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Hi all, I am a bit confused as to should I be giving my cat canned were food that has meat by-products as an ingredient? I am giving my cat Purina one pro plan.. need some advice
Well, most ( not all) articles will say not to feed by products since they can be kinda iffy as to WHAT products they are...what animal parts.Hi all, I am a bit confused as to should I be giving my cat canned were food that has meat by-products as an ingredient? I am giving my cat Purina one pro plan.. need some advice
Yep. If they won't eat something, then it is wasted money. I believe that Purina completely owns its own processing and canning plants. They do feeding trials. Some of the premiums have their foods canned by other plants and don't do feeding trials. Our pets are the feeding trials. While it might be much better not to have things like mendidone, It is a bigger problem when someone has spent nearly $3.00 for a can of food that gets recalled because it has e-coli or not enough taurine, or melamine plastic.I use Purina canned food. It's affordable and my cats will eat it. The moisture in it keeps them healthy. If the fancier canned foods were more affordable and if they tasted better to my cats, sure I would probably feed them. But we do the best we can. We have to balance what our cats will eat with what we can afford. I will never judge any canned food. Now dry food is a different story. I haven't found one yet that doesn't cause problems for my cats.
Haven’t there been multiple class action law suits against Purina for the deaths of hundreds of pets?Yep. If they won't eat something, then it is wasted money. I believe that Purina completely owns its own processing and canning plants. They do feeding trials. Some of the premiums have their foods canned by other plants and don't do feeding trials. Our pets are the feeding trials. While it might be much better not to have things like mendidone, It is a bigger problem when someone has spent nearly $3.00 for a can of food that gets recalled because it has e-coli or not enough taurine, or melamine plastic.
It would be helpful to have reliable sources for the claim.I don’t trust most pet food companies, that’s why I mainly make my own food. But I know that Purina has had many problems in the past and actually the FDA has given their canning facilities warnings for improper upkeep of equipment and whatnot.
I know. Same company.That's dog food.
What brands did you switch too when you stopped the Purina?Well, most ( not all) articles will say not to feed by products since they can be kinda iffy as to WHAT products they are...what animal parts.
I will say that i fed my 3 cats purina for years ( friskies and beyond, with an occassional better brand)
I recently got rid of all purina, switched to better foods, no by products at all ( no soy, no artifical anything) and they have SO MUCH MORE energy, even my 12 year old! so i consider by-products like eating McDonalds at every meal. just No good
my thoughts only....good luck!