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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / April 2005Food recommendations-PHIL
Phil, you recommended several super market foods recently. Were they regular Friskies or Fancy Feast (or both)? ---MIKE--- Because of all the selfish idiots keeping the "purebred" thread going (and off topic at that), I have to repeat this to get it where Phil can see it. ---MIKE--- > Because of all the selfish idiots keeping the "purebred" thread going > (and off topic at that), I have to repeat this to get it where Phil can > see it. > > ---MIKE--- The link below will take you to a Google Groups search of this newsgroup with the most recent posts by Phil containing either "Friskies" or "Fancy" in order by most recent date. http://tinyurl.com/6o647 According to the first post returned, Phil indicates "Fancy Feast" was surprisingly good. Apparently Purina have done some reformulation. >Because of all the selfish idiots keeping the "purebred" thread going >(and off topic at that), I have to repeat this to get it where Phil can >see it. > > ---MIKE--- Mike, I believe Phil said Fancy Feast had improved their formulas, and was a decent food now. Not sure about Friskies though. Justin > Phil, you recommended several super market foods recently. Were they > regular Friskies or Fancy Feast (or both)? Sorry, Mike. To answer your question - Fancy Feast for owned cats and Friskies high volume shelter feeding - that doesn't imply Friskies is bad, just not as good as Fancy Feast. - I know, I know. I was just as surprised as you are. Since the Purina/Nestles merge, Purina has reformulated and vastly improved the Fancy Feast and Friskies line. Fancy Feast also now uses *fixed* formulas to compound their diets - I forgot to ask about Friskies. I know, I know - I had to smack myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming or hallucinating. In the Fancy Feast Grilled Chicken In Gravy, and Grilled Turkey in Gravy, 4 of the first 5 ingredients are meat. The Sliced Beef and Mince Beef have the lowest phosphorus levels - 0.75% DMB. Here are a few excepts from my previous posts: ----------------------------------------------------------- Seems funny calling Fancy Feast junk food, now, doesn't it? I still can't believe I can honestly recommend it - but I do! Many of the diets contain more protein, less phosphorus, more meat products and less plant material than Wellness! Ain't that a hoot! ----------------------------------------------------------- These are about the best: Sliced Beef and Minced Beef are the lowest Pi - 0.75% DMB. Grilled Chicken in Gravy - Pi - 0.84% DMB Grilled Beef in Gravy ----- Pi - 0.88% DMB Grilled Turkey in Gravy -- Pi - 0.89% DMB ---------------------------------------------- 12% protein and a 78% moisture content translates into about 54.5% protein DMB. 11% protein translates into 49.94% protein DMB. The "As Fed" moisture content is actually 77% in several diets. Plus the meat products are USDA. None of the 8 diets I was interested in had phosphorus levels over 0.89% DMB - Minced Beef and Sliced Beef are 0.75% Pi and 54% Protein DMB. I had to try Fancy Feast as a last resort for one of my recupes with HL, so, I wanted to know how 'bad' the food would really be for him... The next step was a feeding tube. Man, I was floored when I heard the nutrient levels! They sounded too good to be true so I called back the next day and spoke to a different person in a different department and got the same figures. ------------------------------------------------------------ You'll find the posts in "Re: How to encourage cat for dry food" "Re: Cheap cat food, Nutrition Differences" Phil ***This is very good to hear. I fed (my now deceased) "Blue" Fancy Feast for a good 15 years ( of his 19 1/2 year old life). It was the *only* cat food he would regularly and consistently eat, and that matters greatly when you have a very picky eater. Thanks for sharing this info,.. to both of you. ML > > Phil, you recommended several super market foods recently. Were they > > regular Friskies or Fancy Feast (or both)? [quoted text clipped - 56 lines] > > Phil My spoiled ones have only eaten FF for years. The paws-down favorite has always been Chunky Chicken. I had heard before that FF was too high in fat and wasn't good for them. That is good to hear. Carol > ***This is very good to hear. I fed (my now deceased) "Blue" Fancy Feast > for [quoted text clipped - 76 lines] >> >> Phil |
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