Thank you for sharing these!
Just curious, what reasonably priced dry and wet food do you recommend? I'm thinking of going with fancy feast.
My feeling is you could do worse than FF.
Cats are meat eaters and do not process plant matter well in their food. Dogs do process plant matter in the food.
Right now my cat eats hills prescription diet c/d. She no longer throws up every morning though she just started. Yes the ingredients are terrible but I have majorly researched it and asked other vets,,including specialist, that this is the best food for crystals. There is something in it that helps. If your cat has no health issues, grain free is best
The "big secret" to the so-called kidney diets is they have higher acidity to break down crystals/stones. That's it, literally the only difference between those "prescription" foods with their terrible ingredient list and low-quality plant matter filled junk that costs $0.40 a can. It is one of the biggest scams out there, hills, royal canin, etc. are made out to be some kind of actual medicine when in reality they're overpriced garbage.
I would like to point out that firstly, many vet formulated diets, as well as vet-recommended brands fall under the characteristics of using high volumes of legumes and potatoes. Secondly, while legumes and potatoes aren’t a great ingredient in cat food by any stretch, there’s no evidence of a link between feline DCM and legumes, potatoes, or grain free (not to mention most good cat food is both grain, legume, and potato-free, anyway). Diet-related DCM in cats is only known to be caused by low taurine at the moment, which no modern cat food should have. In fact, many will provide excess taurine, as it’s just safely excreted through the urine.
Don't get me started. There is nothing in them that is prescribed. But the prices are ridiculous. I especially love getting a vets permission to buy cat food.
Lions will definitely eat some bone, just not weight-bearing bone -- it's their source of calcium, and helps maintain the correct calcium-phosphorous ratio for their cells' calcium channels to work properly; besides, much more accurate to compare to small wild cats that will eat small prey, like birds and mice, more or less entirely whole, only leaving some of the stomach contents.
Going back on topic, I buy the ff classics turkey and giblets. My cat eats 3 ounces half 6 am using a timer and rest 9am. It makes feeding easy having a 3 oz can.
Tanya's Comprehensive Guide to Feline Chronic Kidney Disease - Kidney Stones Read this article what you feed depends on the type of blockage.
She does not have ckd
