Final week, I requested associates on-line, “What do you feed your canine?” Their solutions had been surprisingly stuffed with vital data!
This week, I requested as an alternative, “What do you feed your cat?”
Listed below are their solutions to that query and about these particulars:
> What do you feed your cat (for meals)?
> Model title/s, particular product/s that you simply feed; uncooked or … ?
> How/why did you determine to decide on this meals?
> How do you feed—bowl, free feeder, timed feeder, or … ?
> How/why did you determine to feed by this methodology?
Ann Jorgensen (Alaska) Sphynx kitty Trillium is fed uncooked. Sphynxes have a excessive metabolism and are recognized for spectacular and odious rest room habits. Uncooked vastly reduces quantity and odor. I take advantage of what’s termed an 80/20 grind, with the BARF food plan for reference. I sometimes use complete chicken-leg quarters for the 80% and a mix of organ meats for the 20% (calf liver 10%, hen gizzards and hearts 10%, and generally inexperienced tripe). Excessive-nutrient organs ought to normally be saved at 10%. I add salt and in some circumstances further dietary supplements like taurine. Then I freeze in single-use containers. After I reconstitute, I add a very good quantity of water till it’s the consistency of skinny soup. I’ll typically add a probiotic shot right now. Trillium has entry to greens and treats like Churu.
My rescue kitty Fuzzbucket is ready in her/their methods. (She is the hermaphrodite/chimera.) She loves kibble, however is a bit choosy. Not within the costly manufacturers, however I believe she would love cat chow or Friskies (I name these McDonald’s for cats), so we got here to an settlement on Purina One salmon, free fed. I simply bought an auto feeder—I’ve used these prior to now and love them. (I had a 20-year-old Persian I had to make sure had common entry to meals due to her age.) The brand new feeder additionally has Bluetooth, so I’m excited to play with this. I ought to add I’ve cameras within the dwelling to observe the critters. Fuzzbucket is a big fan of Churu sticks fish flavors and fish flakes. Fuzzbucket has come a good distance from slated-for-euthanasia the day I adopted her/them, to loving on guests. We came upon she particularly loves males with beards.
There’s additionally a feeder that’s activated by a microchip, so you probably have a kitty on a particular food plan, you’ll be able to be sure that solely they eat their scripted food plan. I’ve used these prior to now with nice success—the tech truly got here from farming pigs. Lastly, along with meals, I at all times use ingesting fountains and filtered water. I really like the ceramic pagoda from Petsafe.
Photograph by Ann Jorgensen
Don Hanson (Maine) We feed quite a lot of business frozen uncooked diets to Boomer, rotating manufacturers and proteins.
Gwen Jones (California) Uncooked meals 2x day plus a small quantity of canned meals for medication. The uncooked meals comes from a neighborhood producer, Feed This, Inc. Occasional kibble is Orijen however I’m actually making an attempt to get her all on uncooked. She’s a finicky eater, so we haven’t been profitable with that (but!). She will get fed twice a day, out of plastic or ceramic dishes—metallic was inflicting an allergic response. Determined to attempt her on uncooked after good success with canines. Her coat is nice, power ranges good, stools are smaller and fewer frequent than on kibble. I do know the place the meals is processed and it’s not a giant manufacturing facility with warmth, so vitamins are extra bio-available to her. It was tougher to feed this fashion with two cats—the opposite one was at all times stealing her meals!
Erin Darling Looney (Washington) One cat eats Iams Kitten meals; she will not be a kitten, but it surely’s the one meals she likes. Three cats eat Purina Protein as a result of it retains them full they usually don’t simply snack on all of it day lengthy. These three are slightly chunky, so we attempt to watch what they eat. One cat eats Friskies moist meals as a result of she throws up all the pieces else and has a tough time consuming arduous meals. Friskies tuna, salmon, or hen are the one issues that don’t make her sick. All of them get fed twice a day. That’s simply the schedule I’ve at all times used for cats, so I’m undecided why we do it that approach, however the cats are proud of it.
Karen Schlosberg (Massachusetts) Roo has some meals sensitivities, so I’ve to feed her hydrolyzed protein and she or he will get the Purina Delicate Abdomen moist meals. Three-quarters of a can twice a day as a result of she is protecting her weight down. She will get single-item treats as properly. She’s doing very properly on this food plan.
