3 to one ratio is NOT ideal , 5 to 1 to 10 to 1 generally accepted as bestOriginally Posted by Angelwing
http://www.horizonpetfood.com/
Ingredients:Fresh chicken meat, chicken mealGREAT imho , salmon mealfish is ??able to many I prefer it not this high in the ingredients , turkey meal, pea starch concentratecould be GMO and many are allergic , chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols, rosemary, citric acid)first can cause tummy upset the second can be chemically based , green split peaspeas are high allergens , whole eggs, flaxseed, salmon oil, dried alfalfaallergen and can be laden with chemicals , carrots, apples, broccoli, bok choy, cabbage, cranberries, Saskatoon berries, dried kelp, dried pumpkin meal, colostrum, sea buckthorn, fenugreek protein mealused in humans for things like milk production really wondering about how it is a protein meal, dried pomegranate, dried astragalus root, dried milk thistleHERBS in general should be used with caution... this one is for liver function, glucosamine HCl, chondroitin sulphate, garliccan cause anemia that has resulted in death, enzymes (dried aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, dried aspergillus niger extract, pineapple, dried trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation product, rhizopus oryzae), probiotics (dried enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried bifidobacterium bifidum fermentation product, and dried lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product), taurine, yucca schidigera extract, mannan oligosaccharide (MOS), burdock root extract (FOS), vitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, vitamin B12, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, d-calcium pantothenate, biotin, vitamin C (ascorbyl phosphate), ferrous sulphate, iron proteinate*, zinc sulphate, zinc proteinate*, manganous oxide, manganese proteinate*, copper sulphate, copper proteinate*, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, seleno methionine, magnesium oxide.
Nutritional Information
Protein (min)41%
Fat (min) 20%high yet moderate protein and fat
Fibre (max) 3%
Moisture (max)9%
Omega 3 1%**
Omega 6 3%**
farleyv- I'm hoping that, at the very least, you're meaning a specific meat's by-products....as in "chicken by-products" versus "meat by-products"......Originally Posted by farleyv
That ingredient list sounded bad to me. There should not be any vegies, fruit, berries, seed oils. Please try to find food that is mostly meat and meat by products.
mouse by products eaten vary by cat though..Originally Posted by BLAISE
farleyv- I'm hoping that, at the very least, you're meaning a specific meat's by-products....as in "chicken by-products" versus "meat by-products"......
Batten down your hatches for sure, after your post and my reply....I'm sure the storm is coming on!
Folks, before you start in on specific by-products.....does anyone think their cats would do poorly on mouse "by-products"?