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Food for thought....
This thread is not about flavor, or variety for my cats....
it is about their health.
I have concerns that no one company's wet or dry cat foods, whether they are a top quality brand or even a prescription food can fulfill, long term, nutritional needs of my cats.
HCM (heart failure), kidney and many other health issues may be related to a subtle form of malnutrition caused from feeding just one brand of food...no matter how great.
A raw diet, although ideal, is not a option for me.
Assuming that I could find 3 brands of food that agree with my kitties, (that is a big assumption
)
I have been thinking that I might attempt to rotate my cats wet & dry food every day....using 3 different brands & flavors.
A 3 day cycle.
Another option is rotate only the wet brands daily.
Questions?
I have been told that enzymes in our kitties tummies become specific to the foods they are used to eating and that is why we must introduce a new food slowly.
Different enzymes need to develop that can digest the new food.
The reason I would like to rotate daily is so that I do not have to go though the slow new food introductions and all of the problems that goes with that, every time I try a new food.
If enzymes are the issue...
do you think that a cat can produce enzymes that could digest that many different kinds of food?
Most companies recommend that we rotate between their foods, if at all.
Any thoughts about this even being possible?
If enzymes are not the reason we must introduce a food slowly to avoid tummy upsets ...
do you know why their tummies are sensitive to a food?
If you have any thoughts about his ....
please discuss.
This thread is not about flavor, or variety for my cats....
it is about their health.
I have concerns that no one company's wet or dry cat foods, whether they are a top quality brand or even a prescription food can fulfill, long term, nutritional needs of my cats.
HCM (heart failure), kidney and many other health issues may be related to a subtle form of malnutrition caused from feeding just one brand of food...no matter how great.
A raw diet, although ideal, is not a option for me.
Assuming that I could find 3 brands of food that agree with my kitties, (that is a big assumption
I have been thinking that I might attempt to rotate my cats wet & dry food every day....using 3 different brands & flavors.
A 3 day cycle.
Another option is rotate only the wet brands daily.
Questions?
I have been told that enzymes in our kitties tummies become specific to the foods they are used to eating and that is why we must introduce a new food slowly.
Different enzymes need to develop that can digest the new food.
The reason I would like to rotate daily is so that I do not have to go though the slow new food introductions and all of the problems that goes with that, every time I try a new food.
If enzymes are the issue...
do you think that a cat can produce enzymes that could digest that many different kinds of food?
Most companies recommend that we rotate between their foods, if at all.
Any thoughts about this even being possible?
If enzymes are not the reason we must introduce a food slowly to avoid tummy upsets ...
do you know why their tummies are sensitive to a food?
If you have any thoughts about his ....
please discuss.