Ingrid Bock (New York) I feed my 18/19-year-old nearly completely Fancy Feast, pâté-type as a result of a cat vet instructed me that the pâtés have probably the most water, and the ‘land animal’ flavors as a result of she additionally suggested that. Each every now and then I change it up and serve the fish flavors. Each as soon as in an incredible whereas I give him a couple of Greenies cat treats to crunch on. I typically/normally put slightly water into the dish along with his Fancy Feast, as a result of he’s not a giant drinker. I commonly supply him a few of what the canines are having of their topper ‘stew,’ and he loves beef, hen, and turkey. About as soon as per thirty days, each cats get tuna. My 5/6-year-old cat eats Fancy Feast additionally, however as a result of he eats much more, to modify up his flavors I generally give him Friskies, which is available in larger cans. And I give him slightly bit extra dry (e.g., Greenies treats) to crunch on, since he’s younger and likes to drink water. He received’t contact the ‘human meals’ I serve the canines and which the older cat loves. Each cats eat in bowls, however the older cat prefers to eat human meals from my fingers. I attempted switching the cats to a higher-quality moist meals, however they weren’t having it and I gave up. I used to be instructed by that very same cat vet that even the worst moist meals continues to be higher than one of the best kibble, so I switched to nearly completely moist. That’s an important message I attempt to inform folks.
Sandee Strobel Szabo (Virginia) We’ve got two previously feral cats, now aged 14. We free-feed Wellness Full Well being Pure Grain-Free Salmon & Herring Dry Cat Meals and Purina Professional Plan Grownup Salmon & Rice Components Dry Cat Meals plus Friskies and 9 Lives moist meals, a range. They get their dry meals one selection at a time till that bag is completed, then they get the second kind of dry meals. Additionally they break up a can of one of many moist meals between the 2 of them. We determined to do a mix of grain-free and non-grain–free meals. We added within the moist meals about three years in the past. We did this to ensure that they preserve hydrated and since it’s slightly simpler on their tooth.
Lili Chin (California)
> MAMBO: Weruva Paw Lickin’ Hen
> SHIMMY: Purina Professional Plan Hen Entree
We selected these meals after making an attempt out many manufacturers and flavors (they’re choosy kitties) and happily we lastly discovered ones they every appreciated that the opposite cat doesn’t, so there isn’t any stealing. They each eat the identical Royal Canin digestive kibble.
(The printout is barely old-fashioned.)
Photograph by Lili Chin
Em E Wolf (Vermont) Principally higher-end moist meals. Dry meals is horrible for cats. I purchase Tiki Cat, Orijen, and Intuition cans. Cats love selection. Mine love pâté by far over shredded. I dream of feeding uncooked, however haven’t made the change but. Cats are obligate carnivores, so examine what you’re feeding them—make sure that it’s meat, organs, and so on., not peas and corn.
Isabel Alvarez Arata (Texas) I feed Weruva and Inexperienced Juju’s beef recipe. We go for Weruva’s canned pâté and high it off with Inexperienced Juju’s beef freeze-dried recipe pet meals. I selected each manufacturers as a result of I like their requirements and dedication to pets.
Glenda Lee (Maine) Farrah will get Blue Buffalo kibble—sometimes a fish protein, however I do rotate her proteins. She’s free-fed, however at all times will get a little bit of the canines’ home-cooked at dinner and a spoonful of both tuna or salmon.
Rebecca Cook dinner (Washington) My Roscoe, with all his well being points, needs to be on a hypoallergenic meals, so each cats eat prescription Hills Science Food regimen Z/D as a result of I’ve discovered it inconceivable to feed them individually. They get each dry kibble to free-feed in the course of the day. I’ve had dangerous luck with meals aggression in a cat once they didn’t free-feed, and occasional weight points if I didn’t make sure that the kibble was wholesome.
They share half a can of moist pâté every evening. I put it in a dish with a few half cup of water and mash it up so it’s actually moist. I began doing this when my older cat, Nahla, wasn’t getting sufficient water. They’ve a water fountain, however generally within the winter, she simply isn’t motivated to drink a lot. We haven’t had any further dry poo (my signal they want extra water) since I began doing this. Sadly, hypoallergenic cat treats haven’t been made in nearly a 12 months, so we are able to’t do treats any extra, however truthfully, we don’t really want them.
Jett Wyatt (Arizona) Day by day, the cats get a quarter-can every Lotus or Weruva cat meals. The remainder of their meals is kibble; normally Pure Vita, NutriSource, Open Farm, or Farmina. They’re a bit choosy, so received’t eat something with fish in it—though, for some purpose, they’re glad to eat MY tuna! I used to feed them twice a day, however they’d depart meals behind. Now they’re being fed as soon as a day (similar quantity as earlier than) they usually end all of it.
For brand new cat guardians, don’t be stunned should you undergo lots of meals your cats received’t eat, or simply decide at. Even the identical protein—they’ll eat one canned hen and switch up their nostril at a unique model. They are usually fairly picky. It actually does assist to have a canine that can handle leftovers!
