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« on: July 20, 2008, 08:22:36 AM »

Here's one vet's opinion on the status of cat nutrition:

http://www.nj.com:80/homegarden/homestories/index.ssf/2008/07/llness_that_brings_pets_to_the.html

With cats, we're in the dark ages when it comes to proper nutrition," Voynick said. "We should be preventing most of those conditions. We've come a long way with dog diets, but we're pitifully deficient when it comes to cat nutrition
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2008, 08:31:21 AM »

Cats always seem to play second fiddle.   Angry

This is the part the confuses me about cat nutrition.  How can a grain-free diet be billed as truly grain-free when the protein source (for example, chicken) eats grain.

"At a conference in London a couple of years ago, a world-renowned endocrinologist named Mark Peterson tackled cat diets. "He showed us the perfect diet for a cat by displaying a giant cartoon of mice being poured from a cereal box," Voynick said. "Think of it. Mice are vegetarians, so the cat is getting veggies, too."
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2008, 12:42:07 PM »

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     I don't think that the flesh of any animal turns into what they eat!  The protein source just contains the amino acids needed to feed the cells to so they grow, to put it simply.  The cat is simply eating chicken flesh, not what the chicken ate.  And, just because mice eat veggies doesn't mean the cat does too, unless there are undigested veggies in the mouse's stomach and the cat eats that.  Yuck!  That thought is gross!   Tongue 
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2008, 01:20:06 PM »

That is the reason that we are seeing so many veggies in cat foods now.  The thought being that kitty eats mouse with grain and veggies in the stomach.  Yum!
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« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2008, 01:47:46 PM »

Mandycat, they do indeed eat the stomach!  I've watched.  They eat the whole thing.   Tongue
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