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My Cat Weebles & The GoodLife Recipe

This is my wonderfully smart cat Weebles. She is more like a dog as she responds to simple commands. In this video, she follows me around the house till we get to the kitchen. When I say "Want Tweetsies?" she brightens up and gets so happy. She loves her treats and Good Life Recipe!

What I've tried so far (that hasn't worked): Different kinds of litter (slowly introduced). Gradual changing of the diet (from the typical processed "junk food" dry brands to all-natural/healthy brands of dry food & homeade wet food). Main problem seems to be one of my 5 cats who is stressed out by, and who is also stressing out the other cats (fighting with), causing them to get repeated bladder infections or avoid sharing the litter box. One of my cats (unknown) is still urinating outside the box after 5+ vet visits between 3 cats to clear up their Lower UTI issues. Everything was fine until the "problem" cat moved in 9mo ago. Thank you for your help


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    What should I feed my soon to be cat?

    Well,my mom's friend has a cat she doesn't want anymore and I always begged my mom for a cat,so I got it! Well I will after a month. xD Though,that's not the thing. I was wondering what cat food kind is best for my soon to be cat? And how much is canned food? o.o And I know dry cat food isn't the best. What brand/kind,ect? Thanks! =D (I live in the USA)


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      Dry cat food VS canned cat food?

      Which is better for the health?


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        Which is healthier? I heard that dry food can damage a cat's kidneys... What is a HEALTHY and GOOD brand of wet food that is not to pricy?


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          I have run out of dry cat food but the bowl is full of food, but she wont eat it becouse its not new. She will only her food after i add some new dry food. so i thow a way alot of cat food.

          My cat is setting next to me with both her front paws in the air bugging me for new food right now


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            I am devestated - I came home the other day and my 4 year old indoor cat had just defecated on the floor so I yelled 'No!' to him. He then ran upstairs and by the time I got there, he was laying on his side having a seizure and within a few minutes died. What happened? He has in the recent months gained a lot of weight after I switched him to 'natural-only' dry foods. Did he have a heart attack from his weight gain and I triggered a heart attack when I yelled at him?


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              Cat keeps eating the dog food?

              I feed my cats Iams hairball formula dry food and my Shih Tzu Blue Buffalo Small Breed dry food. I can't keep 2 of the 3 cats from eating the dog's dry food! Blue Buffalo isn't cheap and with the cats eating it, it goes fast! Is there no way to stop them from eating it? Will dog food hurt the cats?

              I'm thinking of buying the Blue Buffalo cat food for the cats now too, in hopes that they eat that instead...
              I do leave the dry food out for the dog to nibble on. She's not a big eater, except at dinner time when she gets her wet food. The cats do eat their cat food too, but one inparticular (the only boy) won't leave the dog food alone. No matter where I put it, he gets it. Maybe I'll try the blue for cats, hopefully he will like that better and leave the dog food alone...


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                My veterinarian has given me the advice of feeding my cats dry food in addition to canned food, saying that only canned food isn't good for them. Articles online and books tell me that all dry food is bad for the cat, and canned food is the best choice after raw food.

                So, which one is it. Is dry food bad for my cats' health, or is it actually good for them?
                My veterinarian also says that eating only dry food is very bad for them, so please don't state that a pure dry food diet is good.
                We always have three bowls of fresh water, one for each cat. :D
                I've never heard anything about dry food cleaning my cats teeth. I've never heard anyone say it does, either. (Not my veterinarian either.) It's all about nutrition, not dental care. ;)

                And my cats actually drink a lot of water, maybe it's a bad sign. I have to refill their bowls regularly.

                (And they do get wet food twice a day, they share one bag at morning, and one during the evening.)


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                  What is a great dry cat food?

                  Thanks!


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                    Pet Max Nutro Promotional Video

                    Nutro develops several different diet formulations, including canned, soft foods as well as bagged, dry kibbles. They have "MAX CAT" and "Natural Choice" lines for cats, and the "Nutro Max", "Natural Choice", and "Ultra" lines for dogs. Each line has a selection of flavors and formulations for age range. The "Ultra" line was specifically created with the intent of creating a high-end holistic dog food. Their dry foods are made through an extrusion process, and packaged with vitamin e as a natural preservative. In 2006, it was announced that Nutro's Adult Lamb and Rice formula had become the #1 lamb and rice dog food in America. This earned the company a blue ribbon on their food.

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                      - Has to be available in STORES in the UK, not online.

                      - Reasonable price.

                      - Hairball formula preferable but not needed.