This week, I requested as an alternative, “What do you feed your cat?”
Listed below are their solutions to that query and about these particulars:
> What do you feed your cat (for meals)?
> Model title/s, particular product/s that you simply feed; uncooked or … ?
> How/why did you determine to decide on this meals?
> How do you feed—bowl, free feeder, timed feeder, or … ?
> How/why did you determine to feed by this methodology?
Ann Jorgensen (Alaska) Sphynx kitty Trillium is fed uncooked. Sphynxes have a excessive metabolism and are recognized for spectacular and odious rest room habits. Uncooked vastly reduces quantity and odor. I take advantage of what’s termed an 80/20 grind, with the BARF food plan for reference. I sometimes use complete chicken-leg quarters for the 80% and a mix of organ meats for the 20% (calf liver 10%, hen gizzards and hearts 10%, and generally inexperienced tripe). Excessive-nutrient organs ought to normally be saved at 10%. I add salt and in some circumstances further dietary supplements like taurine. Then I freeze in single-use containers. After I reconstitute, I add a very good quantity of water till it’s the consistency of skinny soup. I’ll typically add a probiotic shot right now. Trillium has entry to greens and treats like Churu.
My rescue kitty Fuzzbucket is ready in her/their methods. (She is the hermaphrodite/chimera.) She loves kibble, however is a bit choosy. Not within the costly manufacturers, however I believe she would love cat chow or Friskies (I name these McDonald’s for cats), so we got here to an settlement on Purina One salmon, free fed. I simply bought an auto feeder—I’ve used these prior to now and love them. (I had a 20-year-old Persian I had to make sure had common entry to meals due to her age.) The brand new feeder additionally has Bluetooth, so I’m excited to play with this. I ought to add I’ve cameras within the dwelling to observe the critters. Fuzzbucket is a big fan of Churu sticks fish flavors and fish flakes. Fuzzbucket has come a good distance from slated-for-euthanasia the day I adopted her/them, to loving on guests. We came upon she particularly loves males with beards.
There’s additionally a feeder that’s activated by a microchip, so you probably have a kitty on a particular food plan, you’ll be able to be sure that solely they eat their scripted food plan. I’ve used these prior to now with nice success—the tech truly got here from farming pigs. Lastly, along with meals, I at all times use ingesting fountains and filtered water. I really like the ceramic pagoda from Petsafe.
Photograph by Ann Jorgensen
Don Hanson (Maine) We feed quite a lot of business frozen uncooked diets to Boomer, rotating manufacturers and proteins.
Gwen Jones (California) Uncooked meals 2x day plus a small quantity of canned meals for medication. The uncooked meals comes from a neighborhood producer, Feed This, Inc. Occasional kibble is Orijen however I’m actually making an attempt to get her all on uncooked. She’s a finicky eater, so we haven’t been profitable with that (but!). She will get fed twice a day, out of plastic or ceramic dishes—metallic was inflicting an allergic response. Determined to attempt her on uncooked after good success with canines. Her coat is nice, power ranges good, stools are smaller and fewer frequent than on kibble. I do know the place the meals is processed and it’s not a giant manufacturing facility with warmth, so vitamins are extra bio-available to her. It was tougher to feed this fashion with two cats—the opposite one was at all times stealing her meals!
Erin Darling Looney (Washington) One cat eats Iams Kitten meals; she will not be a kitten, but it surely’s the one meals she likes. Three cats eat Purina Protein as a result of it retains them full they usually don’t simply snack on all of it day lengthy. These three are slightly chunky, so we attempt to watch what they eat. One cat eats Friskies moist meals as a result of she throws up all the pieces else and has a tough time consuming arduous meals. Friskies tuna, salmon, or hen are the one issues that don’t make her sick. All of them get fed twice a day. That’s simply the schedule I’ve at all times used for cats, so I’m undecided why we do it that approach, however the cats are proud of it.
Karen Schlosberg (Massachusetts) Roo has some meals sensitivities, so I’ve to feed her hydrolyzed protein and she or he will get the Purina Delicate Abdomen moist meals. Three-quarters of a can twice a day as a result of she is protecting her weight down. She will get single-item treats as properly. She’s doing very properly on this food plan.
