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From:richmond, va USA
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posted 02-10-2004 07:32 AM         

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I was just reading a post that someone put related to their kitty and kidney disease. In 1999 I had a kitty diagnosed with CRF...kidney disease and 2 years later I had to put her to sleep. In November of this year I felt able to get another kitty. I have read lots and lots about foods for kitties...and which ones are better and have less ash (I knew all this stuff when I had to read labels trying to find good food for my sick kitty)
Anyway, what do you guys feed your cats??? Right now we use Purina One...the hairball formula.
I am just so scared that I am going to give my cat the wrong cat food.
Thanks in advance for your comments :-)

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Amy and Hunter the kitty boy :-)

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From:sherman oaks,california,USA
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posted 02-10-2004 07:53 AM         

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I feed my kittens Felidae, it has no meat by products and it is human grade food. I like it cause it has no bad stuff in it. I use to feed Iams and once I switched their coats looked better and they were more active and they ate all there food. I feed dry and wet and i even switched my dog to Canidae because i really liked the results with the Felidae.Hope this is helpful.

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posted 02-10-2004 08:51 AM         

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I've been looking into this as well. There are a couple of links that talk about "premium" cat foods.

Dry Food: http://cats.about.com/cs/nutrition/tp/premdrycatfood.htm

Wet Food: http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/tp/tpcannedadult.htm

All of these are supposed to contain no by-products and some advertise low ash.
There's also ChickenSoup for the cat lovers soul. This is one that advertises low ash.

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posted 02-10-2004 12:49 PM         

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Hello. Handsome gets Wellness soft food and Newman's Own hard food. I plan on switching over to Newman's Own soft food once they have it in the store. Unless of course he doesn't like it, in which case I will stick to what he's eating right now.

This is a link to Wellness cat food: http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com/

Here is a link to Newman's own cat food: http://www.newmansownorganics.com/pet/what/

From what I have read it seems that a cat that has plenty of water in it's system is less likely to develope kidney problems (meaning soft food is good combined with hard food as it contains lot's of water).

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posted 02-10-2004 02:20 PM         

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Thanks :-) I am going to look into some more things as well and see what is sold in our area.

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posted 02-10-2004 02:50 PM         

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Mine are currently on Chicken Soup dry food. Innova is my favorite dry food for them but I like to rotate brands between using it. For canned food I use a variety of brands.

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posted 02-11-2004 01:49 PM         

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I made a little table with all of the foods that I have tried. Does anyone know how to insert a table?

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posted 02-11-2004 03:04 PM         

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Fleafly: Sorry, I have no idea. What did you use to make the table, Excel or something? You may be able to post it if it's on a website or maybe you can at least post a link to it.

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posted 02-11-2004 05:16 PM         

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Hello Fleafly. Can't you just copy an paste it?

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posted 02-11-2004 11:52 PM         

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I used word actually. When you copy and paste it it jumbles everything up. I might have to rearrange it, but it is a lot easier to read in the table format.....

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posted 02-12-2004 07:34 AM         

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Hello Fleafly. Can you transfer the table to your e-mail and then copy and paste it from there?

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posted 02-12-2004 07:00 PM         

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These are the dry brands that I have used over the past few years:
Purina Cat Chow
Nutro Natural Choice and Nutro Max
Solid Gold
Innova
Wysong
Felidae
California Natural
Chicken Soup

I've also tried a bag or 2 of these brands:
Royal Canin
Healthwise
Pro Pac

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From:fort myers, fl. usa
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posted 02-12-2004 09:20 PM         

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i use science diet or iams i uaually get my kittens the science diet feline growth and the iams wet kitten food my older cats eat the science diet dry cat food and the iams wet cat food sometimes i get the dry iams cat food (its cheaper and my vet has recommened it many of times) i get the iams from wal-mart or winn-dixie but over here where i live u can only get sience diet cat food from ur vet or pet stores...

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