CAT FOOD

[Ellyn Renken]

A daughter has been researching some of the common cat foods for me and here is what she has found:
Friskies – first 2 ingredients: Ground Yellow Corn and Corn Gluten Meal. You can see how so many pets have developed a corn intolerance! Doesn’t corn have a lot of sugar in it, too?

9 Lives – he’s a smart kitty! The first ingredient is “Whole Ground CORN” of course, but the second ingredient is “Chicken By-Product Meal.” That’s a better start than Special Kitty or Friskies. Naturally, the third ingredient is where they throw in the “Corn Gluten Meal.” :~(

She has ordered me some really expensive food for kittie and I'll keep you posted on it.

 

[Sue and Oliver (GA)]

I'm not sure which Friskies/Nine Lives you looked at. The pates we suggest are wet, low carb and don't have corn. They do have by products, but I always figured that a cat's normal diet of mice/birds has a lot of by products.

Are you looking at our food chart?
http://catinfo.org/docs/FoodChartPublic9-22-12.pdf

 

[Kris & Teasel]

A daughter has been researching some of the common cat foods for me and here is what she has found:
Friskies – first 2 ingredients: Ground Yellow Corn and Corn Gluten Meal. You can see how so many pets have developed a corn intolerance! Doesn’t corn have a lot of sugar in it, too?

9 Lives – he’s a smart kitty! The first ingredient is “Whole Ground CORN” of course, but the second ingredient is “Chicken By-Product Meal.” That’s a better start than Special Kitty or Friskies. Naturally, the third ingredient is where they throw in the “Corn Gluten Meal.” :~(

She has ordered me some really expensive food for kittie and I'll keep you posted on it.

I think that's for the dry food. If you check online the Friskies pates wet canned food ingredient lists are available. For example, here's the list for Poultry Platter:

Turkey, poultry by-products, water sufficient for processing, meat by-products, liver, fish, rice, artificial and natural flavors, guar gum, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, carrageenan, magnesium sulfate, calcium phosphate, taurine, thiamine mononitrate, zinc sulfate, Vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, niacin, copper sulfate, calcium pantothenate, Vitamin A supplement, manganese sulfate, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), pyridoxine hydrochloride, riboflavin supplement, Vitamin B-12 supplement, biotin, folic acid, Vitamin D-3 supplement, potassium iodide. B-6057

 

[Ellyn Renken]

I'm not sure which Friskies/Nine Lives you looked at. The pates we suggest are wet, low carb and don't have corn. They do have by products, but I always figured that a cat's normal diet of mice/birds has a lot of by products.

Are you looking at our food chart?
http://catinfo.org/docs/FoodChartPublic9-22-12.pdf

Yes, I have a copy of the food chart on my refrig. I don't know where my daughter got the info on Friskies, etc. I should have saved it but she says do not feed Friskies of any kind. Anyway I will try the new product and see what Isee thinks. He is the boss in this house. Besides the insulin I am giving him 1/2t of a homeopathic med for diabetic cats. It is called Diaionx. He seems more peppy since he is on it but it is pricey. I bought 4 bottles and will use them up and then look for something cheaper.