I really don't know other than what I've read, but the Innova food seems to be a much higher quality food than most of the other stuff I've seen. It is relatively widely distributed, but you can't get it in discount stores, chain pet stores, or grocery places... you have to go to a feed supply or a specialty supplier. It's not cheap (15 pound bag is about $24) but I don't think it's really much more expensive than other premium foods.

The other one that came recommended by the breeder for non-Bengals is Royal Canin, and that is available in many formulas and is carried by the major pet chains.

[TheWhack]

Yeah this is only the WET foods....

[SPACE GLIDER]

Isn't it nice to know that Menu Foods manufactures the crappiest generic food and the best expensive pet food in the same place.

I know!!!

[JamesXR]

With all this talk of some premium brands being made by the same company that makes the cheap brands, and super-premium brands at over a dollar a pound. I wonder how the nutritional benefits would compare if you just bought a $0.50 a pound chicken, dropped it into a pressure cooker, and cooked it till the bones went mushy. Chicken soup for you, chicken for the cat, and if your cat needs any more nutrition, they can just eat grass. (
Presently my cat eats canned low magnesium sophisticat, which I don't think falls under the gravy and bits heading.

It's interesting that this whole story could be summed up as all these companies partnering with the wrong affiliate for their cheap cat food business. Which in the end hurts their reputation.

[sXeRyan]

I'm so happy that I feed my dog all natural dog food.

If anybody needs a replacement - check out Blue Buffalo - the only brand my family trusts.

[CamCruise]

We lost our baby last July. She was getting older, but never sick a day in her life. Food was her life!! One day she just stopped eating and had all of those symptoms that they are telling us about now.
She did eat that wet food that is bad now.
One wonders how long this has really been going on!!!

[SPACE GLIDER]

Ever since I had a dog that was continuously plagued by the farts with wet foods, every subsequent pet was raised on dry thankfully.

[daisyswank]

Thank g-d my boys only eat dry, i never got them on wet, but this is scary stuff.

[wildgirl]

Thanks for the list

[ponyboy]

Hi all

I guess I'm lucky when it comes to dog food, my little yoyo has to eat speical dog food from the vet. prescription dog food

[Dzinerbear]

What's so frustrating is to see this company making economy and premium brands of pet food. It really makes you wonder if it's coming from the same vat. Are we really paying for better pet food when we buy a Science Diet or IAMS, or are we just paying for a better marketing campaign than let's say "Special Kitty."

Michael

[basschick]

as i understand it, they make each food according to the recipe from the company it's made for but using batch ingredients when they are the same.

What's so frustrating is to see this company making economy and premium brands of pet food. It really makes you wonder if it's coming from the same vat. Are we really paying for better pet food when we buy a Science Diet or IAMS, or are we just paying for a better marketing campaign than let's say "Special Kitty."

Michael

[Dzinerbear]

as i understand it, they make each food according to the recipe from the company it's made for but using batch ingredients when they are the same.

When we have been lied to about everything from weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to "more doctors smoke Camels," do you really believe it when some big, giant pet food company says they use a different recipe, that they do? Sorry, when profit is a factor, I become suspicious, especially in an unregulated industry.

Michael