Cat Food, what to feed?

[FinnishLapphund]

I hope you're not asking me. After around 35 years of cat owning, I think that if the cats want to eat it, the pooping and peeing works okay on it, and their weight stays okay on it, just praise the lord/offer a sacrifice to your lucky stars, and feed it to them.

 

[FinnishLapphund]

I hope you're not asking me. After around 35 years of cat owning, I think that if the cats want to eat it, the pooping and peeing works okay on it, and their weight stays okay on it, just praise the lord/offer a sacrifice to your lucky stars, and feed it to them.

Actually, forget that / I used in the reply above, it is cats we're talking about, it is probably best if you do both. And if you want to throw in a May the odds always be in my favour Wiccan dance, go for it. Then feed your cats.

 

[HufflyPuffly]

Actually, forget that / I used in the reply above, it is cats we're talking about, it is probably best if you do both. And if you want to throw in a May the odds always be in my favour Wiccan dance, go for it. Then feed your cats.

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[HufflyPuffly]

So my house now looks like a pet shop with all the different cat foods to trial ??.

Raw is still being hit or miss, I’m trying to sneak it into the whiskas and they have eaten some of it.

Harringtons is still like crack to them all ? positives though are despite looser poo than ideal for Squirrel it doesn’t smell and no blood.

My zooplus order came today so we now have Bozita kitten food (Huffs and Squirrel say lovely!). Plus Applaws and Animonda adult food for the older ones to try when they come in from murdering things!

Dry food is being somewhat shunned now though after initial scoffing...

 

[HufflyPuffly]

Pictures to make it interesting ?

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Aww, they're so pretty!

Your home sounds like how my home have been more than once during my cat owning. I think I'm still scarred by the experiences, as those who can count might have figured out by reading my previous replies, only the last year I've had 8 types of Hills cat food (one of them in both cans, pouches, and as dry), 1 Royal Canin dry, and either 3 or 4 types of Bozita dry, available in my home. And then I've not even mentioned the several types, and tastes, of cat treats...

I like your attempt at sneakily introducing raw food by hiding it in their usual Whiskas. Fingers crossed they fall for the trick long enough to actually get used to eating it.

 

[HufflyPuffly]

Aww, they're so pretty!

Your home sounds like how my home have been more than once during my cat owning. I think I'm still scarred by the experiences, as those who can count might have figured out by reading my previous replies, only the last year I've had 8 types of Hills cat food (one of them in both cans, pouches, and as dry), 1 Royal Canin dry, and either 3 or 4 types of Bozita dry, available in my home. And then I've not even mentioned the several types, and tastes, of cat treats...

I like your attempt at sneakily introducing raw food by hiding it in their usual Whiskas. Fingers crossed they fall for the trick long enough to actually get used to eating it.

I feel like I'm creating issues by trying to be a better cat owner lol!

Raw + Whiskas has been relatively successful but I'm not convinced they will eat it on it's own, not sure I'll buy anymore of it after I've used this pack up...

 

[JenniD]

While we're on the subject of cats and to save boring people to death with a new thread, does anyone know if cats can get dementia? We have 2 cats that we rescued 12 years ago from a nutter on an adjacent farm that never fed them, wormed them etc., after a lot of hissing and spitting for a few months they eventually came in the back door and ate and eventually lived with us and our greyhound. Both females from the same litter...Fang like a British short hair and Fluff black long hair and white socks. We don't know what age they were when we rescued them, but I've noticed that Fluff - less savage than Fang - makes weird noises and stares at walls. Both are checked once a year by the vet. Both eat very well. I'm wondering if Fluff's eyesight is as good as it should be, but she's not bumping into things. Anyone come across anything like this? They could be anything from 13 to 16 years old so it might be a normal ageing process.

 

[JenniD]

While we're on the subject of cats and to save boring people to death with a new thread, does anyone know if cats can get dementia? We have 2 cats that we rescued 12 years ago from a nutter on an adjacent farm that never fed them, wormed them etc., after a lot of hissing and spitting for a few months they eventually came in the back door and ate and eventually lived with us and our greyhound. Both females from the same litter...Fang like a British short hair and Fluff black long hair and white socks. We don't know what age they were when we rescued them, but I've noticed that Fluff - less savage than Fang - makes weird noises and stares at walls. Both are checked once a year by the vet. Both eat very well. I'm wondering if Fluff's eyesight is as good as it should be, but she's not bumping into things. Anyone come across anything like this? They could be anything from 13 to 16 years old so it might be a normal ageing process.

 

[JenniD]

Oops! sorry...it's duplicated itself!

 

[HufflyPuffly]

Well mine like to chatter and stare at nothing just to freak me out I think! My older two are only 6 and Tiger has always done it, however, if it's a new behaviour then maybe ask the vets to check her out? I do think they can get dementia.