                      - For a ten year old, indoor outdoor cat who DOESN'T LIKE WET FOOD AT ALL, therefore-

                      - Dry food please =)


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                        I would like to feed her wet food exclusively, but I am gone 2 weekends a month. Will it mess with her stomach to feed her dry while I am gone?
                        She would also get some wet while I am gone...a petsitter comes to visit. But it would be mostly dry on those weekend days.


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                          He is on Friskies seafood dry food, but sometimes he vomits. We have medicine for that, but I'm thinking it might be the food too. I can't afford the dry food the vet wants me to buy. I was looking at the Purina Dry foods the other day. They have one for adult cats, one for indoor cats ( he is also an indoor cat), and one for years 7 and up. Can someone please help me on this? I have never had a 12 yr. old cat before, so its' all new to me. Otherwise, he's great, plays, runs. demanding, meows, of course only when he wants to though. Also as he's getting older, I'm reading up on things but I don't want to take him to the vet every time I think he has something. It could very well be my paranoia. He's had his fair share of the vet this year. Thank you in advance.
                          Rune, he said something about one that started with a Z . i have forgotten the name though.
                          Everyone, thank you so much for the advice. I just picking one because all of the answers are great and I will print the answers off and keep for reference. Thanks again!!!!!


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                            alternative to evo cat food?

                            I've been feeding my 2 cats Natura Evo (weight mgmt and chicken/turkey formulas). I've also been supplementing canned Evo. Last week, after feeding some canned Evo, both cats got diarrhea. It's been about a week now! (They're still happy, active, etc..been giving natural remedies, pumpkin, plain yogurt to try to cure it) They have never had problems with it before. I spoke with the pet store employees, and they believe the formula was changed after P&G bought Evo. (Someone else's dogs, who never had problems with Evo before, suddenly got diarrhea, too.)

                            I'm certain the batches of dry cat food I have is just fine, but I will be switching to another brand when I run out...then comes the question:

                            Does anyone have any suggestions for a good, very low grain, high protein cat food? (Evo has really been helping control one of my cat's blood sugar levels...it's a shame they were bought out!)


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                              dry and wet food


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                                My cat just became a diabetic


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                                  Hi, I have a 9 yr old, tort shell cat that started 'hacking' about a month ago. When it started she threw up a little, but after about a week that stopped. But, she still was hacking....So we brought her to the vet who said she was in perfect heath, but couldn’t tell us what the problem was...He suggested that we have some big exam and was going to get back to us on an estimate-BUT we might not still find out what was really wrong.
                                  In the mean time the vet gave us some wet cat food in case when she ate the dry stuff it was iritating her throat. So, after a couple weeks of that helping a little (but still not better) we switched her over to strait chicken. She seemed to improve a lot, but, still was hacking…
                                  Well, we got the estimate back from the vet-it would be over 0, and we still might not know the real cause.
                                  As a last resort we went to our pet food store (we have to buy higher quality, more expressive cat food because she gets bladder infections) and talked to the owner, who is very knowledgeable on cats and dogs, we asked her if it might be a food related allergy-she said it could be, that we are finding that some cats are allergic to the wheat and corn in the food (because of all of the pestilences sprayed on the food). We bought an expressive pure meat, dry cat food. It helped, but, alas just recently she has started hacking 2-3+ times a day. :(
                                  Soo, this post is the final try at finding what might be causing her to be ‘hacking’…if we can’t find anything my mom is going to call the vet to have her put to sleep. We are a very practical family, and have a small goat farm, with some horses as well. We are trying to move to TN (we are in VT right now) and she has been a loyal, well taken care of pet for her whole life. PLEASE if you might have any idea of what this is post an idea! PLEASE! Thank you & God Bless.

                                  Hi -UPDATE-
                                  The vet said the lungs where clear, she is regularly wormed, and is on a grain free diet. The vet suggest this 0 (it is 0, not 0-my mom clarified the price). And he said we still might not know the cause.
                                  The only thing that seemed to help was plain meat....
                                  PS THANK YOU-everyone. All the suggestions are really good! I cant wait until heaven, when we won't have to deal with having to put pets down, or pay these HUGE vet bills!


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                                    What Food is good for your Cat?

                                    I feed my Cat dry food which is called Science Plan, anyone heard of it? is it good? cause I think Is the best I can get in my country (georgia) Also I used too feed her some meat cat food mixed with this dry food, is it good? I mean is it good just a dry food for cats?
                                    please tell me wat is best way to feed your Cat.
                                    P.S. I also grow Wheat grass for her I know it is good for Cats and she seems to like it, she only nibbles though
                                    I have a Female Car
                                    Female Cat I mean :D )
                                    Ferndesi I am grwing Wheat Grass for her So I dont need to go outside to get some grass. Also I live in the Capital CIty :(


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                                      Dry cat food taste test

                                      This is my cousin and his friend tasting dry cat food.

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