| Paw Colors | Points |
|---|---|
| Grey | 0-49 |
| Red | 50-149 |
| Orange | 150-299 |
| Green | 300-599 |
| Magenta | 600-1499 |
| Purple | 1500-4999 |
| Blue | 5000-9999 |
| Brown | 10000-24999 |
| Black | 25000+ |
Beastmaster's Profile
Expert Title: Feline Wellness Advocate
Paw Level: 171
Member Since: 3 / 25 / 2008
Name: Maurene
Years of Experience: 3
Specialty Categories: Cat Care, Feeding, Health, Products
Website: http://runeamok.multiply.com/journal
About Me: My knowledge of feline wellness didn't exist in 2006. What I knew about cats could have been listed in one sentence. Oh, I loved them of course, but I didn't have a clue about what they should be eating or how to really take care of one. My idea of good cat food was Purina. I selected this brand because I liked their "serious" marketing - I thought brands like Whiskas and Meow Mix were too cutesy to be any good. My last cat Martha had eaten dry food her entire life and was healthy as a horse until 14 when she developed IBD or IBS. She had to take Prednisone every day, and the only way I could manage that was to give her canned food. I laugh now to think how easy it was to get her to eat it! I had no idea it might have been difficult. She lasted another 6 years, and I swore that when she was gone I was never going to feed canned food again. The smell! The hassle of having to get up to feed her! Then I got poor little Poppy the problem child. I got her at the age of three months, and by the time she was a year old she was quite overweight. Even worse, she still had the loose stool my vet said she would grow out of. "Kitten stomach" he called it. Well, I now know that there is such a thing, but Poppy's problem was something else. To me this was the bigger problem because my dining room chairs were suffering. I hated it when Poppy would come by and I'd smell that oh so wonderful aroma of dingleberries. And she hated getting her behind wiped. One fateful day I asked a question on Yahoo Answers: "Wheat germ for cats?" (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AheHOWTTNPaCHc00pbUz_5YjzKIX;_yl...) Thanks to "Piggie Dude" for putting me on the right track. It's now 2008 and I just couldn't be happier. Poppy has lost weight and her stool is firm enough to bounce a quarter off of it! Sophie hasn't eaten in the bathtub in two years and I've learned so much and met so many knowledgeable people.
- Poppy - Maine Coon
- Sophie - Oriental
Cat Feeding
Wet food is far superior to dry. Of course how much better depends on which two varieties you are comparing. For example, one would say that Evo dry is better than canned Friskies. But just the fact that it has around 75% moisture makes wet cat food better.
I won't go into more detail myself as Kat has already explained it very well. But I'm including a link which explains it better than I could.
Source Link: http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?action=library&act=show&item=whycatsneedcannedfood
8 Answers | Asked By: billywilly 24
Cat Tales
Yep, that's the Pop Star! How to do it: You have to get the right format for the URL. For instance if you go to http://icanhascheezburger.com/, there's a little box with code in it. It reads "Add this to your blog: (Copy & paste code)". The code in that box is what you need to paste in here, but apparently they only work in the comment boxes. So if you can get your code to follow that format it should work.
16 Answers | Asked By: Kat 1812
Cat Health
When you're feeding lower quality foods such as Friskies or Royal Canin, cats are not getting as much good nutrition as they require - they're mostly getting filler. So they do tend to need to eat more of it. Sometimes if cats eat too fast they will throw up. You can offer her a bit less at a time so that she has to slow down a bit. Cats who have worms are known to eat and eat and eat but don't gain weight. I highly recommend getting your kitty checked by a vet. The worms are preventing necessary nutrition to reach her and that's something you want to have fixed. Personally, I think that might be the problem. The average cat eats about 5.5 oz of canned food per day. You don't say how much you're giving her, but if she's getting a whole can per meal and is still thin, then there's definitely something wrong. But if you're only using one can per day, then she's probably just undernourished.
3 Answers | Asked By: kandicatgirl 4
Cat Feeding
They're no different than any other cat. They have the same nutritional requirements. There is a growing movement of raw feeding here in the US. Cats who aren't lucky enough to be eating raw meat have a growing number of good commercially available foods. See the link for some of the best brands.
Source Link: http://www.catinfo.org/commercialcannedfoods.htm
6 Answers | Asked By: kittyandpuppi 27