FEEDING THE PUDDY CATS

After I wrote the blog on what I feed my dogs, I got an email asking what I feed the cats.  I told her I’d write about it but also joked that I fed them whatever I can get them to eat. 

As all you cat owners know, spoiled cats (even not so spoiled cats) are a little finicky.

I've done the research, read ingredients, tried different kinds, but some of the cats just weren’t agreeing with my choices.  Even the kitties are getting picky about the wet food I feed them. Now I only get them the Friskies Selects Indoor Cat. 

Georgie is 10 ½ so I buy the Science Diet Longevity for her. It’s recommended for cats over 7 and since older cats have a propensity for weak kidneys, this is a good food for that. It does have by-products but they are washed and since cats eat birds, mice and other gross things they catch, this has to be at least 100 times better.  Okay....  it’s the only senior food she’ll eat.

Brolio, all 23 lbs. of him, gets Natural Choice Indoor Healthy Weight.  Yes he is fat but he is also just a big cat. His paws look like a dog’s and his head is bigger than Melinda’s.  His tail is even 3” longer than the other cats. It’s high protein, low carb. with no by-products. 

I have been feeding the kitties Purina Kitten Chow. To be honest, when I first got them, I bought a huge bag of this because it looked like the best food Wal-Mart had. I was there and needed something quickly. But I think the only cat currently eating this is Georgie so I probably won’t buy it anymore.  I’ll try some small bags of kitty food when this is gone to see what they like.

I buy Purina Cat Chow Naturals for Bonita.  This dry food is always gone first and since Wal-Mart can’t even keep it in stock, I guess my cats aren’t the only ones who really like it.  You can buy it at PetSmart too, which I do but it’s more expensive.  I think it's a pretty decent food. It doesn’t have any by-products, it's high in protein, which is good for cats, with chicken and salmon (even though they aren’t the first ingredients). That would be Chicken meal, which is ground-up chicken without the bones, feathers, feet, etc. It’s all cooked and cleaned with most of the water and fat separated.  

In other words, everybody is eating everybody else's food.  And.... Did I tell you I might become a vegetarian after writing this?????