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Since rad cat has gone out of business I was looking for alternatives. For those of you who have fed rat cat what are you feeding your cats now? TIA
This is the reality of the situation I'm afraid. My cat is doing well on vital essentals and primal, for now but I don't like how commercial brands have too much bone.Nothing, you gotta make your own food.
I heard the same about Tucker’s. And now they have the food on their site and it’s yet another bone blend. Ugh! Opportunity squandered! If Red Dog Blue Kat has a US distributor, my pet food store has pledged to carry anything they can easily get that would fill the RC void.For Canadians, I heard from my friend up in Canada that the brand Red Dog Blue Kat is apparently working on developing a bone free variety to fill in the void in the market with Rad Cat going out of business. I'm not sure exactly where this brand is available or if it's sold in the US at all.
I feel like there is definitely a gap in the market that someone will eventually fill. Or maybe Rad Cat will re-establish itself. In the mean time I’ve stocked up on everything I could find to make it through the drought.I heard the same about Tucker’s. And now they have the food on their site and it’s yet another bone blend. Ugh! Opportunity squandered! If Red Dog Blue Kat has a US distributor, my pet food store has pledged to carry anything they can easily get that would fill the RC void.
That's a good idea! I wish I'd known about that when I used to feed ground raw. With prey model raw, it's too much trouble to make the cat sitter go through. I'd have to explain how Mishka has a tendency to run off with the chicken wings, so you have to watch her and make sure she stays in her box, and how Saipha likes to steal Mishka's food, and how sometimes Mishka gets picky about eating her organs so you have to feed her those first, then give her the meat chunks... And not to mention that both cats will be shy at first, so they'll hide and won't eat in front of the cat sitter. All in all, better to just have some commercial raw that is nutritionally complete at each meal when we can't be at home to watch them.This is what I do for Krista but it also helps with the sitter. I cold water thaw a tub for fifteen minutes. Just enough to get that fork and knife into. Then I shave off thin slices of still frozen turkey, weigh them out to approximately 19 g and stuff them into the long skinny ice cube trays (“bottle cubes” meant to slip into the mouth of water bottles.). If you zoom in on the sink, I used a candy thermometer in the water stream to measure and mark off 100F with two halves of a yellow sticker.
The way you describe it with personalities and preferences, that doesn't sound easier at all. I like a uniform food that my cat will devour universally. If she is going to push me around for four meals a day and wake me at 5am for her first, then she is also going to reward me with a plate clean enough for me to eat from. The sitter was also impressed by how readily Krista showed up for meals and put them away like a little lion. She said seeing how much Krista enjoys her Rad Cat makes the extra effort to thaw and serve worth it. I agree. I would not be waking at 5 for this munchkin if she wasn't such an enthusiastic diner.That's a good idea! I wish I'd known about that when I used to feed ground raw. With prey model raw, it's too much trouble to make the cat sitter go through. I'd have to explain how Mishka has a tendency to run off with the chicken wings, so you have to watch her and make sure she stays in her box, and how Saipha likes to steal Mishka's food, and how sometimes Mishka gets picky about eating her organs so you have to feed her those first, then give her the meat chunks... And not to mention that both cats will be shy at first, so they'll hide and won't eat in front of the cat sitter. All in all, better to just have some commercial raw that is nutritionally complete at each meal when we can't be at home to watch them.
Otherwise though, prey model raw is fantastic - way way cheaper (about half the cost of feeding primal), my cats love chewing on meat chunks and chicken wings, and much less work than prepping homemade ground raw.
See, the problem is that pretty much those same issues exist with regular canned/ground raw food too - Saipha still tries to steal Mishka's food, Mishka still makes a mess and runs away with mouthfuls of food, and they're both still going to hide when the sitter comes. The only reason I do primal with the cat sitter is that it's nutritionally complete at each meal, so I don't have to worry about Saipha and Mishka trading chunks to get their favorites and not getting a balanced diet over time. Otherwise, I love doing prey model raw. They're so much more kittenish, playful, and happy. Saipha would be hungry all the time on canned and ground raw, but now she actually feels full on the chunks. And the fact that I'm paying half the amount for their food is also a bonus.The way you describe it with personalities and preferences, that doesn't sound easier at all. I like a uniform food that my cat will devour universally. If she is going to push me around for four meals a day and wake me at 5am for her first, then she is also going to reward me with a plate clean enough for me to eat from. The sitter was also impressed by how readily Krista showed up for meals and put them away like a little lion. She said seeing how much Krista enjoys her Rad Cat makes the extra effort to thaw and serve worth it. I agree. I would not be waking at 5 for this munchkin if she wasn't such an enthusiastic diner.
Looks like Red Dog Blue Kat already has something to offer. Their Eco blends look like they would simply need a bone meal or eggshell supplement to be complete. At least they have something that puts that choice in the consumer’s hands.For Canadians, I heard from my friend up in Canada that the brand Red Dog Blue Kat is apparently working on developing a bone free variety to fill in the void in the market with Rad Cat going out of business. I'm not sure exactly where this brand is available or if it's sold in the US at all.