Posted by KaraS on August 22, 2004, at 2:32:21
In reply to Questions for cat lovers, posted by sb417 on August 21, 2004, at 23:46:07
> 1) What kind of cat food do you feed your cat? What brand(s) do you buy, and do you buy dry or wet food? For some reason, one of my cats is suddenly turning up her nose at a food she's liked for a long time. I don't know what's the matter. I thought perhaps the bag of food was stale, so I bought another one from another store, and she still won't eat it.
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> 2) How do you go about putting one of your cats on a diet when one is fat and the other is normal weight? They eat each other's food, and it's almost impossible to prevent this since I'm not home much of the time. Some friends have told me not to leave food out all day, but ever since September 11, 2001, I've been worried that if something terrible happens and I can't get home for a few days or can't get home at all, my cats will starve before someone shows up to rescue them. So, for the past few years, I've been leaving huge bowls of food and water available at all times, and one of my cats has become quite rotund. Any advice?
I wish I could figure out how to feed mine separately as well. It's not easy when you have two of them.As for the food, I've been trying different things. I used to feed them Science Diet but it's so expensive and they use animal by-products. I did some research and found the following links. Maybe one of these could help you. My favorite dry food so far is Natural Balance. It's easier to find than some of the others on the list. One of my cats has a fiber responsive disorder and he has been doing better on the Natural Balance than on most of the other things I've tried.
http://cats.about.com/cs/nutrition/tp/premdrycatfood.htm
Here's another link from the same site that talks about ingredients:
http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/comparisonatoz.htm
There's a chat group through that website as well regarding all issues in feline care.
Hope that helps.
Kara
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