Great article on cat foods, diabetes, metabolism, & weight

[SheltieLover]

9. Thx fo much for sharing!

Thx so much for sharing how you feed with puzzles & hiding food.

I've read that cats are happier when fed that way because the search more closely aligns with "the hunt" out in the wild.

I'm not sure this would work with my girl because she never eats the few pieces that occasionally fall to the floor when I feed her. Cats, right?

I've considered trying this recently developed cat feeding system comprised of "mice" that hold kibble & serve to catalyze "the hunt." Looks as if it has come down in price considerably & Amazon does have a decent return policy, so maybe I'll order one & give it a try. (I'd first seen this right after it was commercially available & it was near $70.)

https://www.amazon.com/Doc-Phoebes-Interactive-Cat-Enrichment/dp/B01N90VHZW

Please let me know about your puzzle feeder and if she likes it.

I've also begun looking around for a cat tree to encourage climbing & jumping. Darn things are really expensive. 😏

As for Hills... ty so much for sharing. My prev vet tried to get me to feed her that. In holistic circles, this brand is referred to as "death diet" because of the ingredients of their foods & known carcinogens they add to their foods.

Here is an article that will shed some light on pet food mfr's nasty practices (this article is not pretty & can be a serious trigger for some folks):

https://www.all-creatures.org/articles/cac-thetrue.html

Also Ann Martin's book:

Food Pets Die For: Shocking facts about pet food.

(HUGE TRIGGER WARNINGS!)

Ann Martin spent 20 years researching & writing about the dirty business of the pet food industry...

There are known carcinogens manufacturers are allowed to put in foods if done during a certain point in the process. I apologize, it's been 22 years since I read Ann Martin's article, no doubt an excerpt from her book, & spoke to her on the phone about a very sick pupper I had at the time.

I'd just read the article & lo & behold, a vet rxd Hill's prescription food with 1 horrid ingredient, a known carcinogen for my dog that they (incorrectly!) Dxd with cancer. (It was ehrlichiosis. Commonly dxd as lymphoma.)

I said to the vet, "Doc, I appreciate your help, but this food has (whatever the chemical name was), a known carcinogen. Should I really feed this to a dog so ill with cancer?"

Doc looked embarrassed & babbled some bs.

Later, doing a deep dive on pet food toxins, I learned that Hill's "hooks" vets into carrying & later selling their products while vets are in school. Hill's sells vet students (or did at the time) huge bags of foods dirt cheap for their own personal pets. There is, no doubt, also a substantial profit margin for both Hill's & vets, vs. A really high quality food that costs more to make.

I've been searching for the article but haven't found it yet. Again, it's been 22 years. I'm sure it's out there, but I'm likely not recalling the correct title.

Well, that floppy fish & Japanese silvervine are supposed to arrive tomorrow. Lol

I'd love to hear about your puzzle box & any other ideas you might have!