doerscheln says:
Thanks for all the feedback. I think it is right there are the cat genes we cant change, there will be always cats that get very old with minimal care and cats that got the best food and care but they die early and nobody will know why.....there are no guarantees in life.But it is also true that the food cats like very much are raw mice or birds, they are little hunters who eat raw meat, so I agree with Elisabeth. I believe raw diet is what a cat would buy if she could. I am not a friend of the in factories produced cat food anymore for many reasons. As I wrote before when I will have kittens again I will make sure that they dont get used to all the food you can buy. B.A.R.F will be my choice.
Eli says:
I believe we should follow what nature would do, and no cat would ever eat dry food. Raw diet is what they would eat! I guess we do not hear what nature is telling us, giving them all this processed food,which is certainly not the best for them.
suelin57 says:
It's like people I guess, all in your genes. Some breeds are also just healthier and more long lived than others. As for the food - when my sister's dog got diabetes, she started researching better food for him. The expensive stuff she bought at the vets was way less healthy than other kinds she found. Full of junk.
suelin57 says:
Too funny. Gracie doesn't care at all about toys, except for her wand, though she will play with milk jug rings. The one thing she loves is long, shiny necklaces. She goes crazy for them, lol.
tele_mark says:
Storm breaking in the new memory foam pet bed. This thing is built as well as MY mattress above them (except it's 2 pound foam instead of 5), and cost under US $50! It's comfortable!
tele_mark says:
The toy basket full, and Ivan thinking which one he wants. Some of these toys go back to when Ivan, Robocat and Floppy were 6 month old kittens. Ivan's favorite is the paint roller -- it's his "baby" -- he'll carry it around in his mouth while doing a feline "maternity call".
tele_mark says:
The truth is no one can nail down anything for sure. I've seen people take the best care of their cats only to have them leave way too soon. And I've seen others who's cats I would consider getting the absolute minimal care, living healthy to the extremes.
doerscheln says:
Well, my cats got and get always high quality food (dry and wet) you can buy at the vet only and of course I always thought this would be good for them but I am not so sure about this anymore. Of course our cats get old, older than they would ever become without us taking care of them and some vets say it is just the age that they suffer renal failure but some say it could be the food, too or both depends on to whom you talk to.......more and more cats get allergic to the cat food, maybe something to think about , too.
tele_mark says:
Mine get Wellness Core dry once a day, then Fancy Feast wet at the other end of the clock. It's horrible to think of such innocents getting such disgusting diseases.