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Just sharing my thoughts on incorporating Gerber turkey baby food into my cats' food rotation. Gerber turkey contains turkey broth, turkey and cornstarch. It contains no ground bones, no onions, no garlic...just the three ingredients. 7 grams of protein (45%) and 2 grams of carbohydrates (2%) per 2.5 ounce bottle. Sodium is 35% which would be 42 mg. per jar, all naturally occurring in the turkey. For comparison, one of the foods in my rotation, Weruva Paw Lickin' Chicken, contains 62 mg. sodium per 100 calories with 3 ounces supplying 57 calories, and one of the Wellness pouches in the rotation (Chicken and Turkey Morsels) has .26 grams of sodium, so 260 mg. of sodium per pouch. So the amount of sodium in the Gerber turkey is not much at all! I imagine the chicken variety would be similar, and Beechnut brand also has all meat options.
I like the idea of decreasing the amount of artificial vitamins/minerals, some of which are questionable, and with the addition of this human grade food in the rotation, they will still be getting a balanced diet, and less of vitamins/minerals we try to avoid out of caution, or which may be in overabundance. Adding water to it helps with hydration, too.
I ran this idea by a veterinarian who thought it was fine.
I like the idea of decreasing the amount of artificial vitamins/minerals, some of which are questionable, and with the addition of this human grade food in the rotation, they will still be getting a balanced diet, and less of vitamins/minerals we try to avoid out of caution, or which may be in overabundance. Adding water to it helps with hydration, too.
I ran this idea by a veterinarian who thought it was fine.