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Healthy Diet for 1 1/2 yr, 9 lb. cat
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Dear Theresa:

1. How often and when should I feed my new-found kitty? What is a healthy diet for Sooky (formerly Customer (name blocked for privacy)), who is approx. 1 1/2 years-old and 9 lbs. Many of the canned cat foods have beef and cereal in them and her Vet said that the latest thinking is that dry food SHOULD NOT be the bulk of her diet. Is there a nutritional rating for canned cat food?

2. Would you please change her name from Customer (name blocked for privacy) (she is not a Russian Blue) to Sooky (she is a Korat, Thailand Cat and Sook means joyous, content, blissful in Thai.

3. Can I change my code from the one you gave me, 8C493F7C to olly?

Thank you for your answers to all my questions. I most likely won't have as many when Sooky & I get better acquainted.

Diana Ruth

 

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Age: 1; Female; Breed: Korat Cat

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September 12 11:23 AM (1 hour and 20 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
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I too go by that same theory that dry food should be offered but canned or moist packets actually be their main staple. There is still ongoing research on this matter, but the thought is that cats are carnivores by nature and the dry foods are loaded with carbohydrates, moreso than the canned diets. The higher carbs I believe is part of what is causing the extreme weight issues we are seeing in our house cats. The dry diets also offer very little moisture which leaves a cat living in very mild dehydration and prone to developing bladder issues (stones and crystals) unless they are huge water drinkers. Currently I am experimenting with one of my own feline males at home. Since I acquired him off the streets at just 3 weeks old he has had barely a morsel of dry kibble. He is now three, still young and still early yet he has had no bladder infections, his weight is still perfect at 10.4lbs (he is a long cat) and he is neutered. Even his teeth are still in great condition. I was warned by one of the vets that I work with that his teeth will be in ill health by the time he is 5. So, I brush them daily and sometimes just 3 times a week. In my eyes this is the only thing that the dry food is good for is oral health and to satisfy the chewing need, but really if you do not brush using dry food may only extend the need for dental cleaning by a couple of years. The current diet I am using is Nutro indoor cat formula on my other two cats who too have been in great health though those two are slightly overweight. And the male has the soft moist packets of Nutro indoor cat. Nutro diets are all natural, contain no corn, and no wheat and they have a wide selection of Adult cat foods. Feeding strictly moist high quality diets provides all the nutrients your cat needs without the additional carbohydrates.

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Thank you

Theresa



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Reply to Theresa's Post: DEAR THERESA,

You answer was excellent and I will contacting you again because your logging on security code is brudensome, and I am getting just too many different codes. If I could create my own, you would be making it much more friendly to use your service. Thank you for your expertr guidance.

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