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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2006'Natural balance' catfood was a huge hit...
It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday and 'seafood' today, and both were scarfed down in double quick time. :) Judging by their reactions to it, it's Gourmet - they liked it even better than the fresh turkey and ham they got on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day! Has anyone used this canned food on a regular basis? They liked it so much that I'm thinking of buying them more instead of their Science Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly... > It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans > of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and > more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly... My cats didn't like it, but I think that's because of the texture. They don't like any pate type catfood. Your kitties eat dry Science Diet, right? Some canned food would probably be good for them. I feed both dry & canned. Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My. Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for them I'm not starting them on another habit--it's $1.19 a can. I doubt it's healthy anyway--they liked it too much! The chicken was the whitest, purest-looking, best smelling cat food I've ever seen. Sherry >> It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans >> of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >The chicken was the whitest, purest-looking, best smelling cat food >I've ever seen. The girls all refuse to eat canned food if it's in chunks - they much prefer the pate ones (If you give them the stuff in gravy they lap up the gravy and leave the chunks sitting in the bowl!) They have a feeder full of science diet kibble to eat whenever they want, and they get a small serve of canned food at dinner time. (funnily enough, when they were younger we tried them on science diet canned food and they refused to touch it - but once they saw Tessie scarfing it down they decided that it must be edible after all, and now they all think it's Good Stuff!) They usually get SD indoor or hairball control food but they'll apparantly eat almost anything in a can as long as it's mushy. :P [snip] > The girls all refuse to eat canned food if it's in chunks - they much > prefer the pate ones (If you give them the stuff in gravy they lap up [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > they'll apparantly eat almost anything in a can as long as it's mushy. > :P All the girls get some meat, Cali gets 50% meat, Cleo gets 100% meat (idiopathic cystitis) and Smokey gets some people meat on occasion, as she tends to ralph up cat meat. Neither Cali or Smokey like the chunks (grilled), they eat the gravy and leave the chunks. Cleo will pretty much eat anything, except her expensive damned compounded pills. (Did they not test this stuff on cats?) The girls all loved the preformed Turkey Product (Butterball) though. Cali was looking for seconds and Cleo was mooching at the table, which is normally a Smokey trick. > All the girls get some meat, Cali gets 50% meat, Cleo gets 100% meat > (idiopathic cystitis) and Smokey gets some people meat on occasion, > as she tends to ralph up cat meat. Neither Cali or Smokey like the > chunks (grilled), they eat the gravy and leave the chunks. Cleo will > pretty much eat anything, except her expensive damned compounded > pills. (Did they not test this stuff on cats?) I have wondered if they actually tested the food out on cats for YEARS! What's with those "fresher", Whiska, pounch things? I have never had a cat like those and dang, they're expensive! They must be selling, because the darn things are still out there on the market, but, shoots, I've tested it on 6 cats now and they all turn their noses up. Oh, oh, oh......... Fancy Feast, Cod, Sole & Shrimp (I think)......the makers try to make it look like a really delicious blend of chunky seafood with real tiny shrimp and stuff. You'd think a cat would go nuts, but I've never had a cat eat it, ever. Yet, my cats like shrimp and fish. Go figure. kili [snippy] > I have wondered if they actually tested the food out on cats for YEARS! > What's with those "fresher", Whiska, pounch things? I have never had a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > kili I think it's Christina's cats that like the Whiska's pouches, but they're a no go here. Although I bet Cleo would eat them. Our cats actually like the 'Cod Sole and Shrimp'. But I don't think they like Shrimp. I guess you don't get too many Prawns in a 49¢ can. :-) sriddles@aol.com wrote: > [snippy] > [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > the 'Cod Sole and Shrimp'. But I don't think they like Shrimp. I guess you > don't get too many Prawns in a 49¢ can. :-) Mine will eat almost anything from a pouch or a can. I get an occasional loser but they are training me which foods not to buy. > The girls all refuse to eat canned food if it's in chunks - they much > prefer the pate ones (If you give them the stuff in gravy they lap up [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > they'll apparantly eat almost anything in a can as long as it's mushy. >> P My cats on Maui liked the Pate kind, too, but my pack here in Florida prefer chunky food. Thank goodness that they all eat the chunky *and* the same flavor! kili > Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My. > Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > The chicken was the whitest, purest-looking, best smelling cat food > I've ever seen. My niece told me that the chicken Sheba had actual bits of chicken in it, so I decided to try if Miranda would eat it. I bought the cats one tin each for Yule (at 1.30 euros a can!). I thought maybe I'd finally found a cat food she would eat, instead of just fresh meat. Haha! <frustrated/hysterical laughter> She did sniff it longer than any other food (usually she just walks away if I put cat food in front of her), but then she walked away. I didn't give up. I didn't give her any other food, and offered her the Sheba a few more times, when she asked for food. But every time I offered her the bowl, she didn't even sniff it any more, she just walked away when she saw what was in the bowl. So in the end, Caliban got two bowls of very expensive cat food, and Miranda got her fresh beef.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki Seriously, Miranda is probably way better off on the raw diet she is getting with supplements. If I ever got a baby again, I think I would try to go raw. > > Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My. > > Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > in the end, Caliban got two bowls of very expensive cat food, and > Miranda got her fresh beef. > Seriously, Miranda is probably way better off on the raw diet she is getting > with supplements. If I ever got a baby again, I think I would try to go > raw. It's alright here in town, but out on the island it's sometimes a bit difficult to get her fresh meat every day. It all depends on the weather and whether we can take the boat into one of the nearby villages (where there are very small shops with not much in the way of fresh mat) or we can make the trip to a larger community on the mainland, with better stocked shops. It would be nice to have at least a few tins of something she will eat in the cupboard for emergencies. I wish Miranda had had at least one summer on the island with Nikki. I'm confident that Nikki would have shown Mir what to do with voles, and then she could have supplied her own fresh meat. Mir knows how to hunt and she's killed a few voles, but she doesn't realise you can eat them. She needs someone to show her. I'm not going to volunteer. ;o) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > I wish Miranda had had at least one summer on the island with Nikki. I'm > confident that Nikki would have shown Mir what to do with voles, and then > she could have supplied her own fresh meat. Mir knows how to hunt and > she's killed a few voles, but she doesn't realise you can eat them. She > needs someone to show her. I'm not going to volunteer. ;o) Darn, I was going to suggest a demonstration. ;-) Smokey was pretty clueless about mice, before seeing Cali in action. It's really something to watch them working as a team to heard the mouse. Although Smokey's not big on the eating part. She just steals the trophy to lay at your feet, after Cali has done all the work. We haven't had any mice since Cleo arrived, but I had a chance to see her in action when she was still outside. The mouse was caught and eaten in under two minutes. It wasn't a game for her, it was survival. > > Have you tried the new Sheba in the tiny little 3-oz round tins? O. My. > > Gosh. I picked up 4 for Christmas. They *scarfed* it. Unfortunately for [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > -- > Marina, Miranda and Caliban. Haha. I can't *believe* she turned it down. DH wandered into the kitchen when I was putting it into the bowl. He said "Umm. I want some of what they're having." Sherry My cat eats the Natural Balance venison and peas. It's a limited ingredient food design for cats that have food allergies (which my cat apparently does). He loves it. In fact, I feed it to my non-allergic cat too and he loves it. Sue > It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans > of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and > more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly... If you fed them canned and no dry I bet Silver and Scout would slim down. I worry a bit about them. I hear it is quite a decent food. > It was on sale before Christmas so I bought the girls three small cans > of it for their stocking. I gave them 'chicken liver pate' yesterday [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Diet. These cans seem to have less byproducts and fillers in them, and > more actual meat, but they're priced accordingly...
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