Ingrid Bock (New York) I feed my 18/19-year-old nearly completely Fancy Feast, pâté-type as a result of a cat vet instructed me that the pâtés have probably the most water, and the ‘land animal’ flavors as a result of she additionally suggested that. Each every now and then I change it up and serve the fish flavors. Each as soon as in an incredible whereas I give him a couple of Greenies cat treats to crunch on. I typically/normally put slightly water into the dish along with his Fancy Feast, as a result of he’s not a giant drinker. I commonly supply him a few of what the canines are having of their topper ‘stew,’ and he loves beef, hen, and turkey. About as soon as per thirty days, each cats get tuna. My 5/6-year-old cat eats Fancy Feast additionally, however as a result of he eats much more, to modify up his flavors I generally give him Friskies, which is available in larger cans. And I give him slightly bit extra dry (e.g., Greenies treats) to crunch on, since he’s younger and likes to drink water. He received’t contact the ‘human meals’ I serve the canines and which the older cat loves. Each cats eat in bowls, however the older cat prefers to eat human meals from my fingers. I attempted switching the cats to a higher-quality moist meals, however they weren’t having it and I gave up. I used to be instructed by that very same cat vet that even the worst moist meals continues to be higher than one of the best kibble, so I switched to nearly completely moist. That’s an important message I attempt to inform folks.
Sandee Strobel Szabo (Virginia) We’ve got two previously feral cats, now aged 14. We free-feed Wellness Full Well being Pure Grain-Free Salmon & Herring Dry Cat Meals and Purina Professional Plan Grownup Salmon & Rice Components Dry Cat Meals plus Friskies and 9 Lives moist meals, a range. They get their dry meals one selection at a time till that bag is completed, then they get the second kind of dry meals. Additionally they break up a can of one of many moist meals between the 2 of them. We determined to do a mix of grain-free and non-grain–free meals. We added within the moist meals about three years in the past. We did this to ensure that they preserve hydrated and since it’s slightly simpler on their tooth.
Lili Chin (California)
> MAMBO: Weruva Paw Lickin’ Hen
> SHIMMY: Purina Professional Plan Hen Entree
We selected these meals after making an attempt out many manufacturers and flavors (they’re choosy kitties) and happily we lastly discovered ones they every appreciated that the opposite cat doesn’t, so there isn’t any stealing. They each eat the identical Royal Canin digestive kibble.
(The printout is barely old-fashioned.)
Photograph by Lili Chin
Em E Wolf (Vermont) Principally higher-end moist meals. Dry meals is horrible for cats. I purchase Tiki Cat, Orijen, and Intuition cans. Cats love selection. Mine love pâté by far over shredded. I dream of feeding uncooked, however haven’t made the change but. Cats are obligate carnivores, so examine what you’re feeding them—make sure that it’s meat, organs, and so on., not peas and corn.
Isabel Alvarez Arata (Texas) I feed Weruva and Inexperienced Juju’s beef recipe. We go for Weruva’s canned pâté and high it off with Inexperienced Juju’s beef freeze-dried recipe pet meals. I selected each manufacturers as a result of I like their requirements and dedication to pets.
Glenda Lee (Maine) Farrah will get Blue Buffalo kibble—sometimes a fish protein, however I do rotate her proteins. She’s free-fed, however at all times will get a little bit of the canines’ home-cooked at dinner and a spoonful of both tuna or salmon.
Rebecca Cook dinner (Washington) My Roscoe, with all his well being points, needs to be on a hypoallergenic meals, so each cats eat prescription Hills Science Food regimen Z/D as a result of I’ve discovered it inconceivable to feed them individually. They get each dry kibble to free-feed in the course of the day. I’ve had dangerous luck with meals aggression in a cat once they didn’t free-feed, and occasional weight points if I didn’t make sure that the kibble was wholesome.
They share half a can of moist pâté every evening. I put it in a dish with a few half cup of water and mash it up so it’s actually moist. I began doing this when my older cat, Nahla, wasn’t getting sufficient water. They’ve a water fountain, however generally within the winter, she simply isn’t motivated to drink a lot. We haven’t had any further dry poo (my signal they want extra water) since I began doing this. Sadly, hypoallergenic cat treats haven’t been made in nearly a 12 months, so we are able to’t do treats any extra, however truthfully, we don’t really want them.
Jett Wyatt (Arizona) Day by day, the cats get a quarter-can every Lotus or Weruva cat meals. The remainder of their meals is kibble; normally Pure Vita, NutriSource, Open Farm, or Farmina. They’re a bit choosy, so received’t eat something with fish in it—though, for some purpose, they’re glad to eat MY tuna! I used to feed them twice a day, however they’d depart meals behind. Now they’re being fed as soon as a day (similar quantity as earlier than) they usually end all of it.
For brand new cat guardians, don’t be stunned should you undergo lots of meals your cats received’t eat, or simply decide at. Even the identical protein—they’ll eat one canned hen and switch up their nostril at a unique model. They are usually fairly picky. It actually does assist to have a canine that can handle leftovers!