However, you have committed a cardinal sin of not posting pictures!

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Yes they do get dementia. Holly (my avatar) who I lost last month at 17 was completely doolally and really couldn’t remember if I had fed her 3 minutes, 3 hours or 3 days ago. It got so bad in the end she would rush from bowl to bowl while I was putting the food out for my other three because she would forget she had taken a mouthful out of her own. My next eldest who is 15 next week is also starting to show signs and meows constantly for no reason as soon as I go to bed.

 

[JenniD]

I'm always committing cardinal sins! I don't have a clue how to add pix to anything!...a bit of a dinosaur I'm afraid. I'll ask my daughter. Thanks for that though. I may just take her to the vet, but at the moment they're only dealing with emergencies and I have a feeling that staring at walls and sounding like a banshee might not qualify! She's happy and purring and emptying herself ok...so I'll see how it goes. Love the pic of yours though...is she/he a Birman or Ragdoll?

 

[JenniD]

Yes they do get dementia. Holly (my avatar) who I lost last month at 17 was completely doolally and really couldn’t remember if I had fed her 3 minutes, 3 hours or 3 days ago. It got so bad in the end she would rush from bowl to bowl while I was putting the food out for my other three because she would forget she had taken a mouthful out of her own. My next eldest who is 15 next week is also starting to show signs and meows constantly for no reason as soon as I go to bed.

Ahh! That's so sad sorry about that. Having beloved animals can be so difficult when they're ill or old.

 

[HufflyPuffly]

I'm always committing cardinal sins! I don't have a clue how to add pix to anything!...a bit of a dinosaur I'm afraid. I'll ask my daughter. Thanks for that though. I may just take her to the vet, but at the moment they're only dealing with emergencies and I have a feeling that staring at walls and sounding like a banshee might not qualify! She's happy and purring and emptying herself ok...so I'll see how it goes. Love the pic of yours though...is she/he a Birman or Ragdoll?

Mine are starting to do more routine visits now so maybe ring and see if they'll see her? Good that she seems otherwise ok .

Huffle is a Ragdoll with a smidge of Maine Coon, the rest are moggies of indeterminate breeding lol.

@Lindylouanne that's so sad, bless her 17 was a great age though!

 

[JenniD]

A friend of mine had a Ragdoll and she was very vocal - almost human! - and my daughter's best friend has a Maine Coon (Socrates!) that is ginormous! Think they must be the biggest cats on the planet.

 

[HufflyPuffly]

Huffle is very chatty (though so are the rest, maybe its me ?), she's nine months now and a fair bit bigger than the other already! It's funny we always had dogs growing up but I can't imagine not having the cats now.

 

[DSB]

What ever the "little *******",will eat,the cupboard is full of tins that he ate once or twice,lulling me into a state of delusion.i now have regular cleanout and donate to our local cat rescue.

 

[MagicMelon]

I dont feed my Bengals wet food at all, occassionally they'll get a piece of cooked chicken, a prawn or tuna but otherwise its a bowl of Royal Canin biscuits which aren't cheap. I figure expensive is better when it comes to cat food! Mine have a bowl out at all times so they just pick whenever they like, never get fat doing it this way and avoids the mewing around food times you'd get with feeding a proper meal.

 

[smolmaus]

I've been trying to do some research in this area. Hopefully adopting a couple of cats in 6 weeks or so once we get moved house!

All previous cats when I was younger were on Felix or dry Iams but would like to do a bit better now I am in charge of purchasing and procurement. So far I have some selection packs of animonda carny, bozita, feringa and smilla in my zooplus basket plus a jumbo box of Felix for when the inevitable happens. They'll have been on the McDonalds when they were in the sanctuary so at least that's one I know they'll eat!

Pictures to make it interesting ?
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This is NOT helping me be patient...

 

[HufflyPuffly]

I've been trying to do some research in this area. Hopefully adopting a couple of cats in 6 weeks or so once we get moved house!

All previous cats when I was younger were on Felix or dry Iams but would like to do a bit better now I am in charge of purchasing and procurement. So far I have some selection packs of animonda carny, bozita, feringa and smilla in my zooplus basket plus a jumbo box of Felix for when the inevitable happens. They'll have been on the McDonalds when they were in the sanctuary so at least that's one I know they'll eat!

This is NOT helping me be patient...

How exciting! We need pictures when they arrive ?.

We seem to have settled on grain free dry and bonzita wet, which is agreeing with everyone! Though I still have back up whiskas in ?

Have got some Wild Freedom dry for them but although they all love it, it goes straight through wee Squirrel ?, so they’re only have a little bit at a time lol.



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