I hope your sister's vet also told her about the importance of taurine and using different types of muscle meat etc. 70% rendered meat (if it is that) is still better than the 4% crap that Felix and Whiskas is. And 30p a pouch surely can't be considered over the top price wise.

this is how the company say they prepare their meat - Our whole meats are simply cut, chopped or minced and then blended into convenient easy-to-use products that help you feed as nature intended.

If you have evidence that contradicts this you should take it up with trading standards. If they reclaim the meat (render it) then they are obliged to say so on the packaging.


I understand that you don't like this comapny for some reason and personally you find the prices high - however, my 'arguement' also stands in that i find the product good quality and very good value.

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Fair enough, I may stand corrected. The food I give my dogs and cats include organ meats, tripe, chicken, muscle meats of all kinds and fats. I believe they get all the nutrition they require from the foods they eat. I make my own foods adding in sprouted alfalfa, kelp and sea weed all mushed up in a blender and mixed in to the foods. I'm a firm believer in home made is best. I love all my animals and give them the best I can.

I really admire you for your homemade food - wish I had the confidence to do it knowing I was giving them everything they need. I can't cook for a human let alone an animal!

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all I did for a batch of home made was throw an entire rabbit (inc organs) 1 pig kidney, 1 neck of lamb, 1/2 a pig liver, handful of stewing beef into a pressure cooker with plenty of water, bring up to pressure for 1.5 hours and then cool.

removed bones and strained, thickened the stock left and poured over the meat in chinese take-away tubs to prevent it drying out and froze them... got 18 cats meals out of it plus left over stock for the dog

You might have noticed I was critiscising natures best for dogs and inadvertantly tarred natures menu with the same brush for not doing their research properly. i.e. 32% vegetable matter with 16% each of carrots and turnips along with a measley1% flax. If you ask I'll explain why this isn't good for dogs. I've since changed my mind about the product (Natures Menu) and I can't find a ready made food to surpass its quality. I can make a product my self which is better but only marginally and I would highly recommend this product to any cat owners wishing to feed their cats. I honestly can't find anything better on the market. Your cat may have got the runs because its a new food and takes time for your cats to get used to it so I wouldn't worry. Try adding the raw food little by little to your normal food and build it up and don't worry about people scare mongering you to not feed raw chicken etc to your cats. They have a stronger digestive system to dogs and I feed my 4 dogs and 3 cats raw chicken, turkey and everything else raw too. I make my own and it is frozen but defrosted the night before feeding. Wishing you all the best with the transition.

To be honest dogs have a stronger digestive system than cats, but cats are more intelligent when it comes to food. A dog being a natural scavenger will eat anything poo, rotten meat etc. with little of no side effects, whilst a cat will normally only eat fresh meat.

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We have three cats, one of them (a Somali) has a delicate stomach. He throws up red meat very easily but chicken stays inside. We buy the kind of chicken that is vacuum packed and meant for humans - from our grocery store to make sure there is no salmonella or anything.

The cats love the chicken, but for some reason here it is more expensive than red meat.

Leena

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Hi Leena can I please reccomend Landywoods Pet supplies. They have an excellent variety of barf foods and they sell chicken and bone at 34p a pound and chicken and veg at 45p a pound. I was making my own for my pets but its time consuming and i end up stinking of meat. I am believe it or not a semi vegeterian but not by choice. I can still get away with eating fish but no longer red or white meats. The choice to stop making my own and buy from Landywoods really came from the fact I have so many animals and share a house with my partner and four kids and my own comes down every 2nd weekend. I was constantly washing my hands all the time paranoid of salmonella and other bacterias and constantly washing the door handles, axes chopping boards etc and I was fastidious about cleanliness. Imagine if I'd inadverdantly given one of the kids food poisoning? I couldn't live with that on my conscious. There you have it my personal reccomendation for Landywoods. Excellent quality and price.