Can you trust organic cat food?
Friday, March 13th, 2009 at
3:17 pm
can you really trust that the organic pet food in stores be truly organic? if so whats a good, possibly cheap, brand to buy?
also is it possible to make them fresh meals yourself? like fish, etc. w/ herbs?
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Yes it is possible to make their food yourself.
Truly organic food should be certified by an internationally known group; just like human organic food. Otherwise, if it just claims to be organic, it’s highly unlikely. Also, the rules for what classifies as organic have gotten oddly lax lately; it sometimes only has to have a certain percentage of organic content to be labeled organic. Look into organic laws; I’m not sure how they apply to pet food; I doubt there’s as much care put into keeping pet food organic as there is people food, sadly…
ya, you can trust it. the labels say what it is. but can you teach a cat to make bird call meows which seem to be their instinct, to make the bird land, and, appropriatley, munched? just don’t get discount cat food, its probably like eating a bag of potatoe chips for dinner for the thing. what people are missing is cleaning the food and water dish with anti-bacterial dish soap between every feed.
I have been reading about pet food lately, and it depends on the brand and ingredients. We just switched to Felidae (by Canidae) bc it seemed to make sense. My cat likes it and he’s very, very fussy – in fact my cat won’t even eat people food.
Try reading this and other sites and then make your decision.
http://www.canidae.com/
This is pretty interesting too:
http://www.api4animals.org/facts.php?p=359&more=1
Also – remember commercial sites exist to promote their own product.
You can read about organic topics at:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/
Do I want hormones and antibiotics in my food? No. We buy organic most of the time bc it tastes better and has less junk in it.
You can make your own pet food, but it’s labor intensive and you really need to know what you’re doing. A lot of things that are ok for people to eat can be very toxic/deadly to cats. You will also need a meat grinder as raw feeding includes adding bones to the mixture. A food processor will not cut up the bones adequately.
If it’s made correctly, though, it’s the best source of food for your animal.
newman’s own. they’ve been producing organic food products for years. our cats love their canned food
Please – question. The best thing to do is to read the label. Organic food may have some better ingredients but can still contain additivies and preservatives that your cat does not need. One of the biggest issues is where companies source their ingredients from. For example, “Free range chickens and rabbits” in organic cat food may infact be coming from overseas. The company has perhaps seen pictures and been reasured over the phone but most likely has not been there. If you do not want to make your own food then the way to go is with raw food. It should be available in the freezer at a natural pet store. There are several different companies that make the food and the price averages out to about the same per meal as the organic or natural canned food. Your cat will love it. It’s coat will be softer, it will have more energy…the list of benefits go on.
Making your pet food is not as labor intensive as you may suspect. I would recomend getting a small blender or food processor that is only for pet food. Once you get the hang of it and find a recipe that your cat will eat, you can make several weeks worth at a go. make sure you freeze it in a way that it will not get freezer burn. Double bagging or nesting (several little bags inside one large one) should prevent that. Right now there are several recipes on the internet, you can copy the list of ingredients off of a bag of raw rood, there are several good natural cat care books with recipies…I found that the only hassel with making my cats food was them constantly winding in and out of my legs and yowling incesantly every time the meat came out.
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