> 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
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> 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
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>>the best quality (lowest rice/corn/fillers) or that you have found keep
>>your cat regular. Thanks for all suggestions!
>> 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
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> 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.