What to Feed the Cats Who Own Us
Many of us who love and care for cats are on disability, struggling with our own chronic health problems, out of work, or have other difficulties. We can’t all do the ideal thing as far as feeding our cats, but it’s surely better to feed our cats than to have to turn them over to already overcrowded shelters and possible euthanization. We all want to do the very best we can, with what resources we have. How on earth do you do that? Here are some ideas about ways you can decide for yourself what works for both you and your cats.*
Choose the Best Food You Can
Methods for choosing the safest and healthiest Choose the one that’s closest to ideal cat feeding that you can afford to considering your personal situation.
- Do not feed your cat anything with grains at all.
OR - Do not feed your cat anything with processed grain glutens or proteins.
OR - Feed your cat only foods with organic US-sourced grains, processed glutens and/or proteins.
OR - Feed your cat only foods with US-sourced grains or processed glutens/proteins. (See Pet Food Tracker for help finding out which those are.)
See the Cat Blogosphere "No Glutens / No Grains" List for information on cat foods that might fit the bill for your choice.
Stay Informed About Recalled or Suspect Cat Foods
Keep up with the latest pet food recall and safer foods news.
Easy ways to do that:
- Sign up for Itchmo’s Pet Safety Alerts. It’s free and they are fast.**
AND/OR - Sign up for my Free Personalized Pet Food Alerts. Contact me & the House of the (Mostly) Black Cats with a list of your cats (and your dogs, buns, any critters) and the brands and flavors of foods they eat . If I hear of a possible problem with those foods, I will email you personally about it. I promise I won’t share your email address or other information with anyone without your permission. I’m doing this free for all Cat Blogosphere bloggers. I will do this for others as I am able, so anyone can ask and I’ll do it if possible.
AND / OR - Visit the Cat Blogosphere blog daily for cat-centric food news. You can also catch up with our Cat Concerns related daily posts any time.
AND/OR - Visit another pet oriented group’s blog or page daily, such as PetSitUSA, Pet Connection, Pet Food Tracker, and Itchmo for daily updates.
Remember, we bloggers are ahead of the FDA and the ASPCA in gathering news and getting it out there. We’ve proven it. So don’t wait for them to tell you when something may not be safe.
Learn About Ideal Cat Feeding
While some of us may not be able, for various reasons, to stick to the ideal, it’s helpful to learn about it so we can find ways to get as close to it as possible. For a quick overview, see Itchmo.com’s article about what you should feed your cat. For more in depth information, see CatInfo.org and HolistiCat.
Have suggestions? I would love to hear them. Send ‘em on!
Many Blessings to all the kitties!
Mom Robyn
*Because most of the cats around the Cat Blogosphere group affected by these recalls are in the US, and I am in the US, the ideas here are biased towards ways to take the best care of cats in the US. I would love for someone in Canada or other countries to help with getting the same level (or better!) going for cats in their country.
** If you hesitating to sign up for any Pet Safety Alert email list because you are afraid of spam email, I will give you a free catblogosphere.com email address that will forward to your personal email address. Just ask. I don’t want to see any cat suffer because of any of us humans being afraid of spam email! Of course, if I hear a whiff that you’re spamming anyone using a catblogosphere.com email address, I will shut your free email address down in a heartbeat. Again, I promise I won’t share your email address or other information with anyone without your permission. I’m doing this free to all Cat Blogosphere bloggers. I will do this for others as I am able, so anyone can ask and I’ll do it if possible.
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