Whats the prognosis on Petguard?

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Sev

Sev

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Hey guys its been a while.
In the time since Kitty left and Blue disappeared we have been adopted by another rapscallion cat we have dubbed Silky. :smile:
He is jet black with a white crest on his chest. He has a thick glossy silky coat. Ergo the name.
He is about a year and a half old and as fit as a fiddle.
He started showing up almost a year ago. The last time he showed up was Halloween so we took that as a sign. :-D

At this point the cat food we are feeding him is a supplement. He is catching and eating everything from small mice to squirrels.
He also brought in a woodpecker that other day so could he watch me chase it around the house. He presents live rodents for our inspection in bed if we dont get up early enough.
The cats truly one tough task master.

So. To the question at hand.
I have been feeding him a diet of Wellness. However my concern with Wellness is that it contains carrageenan. Something I would like to get out of his diet.
Now I am not thrilled with rice flower in the Petguard either. But..
The info I found on carbs is from Hobo's guide and it was at 13%.

Are there any updates on the product line.

Thanks guys.
 
Hillary & Maui said:
have you checked dr. lisa's site -she put together a new food chart that may have this food included. check it out - http://www.catinfo.org
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Very Nice!!

Far more extensive than previous information.
Looks like I am going to have go through some more foods.
My main concern right now for this young feline is preventative. Ergo keeping the carbs down and just as importantly staying away from additives such as carrageenan that are suspected in causing health problems not only in pets but humans as well.

Glad to find Fresh Pet on there. Only 9 carbs.

Its tough trying to locate a nutritionally safe product at a good value.
 
I wouldn't purposefully buy non-US solely because I prefer to buy local, even if "local" now means "Made in the USofA." Even still, in reality, most commercial pet food ingredients come from a variety of countries (mainly China) and there's no real way to tell whether it's wholly manufactured in the US or only partially. And even if it's made in the US, that doesn't mean much when it comes to the self-regulating pet food industry.

In the US and Canada, non-food items apparently routinely end up in the rendering pit - cattle insecticide patches, carcasses full of antibiotics, ID tags and surgical pins, spoiled supermarket meat still in cardboard, styrofoam trays and shrink wrap and pet body bags. It is simply to costly and time consuming for staff to remove these items. Some (e.g. metal objects) are filtered out, but other melt into the mix and may form toxic compounds. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, titled "Lead in Animal Foods", found that a nine-pound cat fed on commercial pet food ingests more lead than the amount considered potentially toxic for children.
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Until I can start making my own cat food, all I can really worry about at this point is whether or not it's been recalled for any reason.
 
KPassa said:
I wouldn't purposefully buy non-US solely because I prefer to buy local, even if "local" now means "Made in the USofA." Even still, in reality, most commercial pet food ingredients come from a variety of countries (mainly China) and there's no real way to tell whether it's wholly manufactured in the US or only partially. And even if it's made in the US, that doesn't mean much when it comes to the self-regulating pet food industry.

In the US and Canada, non-food items apparently routinely end up in the rendering pit - cattle insecticide patches, carcasses full of antibiotics, ID tags and surgical pins, spoiled supermarket meat still in cardboard, styrofoam trays and shrink wrap and pet body bags. It is simply to costly and time consuming for staff to remove these items. Some (e.g. metal objects) are filtered out, but other melt into the mix and may form toxic compounds. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study, titled "Lead in Animal Foods", found that a nine-pound cat fed on commercial pet food ingests more lead than the amount considered potentially toxic for children.
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Until I can start making my own cat food, all I can really worry about at this point is whether or not it's been recalled for any reason.
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WOW.
Now that is disturbing.

Is there any research on toxicity levels in specific pet foods?
 
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