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Tara Legale - 17 Apr 2007 01:17 GMT
I have an 8-1/2 year old calico who has bouts of being constipated.  She
won't eat canned cat food except for gravy/sauce.  She eats mostly dry food
and she eats turkey breast and lean ham.  I'm sure it is the dry food that
causes her constipation with all the rice and corns.  I've tried different
ones that at least rice/corn is not in the top few ingredients.  I'm looking
for suggestions from readers here on what dry food they find are the best
quality (lowest rice/corn/fillers) or that you have found keep your cat
regular.  Thanks for all suggestions!
Matthew - 17 Apr 2007 01:45 GMT
www.felinediabetes.com   it has a cat food list in it with all the brands on
it

>I have an 8-1/2 year old calico who has bouts of being constipated.  She
>won't eat canned cat food except for gravy/sauce.  She eats mostly dry food
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>the best quality (lowest rice/corn/fillers) or that you have found keep
>your cat regular.  Thanks for all suggestions!
Kathy - 17 Apr 2007 03:38 GMT
> www.felinediabetes.com   it has a cat food list in it with all the brands on
> it
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>> the best quality (lowest rice/corn/fillers) or that you have found keep
>> your cat regular.  Thanks for all suggestions!
You might try a bottle of "cat gravy". It is a "vitamin supplement" sort
of thing for cats...Yours might like it on dry food.
~*Connie*~ - 18 Apr 2007 13:11 GMT
catinfo.org will explain in detail why "best dry food" is an oxymoron.  All
dry food is basically junk food for cats.  there are a couple that are lower
in carbs and higher in protein, I know Innova Evo is one (Evo is the
important part.  Innova makes several brands)

from there you can find a lot of great info on how to transition cats off
dry.
which will be a lot of work, but in the end will be in the best interest of
the cat's general health.

>I have an 8-1/2 year old calico who has bouts of being constipated.  She
>won't eat canned cat food except for gravy/sauce.  She eats mostly dry food
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>the best quality (lowest rice/corn/fillers) or that you have found keep
>your cat regular.  Thanks for all suggestions!
Fred G. Mackey - 21 Apr 2007 01:57 GMT
> catinfo.org will explain in detail why "best dry food" is an oxymoron.  All
> dry food is basically junk food for cats.  there are a couple that are lower
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> which will be a lot of work, but in the end will be in the best interest of
> the cat's general health.

Do you have any links to actual studies (scientifically done,
double-blind, with statistically significant numbers of subjects)?

>>I have an 8-1/2 year old calico who has bouts of being constipated.  She
>>won't eat canned cat food except for gravy/sauce.  She eats mostly dry food
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>>the best quality (lowest rice/corn/fillers) or that you have found keep
>>your cat regular.  Thanks for all suggestions!
Yugo - 22 Apr 2007 03:54 GMT
>> catinfo.org will explain in detail why "best dry food" is an
>> oxymoron.  All dry food is basically junk food for cats.  there are a
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Do you have any links to actual studies (scientifically done,
> double-blind, with statistically significant numbers of subjects)?

I'm afraid she doesn't. What's very significant here, I would think,
is that selling canned water pays a lot. Though it makes sense to
pretend that cats feed on meat in nature, it certainly doesn't to
pretend that it's better to have their water in their food rather than
after they eat.

When cats eat dry food, they salivate. Then, the food gets in the
stomach where enzymes take care of the food that has been chewed. Add
some water that's heats to body temperature while in the stomach  and
figure out what difference it makes to ingest water 5 minutes sooner
mixed with food... After 5 minutes in the stomach, it must llok pretty
much the same.

I do believe that commen sense is much better than religion, mainly
religion based on commerce. I fed Nutrience to my former cat. Then,
suddenly, with a new bag, he seemed less and less interested, but I
insisted, until one of my aunt and a neighbour brought me their bags
saying that their cats... didn't seem interested. Hagen never admitted
there was a problem with their food. I never bought any of their crap
anymore and decided that though what cats like may not be the best for
their health, what they really dislike is probably crap.

My former cat liked 99¢ a pound salmon, blade roast cut see-throught
thin while still half-frozen and rosé pork liver. That's pretty much
what I fed him with a little Friskies pâté and some dry food. I'm sure
he lacked vitamins and minerals, and so on, so he died...

He then was 17, equivalent of 85 years old human. According to
~*Connie*~ theories, I suppose he should have lived to be 30. Too bad
he died to 13 years too soon. My aunt switched her cat to IAMS
standard. You know, the big orange bag with lots of soap in it -- made
by Procter and Gamble :) -- and of course, he died.

He was 18, the equivalent of 89 human. According to ~*Connie*~
theories, I suppose he should have lived to be 40. Too bad for him
once again. (I must say, though, that my present cat doesn't like IAMS
and Eukanuba at all.)

I wished some thrird party could send us a photo of ~*Connie*~ in
bikini so we could evaluate if, maybe, she didn't indulge too much in
submarines, pizza and beer, so we could scold her for gaining a pound
or two.

For sure, whereas my cat was a little overweight all his life but
dutyfully put himself on a diet before every summer and my aunt's cat
was always thin as rake, I whished that, on average, we could do that
good.
klbr88 - 20 Apr 2007 08:16 GMT
I use Nutro Max Cat Gourmet Classics - Roasted Chicken.  It's a great dry
food with no by-products.

>I have an 8-1/2 year old calico who has bouts of being constipated.  She
>won't eat canned cat food except for gravy/sauce.  She eats mostly dry food
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>the best quality (lowest rice/corn/fillers) or that you have found keep
>your cat regular.  Thanks for all suggestions!
Kathy - 20 Apr 2007 13:12 GMT
> I use Nutro Max Cat Gourmet Classics - Roasted Chicken.  It's a great dry
> food with no by-products.
Purina Pro is what my kitten likes best -and it hasn't been connected
with the recalls, BTW.
Kathy
Yugo - 20 Apr 2007 22:15 GMT
> I have an 8-1/2 year old calico who has bouts of being constipated.  She
> won't eat canned cat food except for gravy/sauce.  She eats mostly dry food
> and she eats turkey breast and lean ham.

I don't know about ham. These days, pigs don't feed on anything they
can find anymore, but I still don't like to feed ham to my cat.
There's also usually *a lot* of salt in it, which might dehydrate your
cat as he's pissing to eliminate the salt.

> I'm sure it is the dry food that
> causes her constipation with all the rice and corns.

There is fiber in rice and corn so I don't see why it should cause
constipation. I had to stop feeding yogourt to my cat -- she really
loved it! -- because it gave her diarrhea. Maybe it could help your
cat if you gave him a tablespoon a day until the problem disappears.

If it doesn't disappear, don't wait too long until you see the vet.
 
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