Pet Food

[happy4dolphins]

HI, I was reading about pet food and gluten on another post here and thought, lets make a topic out of it. I have noticed that even the treats contain a lot of gluten in them as well. WE buy the Nurto Rice and Lamb for our 21 week old black lab.

Just putting in my two cents worth.

Nicole

[jenvan]

I get Eukanuba Adult Weight Control for our cat: Open Original Shared Link No wheat, barley, rye or oats in ingredients. Treats I get locally from a pet bakery.

[Becky6]

We get Science Diet large breed puppy and SD for weight maintance in cats.

[Guest nini]

I just bought some gluten free cat food for my kitties yesterday, and I already threw out the bag and can't remember the name of it... I got it at the health food store. I've tried other brands that are gluten-free before for the cats and they didn't like them, but they seem to really like this one.

When the dog runs out of her food I think I'm going to try gluten-free dog food for her too...

after reading about how even cats and dogs can be gluten intolerant, I decided that this would be healthier for them, besides I have one kitty that's been throwing up a lot and losing weight and losing his fur... so I'm hoping this will help him. The vet thinks he's just depressed (????!!!!!?????)

[Nancym]

I've started feeding my cat raw food. He was getting too fat on anything with grains. I really can't believe cats should be eating grains at all. However, the industry doesn't give us much choice. So anyway, I found a few places that grind up the bones and all and send it to you frozen. Its more expensive, but the cat seems a lot healthier. I just wish I had started him on this years ago.

Here's one source I ordered from: www.hare-today.com

Also, ground lamb isn't too expensive. I get that when I'm out of the other stuff. There's a yahoo group called "rawcats" that can help get you started if you're interested.

[munchkinette]

My stepmom's dog has lots of food allergies. he's really lethargic and huge for his breed- they thought maybe he had a thyroid problem. He's allergic to lots of grains. Sound familiar?

Now the dogs eat BARF= Bones And Raw Food. Basically it's raw meat (cheaper stuff like chicken necks), ground up bones (raw, since cooked bones are dangerous for dogs), and ground up vegetable matter. You can make it yourself from recipes on the internet, but my stepmom gets it in patties from the holistic vet. Both dogs are healthier on it. The male with all the allergies is much better and less itchy. It's kinda like Paleo Diet in philosophy- what dogs should be eating. You can do a Google search on "BARF diet".

[Guest nini]

just about a week after switching my kitties to gluten free food, my one cat that was having problems is looking so much better already! He seems to have stopped throwing up, his fur looks a ton better and the patches are starting to fill in, and he even looks like he's put some weight back on! Crazy!

I got the dog food for my Honey dog today too... It's One Earth Naturals and sheesh it's pricey, but they really seem to like it a lot!