pfr, good luck with natura. You can see why we are paranoid, when people like PAtkins start writing here, makes us wonder who is who and why they are here.


db

So, for y'all with multiple pet households, what do you do for vacation?

Justme- I make both cat & dog homemade.1 cat is 18 lbs & 1 is 12 lbs. Dogs are 13 lbs,25 lbs & 85 lbs. I make large stockpots at a time & measure it out by a days worth into freezer bags or containers. The 12 lb cat gets 2 Tbsp [rounded spoonfuls] twice a day.The 18 lb cat gets 1/2 Tbsp more at each meal. I add a little sw potato,br rice or oatmeal,flax seed or bulgar. A little carrot or gr beans & a little cranberry or apple or pear. I use lamb,chicken,turkey or salmon,herring,clam or sardine. Also a few scrambled eggs. My cats like it pureed. I cook everything lightly.A lb of salmon with a little fiber & a few veg & fruit will make a weeks worth of meals for your cat.
  The dogs like the same but also spinach,squash & peas. I don't puree theirs.They really like meatloaf. I cook it & dice it.For all 3 dogs I use 3 cups 2x a day.$ lbs of gr meat plus the other ingredients will make 5 meals. I do add more of the fiber, fruit & veg for the dogs. Without it they were having loose stools. Maybe because they add so much grainy crap before these recalls began.

Hey, my cat Ruby saw the vet today. She was so stoic but I could tell she was really horrified. She is always so popular at the vet because she just goes all limp and lets them do their job. Unlike my cat Gracie who trys to scratch and hisses and growls at them.

Anyway, Ruby has a clean bill of health!! YAY!!!!!!
The lumps I was feeling were her intestines and because she gets constipated I could feel her poopies inside her.
Neither the vet or I could feel any lumps today.
Ruby started purring during the lump check because it was like the best massage ever!!

Oh and my vet was totally amazed at how clean her teeth are. Never cleaned ever but spic and span anyway. She said that it must be good genes. Both of her fangs had little chips on them. Nothing bad though. I think she chews on stuff (the little brat).
I am very happy!!

The other cool thing is that I told my vet that I was feeding Wellness to my CRF kitty and told her how much better she's eating now and my vet was all for it. Whatever works is what she said to do.

Very good numbers for grainless foods; thanks! Never thought I'd be able to feed KD anything without grains.   I'm not thrilled about the garlic and cranberries, but hopefully the amounts are too small to do any harm.

JustMe: where did you get the phosphorus numbers? I'd love to check out the rest of their formulas and see which ones will work for her.

petslave: Yeah, no kidding about the Evo. All of the Natura canned formulas are high in phosphorus. And now it looks like their dry food might be a concern as well - scary for me since I use California Natural and always thought it was safe. 

Does anyone know if it is true that the Wellness Turkey and Chicken canned formulas are low in phosphorus? The various lists and charts online are out of date, but I had heard these formulas are OK. I've been staying away because of the Menu connection, but I'd like an alternative to Felidae canned for variety.

My Lucy (who I posted her biopsies were benign, is on Itchmo Reader pix today---this was her last "float" before surgery and that is what is making her the most uncomfortable---she can't get on her boogie-board.  She will hold on for as long as I let her---she absolutely loves it!!  Harry is deathly afraid of water (and bird feathers) and he call himself a golden retriever!!!
Carol

ps--how are the other recoveries doing???