So, my indoor Kitties have recently gone Grain Free!
While I literally spent hours comparing and considering foods for them,
I overlooked some things that are now starting to concern me a little.
Here is their basic meal plan:
Breakfast: (4:30 a.m.) Home-made Chicken Breast - Ground after cooking, juice added back (Roughly 1.0 oz per Kitty)
I add Dr. Goodpet's Max Protection Formula and sometimes additional powdered Taurine; occasionally Bone Meal powder.
Wondering if I should add a little Organic Flax Oil?
Before I leave (around 5:15 a.m.) They each get less than 1/8th cup of dry.
Currently, this is Wellness Core.
Upon my return (usually around 3:00 p.m.) They each get less than 1/8th cup of dry.
Currently, this is Wellness Core.
Dinner: (7:00 p.m.) Split one half of one Large Can among 5 Kitties. (Roughly 1.5 oz per Kitty)
This is either Wellness Turkey or Wellness Chicken.
On Party Night (Saturday) they get Evo Cat & Kitten or Wellness Turkey & Salmon
Before Bed: (10:00 p.m.) they each get less than 1/8th cup of dry.
Currently, this is Buffalo Wilderness Chicken Formula.
Among my concerns are Fish products.
We have all heard stories about increased risk of Kidney problems (failure, stones, crystals) and Mercury poisoning.
Initially, I was planning to include Evo canned Cat & Kitten in their daily rotation, but upon closer inspection, it contains Herring, Salmon Meal and Herring Oil. So, I have slid it down to one dinner every 2 weeks (alternating Saturdays with Wellness Turkey & Salmon.)
Another concern is Peas. I have heard of Pea Allergies.
My third concern is Potato Starch.
(I have eliminated several Dry foods from consideration because of Potatoes or Potato Protein.)
However, the most desirable (*IMO) Grain Free Dry foods all contain at least one of these ingredients that concern me.
* I have read the ingredients of literally DOZENS of Grain Free dry foods on PFD, and have eliminated most of them.
I realize that dry foods need "something" to function as a binding agent (Peas and/or Potato Starch in these instances.)
Is one of these somehow better or less potentially harmful than the other?
Although Core is highly recommended, it has:
Deboned Turkey, Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whitefish Meal, Herring Meal, Peas, Potatoes...
In other words, all of the remaining ingredients that concern me.
Unless someone convinces me otherwise, this will be our last bag of Core.
Due to computer issues and the length of this post, I will split it - continued below...
While I literally spent hours comparing and considering foods for them,
I overlooked some things that are now starting to concern me a little.
Here is their basic meal plan:
Breakfast: (4:30 a.m.) Home-made Chicken Breast - Ground after cooking, juice added back (Roughly 1.0 oz per Kitty)
I add Dr. Goodpet's Max Protection Formula and sometimes additional powdered Taurine; occasionally Bone Meal powder.
Wondering if I should add a little Organic Flax Oil?
Before I leave (around 5:15 a.m.) They each get less than 1/8th cup of dry.
Currently, this is Wellness Core.
Upon my return (usually around 3:00 p.m.) They each get less than 1/8th cup of dry.
Currently, this is Wellness Core.
Dinner: (7:00 p.m.) Split one half of one Large Can among 5 Kitties. (Roughly 1.5 oz per Kitty)
This is either Wellness Turkey or Wellness Chicken.
On Party Night (Saturday) they get Evo Cat & Kitten or Wellness Turkey & Salmon
Before Bed: (10:00 p.m.) they each get less than 1/8th cup of dry.
Currently, this is Buffalo Wilderness Chicken Formula.
Among my concerns are Fish products.
We have all heard stories about increased risk of Kidney problems (failure, stones, crystals) and Mercury poisoning.
Initially, I was planning to include Evo canned Cat & Kitten in their daily rotation, but upon closer inspection, it contains Herring, Salmon Meal and Herring Oil. So, I have slid it down to one dinner every 2 weeks (alternating Saturdays with Wellness Turkey & Salmon.)
Another concern is Peas. I have heard of Pea Allergies.
My third concern is Potato Starch.
(I have eliminated several Dry foods from consideration because of Potatoes or Potato Protein.)
However, the most desirable (*IMO) Grain Free Dry foods all contain at least one of these ingredients that concern me.
* I have read the ingredients of literally DOZENS of Grain Free dry foods on PFD, and have eliminated most of them.
I realize that dry foods need "something" to function as a binding agent (Peas and/or Potato Starch in these instances.)
Is one of these somehow better or less potentially harmful than the other?
Although Core is highly recommended, it has:
Deboned Turkey, Deboned Chicken, Chicken Meal, Whitefish Meal, Herring Meal, Peas, Potatoes...
In other words, all of the remaining ingredients that concern me.
Unless someone convinces me otherwise, this will be our last bag of Core.
Due to computer issues and the length of this post, I will split it - continued below...