Weird But Possibly Genius Thought - Any Input?

Willowy said:

Yep, I have snakes too, and the cats get the refusals

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I know you said your cats will eat the refusals, but if you don't want to waste your rodents. I know my Sweetie will not eat leading up to when he will be shedding. So the period of time when I see his skin has that iridescent look about it and his eyes are starting to get cloudy, I don't feed him. Then as soon as he has shed, he will eat again, so I'll feed him.

FeebysOwner said:

It is probably just the stigma of what mice/rats in general sadly represent in too many cases, as the OP suggested. And, I understand your point, but personally speaking canned food for cats isn't any more 'appealing' to me than canned mouse would be.

I just thought 'ignorant bliss' was a bit strong. Any form of meat that cats eat (as is true for humans) once was a living creature - I think we all know/understand that.

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I didn't mean it to be harsh so maybe I can find another word rather than "ignorant" that doesn't offend as easily (I tend to not be a very politically correct speaker). And my comments are not directed at you or any person in particular.

But, in my opinion, not acknowledging that I'm living with and caring for an animal whose primary purpose in life is to hunt and kill prey and tear into raw meat would be pretty naive of me. Plus, having indoor cats who don't hunt mice and birds is a pretty new thing. Back in the day you wouldn't last long as a cat owner if you couldn't handle a dead mouse or two on your front porch now and then. After all, this is why cats and humans started living together in the first place.

MoonstoneWolf said:

I actually have another friend who's job is test tasting dog and cat food for Purina. So yea I totally believe that.

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I'm very surprised that they do this since many of the ingredients that go into pet food are not FDA or USDA approved/regulated for humans.

Azazel said:

I didn't mean it to be harsh so maybe I can find another word rather than "ignorant" that doesn't offend as easily (I tend to not be a very politically correct speaker). And my comments are not directed at you or any person in particular.

But, in my opinion, not acknowledging that I'm living with and caring for an animal whose primary purpose in life is to hunt and kill prey and tear into raw meat would be pretty naive of me. Plus, having indoor cats who don't hunt mice and birds is a pretty new thing. Back in the day you wouldn't last long as a cat owner if you couldn't handle a dead mouse or two on your front porch now and then. After all, this is why cats and humans started living together in the first place.

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The problem is people today get easily offended. Even if you aren't talking to them. People must know that cats eat raw food and now all these modern health issues are due to poor quality foods. After the death of my dogs a few years ago when I was a kid now an adult I decided to actually look up animal nutrition so I can help them live longer.

Jem said:

I know you said your cats will eat the refusals, but if you don't want to waste your rodents. I know my Sweetie will not eat leading up to when he will be shedding. So the period of time when I see his skin has that iridescent look about it and his eyes are starting to get cloudy, I don't feed him. Then as soon as he has shed, he will eat again, so I'll feed him.

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Oh, yeah, I'm getting pretty good at figuring out when they won't eat. Also there have been very few uneaten rodents since I got the boa constrictor---he's a garbage disposal, lol. So now I buy mice just for the cats. What kind of python do you have? I have 3 ball pythons and a boa constrictor.

They have canned cricket, grasshoppers, mealworms, etc. for insect-eaters. And Evangers used to have a canned chicken leg---the whole thing, with bones. So it's probably possible to have canned mice, just seems a little impractical.

(Side note: if the subject is not political it can't be politically correct or incorrect. If someone is talking about a regular subject, they're tactful or not tactful but it's got nothing to do with being "PC".)

Willowy said:

What kind of python do you have?

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I have a Ball Python. His name is Sweetie. He technically has no name because I could not think of anything I liked when I first got him so his "pet name" just stuck. He is now 19 years old, and about 5 feet in length. He's absolutely beautiful. His markings although "standard", are just perfect. There is no bleeding of colors, the definition of the black, brown and white are perfectly crisp. And of course he has the cutest little face.

While there aren't any canned mice food products for cats, and other than feeding frozen whole prey mice from a rodent supplier, Hare Today makes whole carcass ground mouse food, it's raw and basically looks a bit like ground beef (with fur).

One of my cats ate HT's ground mouse for a couple of months, I would still feed it but he can't have food with bone any more.

It's very good quality meat.

Azazel said:

I'm very surprised that they do this since many of the ingredients that go into pet food are not FDA or USDA approved/regulated for humans.

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You can still look online and apply to be a taste tester. They really do not swallow the food, they put in the mouth just to check taste and then spit it out. Their logic is if you don't like the food then neither will they. Google for pet food taste testers

lisamarie12 said:

While there aren't any canned mice food products for cats, and other than feeding frozen whole prey mice from a rodent supplier, Hare Today makes whole carcass ground mouse food, it's raw and basically looks a bit like ground beef (with fur).

One of my cats ate HT's ground mouse for a couple of months, I would still feed it but he can't have food with bone any more.

It's very good quality meat.

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Mice are so small not sure if you could even Debbie them. Would cost a ton.