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Pet Food Ingredients
Topic Started: June 4, 2012, 4:30 pm (1,131 Views)
Cloud Watcher
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There has been a mommy calico cat and 3 adorable but skittish kittens hanging around my side porch where there are a lot of bushes. Mom doesn't look malnourished, but apparently her owner doesn't want to keep her indoors. I don't know where she lives. I started putting a little food out for them.

Today I was grocery shopping and thought I would pick up some kitten chow. My landlord doesn't allow pets so I can't adopt one (if I could even catch it), but I'm a softy, and I like to feed birds and squirrels that hang around my house. I've been seeing commercials on tv about the ingredients in pet food, how some have more corn and other fillers than actual meat. I started looking at labels, and sure enough corn was the main ingredient most brands. One that did have meat as a main ingredient was very expensive. I ended up buying a few of the canned fish flavors instead. I know cats require more protein than dogs, but I wonder how corn is supposed to fit the bill.

Cat owners feel free to comment.
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bopeep1909
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I was always extremely careful when I had my cat.Meat should be the first ingredient shown.I went to a specialty pet food store.I spent alittle more but from what the sales people were telling me pet food companies can put some really bad stuff in their food.
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raml
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I order online all my cat and ferrets food. I buy Evo and Orijen cat and kitten foods they have over 50% protein and over 20% fat which carnivores need also all my food has meat products for the first 3 ingredients. The grocery store and stores like walmart pet products are mostly bad for a pet and I never buy anything with corn in it for carnivores. I also buy a Zupreem ferret food that has 48 protein and 22 % fat I give a mix of the quality cat foods and ferret food to my ferrets and the cats also eat the mix since they require the same type of foods. It is expensive it costs me around $230 a month to feed my pets but I wouldn't have pets if I can't feed them good food and a lot of the food out there in stores even the pet stores is not good. This is not even including the baby food and other mixtures I buy for my duck soup I make for the ferrets that would be about an extra 35 to 50 dollars a month it keeps their weight up and also is used when ill since you can force feed if you have to since it is a liquid. I also have to buy litter luckily that is only about 35 dollars a month. Pets can be expensive since ferrets also tend to have high vet bills they are prone to cancers and heart diseases you have to figure in having vet bills at least once a year for shots but in feeding a pet good quality food that can keep them healthier longer so my ferrets and cats tend to live longer than the average. I also have 28 ferrets 2 cats and 1 dog and 1 guinea pig so I do have many pets but being retired they keep me busy and out of trouble. I have granddaughters who know how to take care of my pets when I travel that live across the street. I also have cages 6 of them just for the ferrets and 1 for the guinea pig, cage blankets and hammocks and pet toys between my grandkids and pets I hate to think what I spend but I do add to the economy a bit.
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Heather

For strays, Kitten Chow is fine.

I fed "regular" cat food to mine for most of my life. When they got old, sick, or had digestive issues I switched to the no-grain formula.

My cat loves the Evolve cat food from Walmart. A 3 pound bag lasts a while, and is about $5. You might look into that. It is grain free, chicken is #1. Bubba-cat loves it.

Corn is like french fries for cats, it's cheap, they like it, and it's filling. My theory.
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Rainbo
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Cats are nearly pure carnivores, as are ferrets. They need a food that is high in protien. All the corn in a dry food is is a filler. Also adding some wet food to the cats diet is good for them since it helps them get some extra water into their diet. When I had Pirate I used to feed him 1/4 a cup of dry food morning and night and a small can of wet food at night.

Most cats will do fine on reg food like Kitten Chow or Kit and Kaboddle but just watch for skin allergies. If that starts up try switching to a brand without the corn.
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Rainbo
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Forgot to add that if mama is still nursing then both she and the kittens should be fed kitten food.
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cinlynn
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With the more expensive foods, you really don't have to feed as much. Meat as the main ingredient is much better for the cats/dogs and offers the nutrients they actually need. Corn is a filler and offers little to no nutritional value. I use Taste of the Wild.
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