Category: Nutrition for Pets
Educating Riley or Respecting Riley? (more reflections on raw food for cats)
Educating Riley would mean being strict in converting her back to a 100% raw diet. Respecting Riley would mean I respect that she likes junk and canned food and let her eat what she wants because she knows better. Today, I’m too tired of educate Riley, so it’s “Happy Days are Here Again” for our…
The Blondies’ breakfast today
Today was a Kai-buy-lottery day! Kai ate heaps! My observation is correct; every two days Kai will eat to her stomach’s fill and heart’s content! Akira too has been eating very well these days and she no longer needs any kibble as enticement or catalyst to start her off. Cubgrub helps, though, and that’s a…
Porch Cats stories
Creamy was here today, so as usual, it always starts with a slight scuffle between Misty and him. Misty isn’t too fond of Creamy, unfortunately. Gerald has decided that they will have raw food mixed with some tasty canned food. Oh well…Gerald calls the shots for everyone. If not for this, Misty and Creamy are…
All’s reasonably well at the porch and some thoughts about food
Except for the occasional tiffs between Creamy, Gerald and Misty, all’s reasonably well at the porch. Gerald and Misty come back for food 2-3 times daily. They are always here for breakfasts and dinners. And nowadays, they ask for lunch and a tea-time snack too. So, sometimes they end up eating four times a day!…
Riley’s sneaky eating habits and Kai’s intermittent fasting
Riley is a junkie. There’s no other word to describe her but that. You would think that she would continue eating raw food after I easily converted her to it? No, not true. Riley came from the street, if you remember. She was following Samantha around on our street, so she came to our house…
Honest Paws’ dehydrated raw chicken treat (a fundraiser product) and other new foods
Honu Paws was so kind to give me a free gift when I ordered their products for Indy and Cleo. This would be their homegrown brand, Honest Paws’ dehydrated raw kampung chicken treat. Riley loved it! It might serve as a wholesome dental treat as well. It has wholesome ingredients too! I know there’s several…
Riley’s portraits and her eating ruses
Poor Riley doesn’t get the limelight often (because she doesn’t create dramas!), so here are two portraits of her! She’s a really good cat and she has taken Tabs’ place on my bed! The only issue with her is the eating. It’s very difficult to feed her her proper meals. She’s a total junkie who…
The trick to feeding the Blondies
This are the tricks to feeding particularly Kai and Akira. Indra is okay, because she eats a lot. Kai and Akira, if given a choice, would rather play than eat. So the tricks are: Follow them to where they are and place the bowl there, in front of their faces. They might not come to…
Gerald’s mild gastro issue and the lifesaving food-remedies
Gerald has been having some mild gastro issues lately. For a few days, he did not feel like eating his usual Coco&Joe raw food. Whenever this happens, I think it must be due to some nausea where the cat might have vomited and is now associating that unpleasant feeling with the smell of the food…
The junkies who demand for a kibble dessert and the princess who snatches food
Who are our junkies? Here are Kai and Indra dutifully eating their raw food for breakfast while Cleo eats her Hill’s KD renal canned food. But after that, it usually starts with Cleo demanding for some dessert (after meal snack), which, for her, is RC renal kibble. And once Cleo gets it, the scent will…
Wet renal food for Indy and Cleo
For the next 10 days, Cleo and Indy will be on a strict renal diet and subcut so that we can evaluate if this regimen works to reduce their creatinine levels. For renal food, I only have Cubgrub’s CKD Chicken and RC’s renal kibble. The renal kibble is used more as a snack, actually. Today,…
Vandana Shiva on diversity in farming and “artificial foods”
There is much to learn from this amazing lady and let us see how we can apply the knowledge from this one short video when it comes to feeding our animals: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Ff55FfZjbXU Look at the last part where she talks about “artificial foods”!
Jackson Galaxy’s 5 ways to extend your cat’s life
Here are Mr Galaxy’s 5 tips: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ytClp05By98 Proper nutrition – wet or raw diet. Get rid of the dry food. Annual check-up at the vet’s. Dental check-up every 1.5 years. Play with your cat; they need the exercise. Cat-proof your home.
Jackson Galaxy’s tip on switching from dry food to wet food
If you are interested in cutting down dry food (or even totally eliminating it) from your cats’ diet, here’s Mr Jackson Galaxy’s tip: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/mSI7GybfskE In short: Take the dry food away slowly. Replace it with wet food meals, but do it gradually. No need to get rid of the dry food completely. Use it as…
Our Porch Cats
All is well in the porch. All three of them can already eat raw food now, including Creamy. There is peace in the porch now, Misty does not bully Creamy as much as before. Actually, Misty is very friendly to me now. More friendly than Samantha!! Even though they can totally eat raw now, I…