Tue, Jul-11-23, 11:47
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Senior Member
Posts: 14,961
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Plan: Carnivore & LowOx
Stats: 220/130/150
BF:
Progress: 129%
Location: USA
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Thanks for visiting, JEY!
I feed my cats mostly commercial canned. I pay mid-range because the expensive gourmet stuff they won't touch, and lately they won't eat the lowest range, either. When well I do supplement this, with simmered cheap meats. We even have a butcher in the next town, now. But while I have more energy lately, I don't have enough for everything.
Today I'm restarting with bulk canned chicken and tuna from discount outlets. This is people grade food I'd eat myself, though with stuff like tapioca and rice starch. Still a marked reduction, I'm sure.
Right now I'm mixing it with their canned foods, and will gradually decrease the cat food while I get a vitamin mix designed to be added to meat.
Pet food gets increasingly expensive and not-worth-it, especially since a favorite will change their formula and now I have cans to donate to the shelter. I want the cats to get increasingly used to the taste of actual food. I'm thinking the cats have the same problem as we do, since the industry is putting this in all the pet food, too. It might be cheaper.
The dry food is always a problem, but it's also a comfort food and a staple in rescue so we get the best grain-free/low starch from a local outlet. It means a cat never faces an empty bowl, which can make them stress eat.
Science-wise, we have two stations, and I'll leave the downstairs one as usual. Mr WayofCats has a very low pestering threshold. And there would be pestering, heartfelt beseeching eyes following us everywhere at the very least.
Then, they choose. It's a Davis experiment, as described in the book. Will they choose the high quality commercial product? Or will they go for the food closer to their instincts when it is offered?
I await the results with interest.
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