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Our dogs are pretty much trash compactors and have eaten stuff without incident. =/ The herding dogs seem to live for horse hoof trimmings especially. In the past my dogs would eat random crap (literally) or these trimmings but snub the 90 buck a bag kibble...That's interesting! Ours have eaten homemade (with EZ) beef, Rawz beef, and something Fancy Feast without incident... the Tractor Supply food is pretty decent -- meat comes before byproducts on all three kinds -- though I wouldn't be surprised if there's something in the flavorings and other stuff that bothered someone's stomach. These cats definitely have weird little stomachs, too!
Our cats OTOH won't touch some of the weird stuff our dogs have and seem to have a more defined palate for fresh food whereas the dogs have eaten some rank/ripe stuff.
For the cat that eats canned food we don't really shy away from by products anymore, as our pack eats by products (hearts, livers, lungs, kidneys, tripe, spleen, pancreas, etc., etc.,) on a daily basis and these things are very nutritious. What I shy away from is anything that's labeled "meat" or "meat by-products" because that could be anything..!
Our IBD cat is doing very well with Fancy Feast pate, "meat" and all. He likes this so we feed it! He prefers gravies/shreds but the pate is well taken!! =)