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furby - 08 Oct 2006 01:05 GMT

The pound sent home a bag of Scientific Diet dry food. Since Mothra has
been slightly sick lately, I bought her Scientific Diet canned food.
Today, she decided to really start eating again (Great sign!).
Interestingly enough, she sniffed the canned food (Frreshly opened and
put in her dish), stuck her nose in the air and started chowing down on
the dry food. That's cool - I prefer to have the dry food around rather
than that stinky canned food anyway, but I was wondering - is the
Scientific Diet stuff the best dry food or is there better stuff?

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Wayne - 08 Oct 2006 19:24 GMT

I fed our cats Science Diet for years, ever since a vet in Hawaii
first recommended it for our cats in 1984. However, after I
started reading comments in this group, I investigated further and
found out Science Diet is not the miracle food that Hill's would
have you believe. I asked for recommendations from people
here, did my own research, and finally settled on Royal Canin
dry. My understanding is that one should feed both dry and
canned, but my cats barf up every time I try to feed them any
brand of canned food. Better for me, dry is very convenient.
Search the net; there's a ton of info on pet foods.

Wayne

> the dry food. That's cool - I prefer to have the dry food around rather
> than that stinky canned food anyway, but I was wondering - is the
> Scientific Diet stuff the best dry food or is there better stuff?

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~*Connie*~ - 08 Oct 2006 23:06 GMT

Science diet is the leading brand of cat food, because they give it away to
vets, there for they recommend it. If you look at the ingredient list, you
will find that it is very low quality food, including many products that
cats, as carnivores do not need.

The research is starting to show that dry food is to cats, as McDonalds
foods are to humans. Low quality, nutrient deficient, and in general pretty
detrimental to the cats health. Yes, lots of cats have lived long healthy
lives on dry food, but why risk it?

One website I recommend you start at - was written by a vet. It is
http://www.catinfo.org

> The pound sent home a bag of Scientific Diet dry food. Since Mothra has
> been slightly sick lately, I bought her Scientific Diet canned food.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> than that stinky canned food anyway, but I was wondering - is the
> Scientific Diet stuff the best dry food or is there better stuff?

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Yugo - 25 Nov 2006 22:20 GMT

> Science diet is the leading brand of cat food, because they give it away to
> vets, there for they recommend it. If you look at the ingredient list, you
> will find that it is very low quality food, including many products that
> cats, as carnivores do not need.

Dear <«~*Connie*~»>,

I'm not sure cats are all as carnivorous as you imply. My previous cat used to
eat nothing but meat and fish but, when presented chop suey, my present cat
eats the sprouted beans and leaves the meat. She also likes corn and yogourt.
She has tasted mushrooms, black olives -- she really digs the oil on top of
Kalamata olives, but she's gaining enough weight as it is -- old cheddar,
camembert, pork and beans, mashed potatoes, etc. Though, except olive oil, but
only on top of kalamata olives, nothing of this is her favorite, I doubt very
much she would die of hunger beside them.

> The research is starting to show that dry food is to cats, as McDonalds
> foods are to humans. Low quality, nutrient deficient, and in general pretty
> detrimental to the cats health. Yes, lots of cats have lived long healthy
> lives on dry food, but why risk it?

All the cats of my relatives and friends have been fed dry food and got to at
least 16 years old without any veterinary care. So, indeed, why risk it? Good
quality dry food indeed has a good reputation.

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ChristyLynn - 09 Oct 2006 01:36 GMT

Science Diet = Bad. I suggest reading the dry cat food labels. Stay away
from any "by-products" and "meal", and don't buy dry food that has rice,
wheat, corn as one of the first ingredients. They are just fillers, empty,
no nutrient food. Anyone here can feel free to correct me if I had this
wrong.

I also stay away from dry food with lots of coloring, such as Deli Cat with
all its red dyes. Go to a place that had a large selection of dry foods,
take the time and read the labels. As yourself, if you were a cat, would
you want to eat it? Would it be healthy for you?

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Catjoy - 09 Oct 2006 03:40 GMT

Furby,

Ditto to everything Connie said. My cats also prefer the dry kibble over the
wet IF given a choice. They put a lot of "stuff" into the dry to make it
smell very attractive to cats. Most humans would also choose McDee's over
healthy foods if they were presented with the former and didn't know any
better. Canned food may be more expensive and not as convenient as the dry,
but it will save you vet bills in the long run. Good food is extremely
important to kitty's well-being. A lot of vets will attest to this now. I
feed my cats Wellness, and they like it enough that there aren't any "stinky"
remnants left behind.

Good luck,
Jan

>The pound sent home a bag of Scientific Diet dry food. Since Mothra has
>been slightly sick lately, I bought her Scientific Diet canned food.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>than that stinky canned food anyway, but I was wondering - is the
>Scientific Diet stuff the best dry food or is there better stuff?

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furby - 09 Oct 2006 15:22 GMT

At this point, I'm just happy that Mothra is eating again. But I will
take your suggestions to heart when I run out of the current bag.

By the way, as an update on how she is doing - on Saturday, she started
eating and drinking on her own again (her URI was so bad that I had to
force feed her more than once and the vet actually had to inject fluids
under her skin to combat the dehydration that she had going on). By
Sunday, she was demanding play time with me. This morning, she felt
good enough to try to demand to go to work with me. Had to distract he
with a kitty treat in order to slip out the door. She still has a
sneeze every now and then, but she is definitely getting much better as
time goes by. Last night she decided to be noticed by jumping on my lap
and kneading my shirt. So we had a good 30 minutes of petting before
she decided it was time to go on patrol around the apartment.

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