Hi Larry, thanks for being here, and I’m happy to hear that your kitty is doing well!

Thanks for sharing this.

I second that. Your website is a godsend… though i am still having difficulty feeding my cat, whom i’ve been happy giving Freshpet, and half homemade of blended turkey tenderloin, beef stew meat, chickent breast, chicken liver, and a small amount of quinoa, peas, spinach and carrot. I know you don’t like veggies or grains, but i am convinced that they can’t hurt, and could be helpful, particularly with digestion, which is everything in health of all organisms. Moreover we can see how cats eat grass, for the same reason, they obviously need it when they do, and also we they eat prey in the natural /wild environment, the first thing they eat is the stomach of their prey which often contains plant foods that the prey ate.

I want a fresh food for Latte, but i do not want to spend $100+/month as Small’s costs.

I found the C&P canned chicken formula deeply discounted and decided to give it another. Mr Kitty began vomiting after the first meal and his stools later smelled absolutely awful.

It continued, (he refused any more of the C&P food), and even when I offered him other food in small increments he ate like a hungry cat, and continued throwing up…for 5 days, losing 5 lbs…and by the last day he was vomiting blood.

I took him to the vet for significant sudden weight loss and to rule out systemic problems, since his symptoms didn’t bode well…and expected very bad news.

All tests came back completely normal, except for inflammation indicators. I followed the vets advice and made him home made chicken pate – just cooked chicken thighs and water- and he began eating again and held down every morsel…and no more blood or rank bowel movements.

There’s a lot of junk in pet foods. In fact most are basically junk food. How many cats go foraging for corn, peas, beans, wheat, sweets, and seaweed?

Cats are carnivores. They can’t digest most plant proteins, so the corn, peas, chick peas, etc are just cheap fillers (that cause inflammation in many humans) and many thickeners such as careegnan are also highly inflammatory to land mammals.

It’s in almost every pet food available, and many concerning ingredients (such as msg and artificial sweeteners and high fructose corn syrup, and certain sources of fluoride and vitamin e sourced from toxic industrial waste…no joke…were just renamed/rebranded after so much bad press)….

So, for food safety of pets and people, you have to read labels and do some research to avoid the offenders and pay more for anything that’s pure and safe…unless you just make extra when you’re cooking for yourself.

Feeding our cats junk will do the same thing to them it does to us…only faster because they’re smaller and are dependent on us to make their food choices.

I’ve had many fur friends in my life and learned a lot. To me, it’s just not worth the risk of feeding them junk, and in the end, the vet bills far outweigh the cost of better daily limited ingredient pet foods (or home made with good quality vet approved, weight-based vitamin/mineral supplements) …not to mention the grief over the premature loss of a best friend.

Thank you for your support, Theresa! It’s much appreciated.