Subj : Re: best food
To   : Carol Shenkenberger
From : Robert Richards
Date : Wed Jul 26 2000 10:45 pm

On Wed 26-Jul-2000 19:30 , Carol Shenkenberger wrote:

CS> Dead on track there.  But recall it's more the special processing that is
CS> done  to pet food that causes the problem.

Hmmm... That worrys me.

CS> Your average cat will be delighted with a fresh chopped up whole trout
CS> (they  like the entrails too so dont clean too much).  I just fix too much
CS> sometimes  so I fork the extra meat off the bone and let them have the
CS> 'gizzards' on a  separate plate.  They are happy <g>.

SOunds like the Twerp.. he wants everything from the Chickens that we don't 
eat.

CS> Grin, now Bobby?  Bobby just flat out didnt like fish.  I figured that was
CS>  nature. He liked a little trout or salmon but mostly he wanted chicken or
CS> pork.   I'd fix up a pork roast (long slow heat baked kind) and he'd go
CS> nuts over the  rind and the slice of meat that was 'his share'. (He'd also
CS> get the bone as I  figured out early on at his size, it was natural to
CS> knarf on bones and I was  right).  He'd take his share and neatly eat it
CS> in the kitchen then drag that  poor bone all over the apartment <g>.

Showing off his 'kill'?  <G>

CS> Bobby also liked a TB of veggies on the side (no onions!  Onions and cats
CS> do  not mix!  Deadly). A chopped up green bean or a dab of cabbage <g>.No,
CS> not a  vegetarian by any means but nature has cats get a little greenery
CS> when eating  and he'd chow down on a touch of it.  Thats how i found out
CS> Cats like Rice. No,  don't serve them a bowl of rice, but if you have
CS> cooked some (without onions or  onion powder) they like a little added to
CS> their food.
CS>                                        xxcarol

Hmm... like the Grass they eant once in a while...  Do the 'kitty Greens' you 
can but to grow indoors do the Job for them?  I Really don't want Twerp to get 
outside if I can help it.

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