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Karadeniz

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6. #1) in general, dry cat food is not healthy.
Mon Sep 9, 2019, 09:15 PM
Sep 2019

#2) do you live near a Tractor Supply? I buy their 4health
Brand. It comes in a 13.2 oz. can for about 70-75 c. Each. I feed mine the chicken and brown rice. I feed about 35 cats, so I buy it by the case. They special order 20 or so cases for me. It has to be picked up at the store.

#3) all canned foods are not alike. In brands like friskies, if it has fish, don't buy it. They throw whole fish into the vat and pulverize everything. Fishy food can have unhealthy levels of minerals which can ruin the teeth, mouth, kidneys.I called the mfg of 4health and got the numbers on minerals not printed on the label and everything was well within healthy limits.

#4) no cat food has the protein equivalent of a rodent; it's all too low. Since you have a barn, maybe you have chickens! If so, you can mix egg yolks into the food...about a half egg yolk per cat...a few days a week. Don't believe the protein amts on the label. It's crude, so it might as well be shoe leather.

#5) 4health isn't the mfg and it took me a few calls to locate the mfg. The info on my can says, "for customer support, call 1-888-376-9601." that's for tractor supply. Someone there should be able to locate the mfg. The mfgs typically sell the same food under different labels, so the mfg could find out if there's a brand/Supplier near you.

Good luck! It's hard to find good food. Mfgs are more interested in profit than health!

Cat food [View all] matt819 Sep 2019 OP
only that in the long run, money spent on nutrition is almost always saved on vet bills Kali Sep 2019 #1
Affordable options... SWBTATTReg Sep 2019 #2
Check the online prices Sanity Claws Sep 2019 #3
The best deal I've found: silverweb Sep 2019 #4
I have been thoroughly confused by pet food nutritional claims. Even vets don't seem to agree... TreasonousBastard Sep 2019 #5
#1) in general, dry cat food is not healthy. Karadeniz Sep 2019 #6
Thanks matt819 Sep 2019 #7
No one eats the expensive food in my house Evergreen Emerald Sep 2019 #8
Same here matt819 Sep 2019 #9
Feeding something like upwards 14 feral and 8 home cats. tencats Sep 2019 #10
Lots of into matt819 Sep 2019 #11
Spam deleted by MIR Team rayshow Dec 2019 #12
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