Cat Chat

Have a chat with a cat
All About this and that.
A secret place to hide,
New adventure inside,
A sunny spot to rest -
Catnip treats are the best!
A cat will chat all day -
There is so much to say!

To your health

Popular as dogs are with their devoted owners, there are actually more cats in the U.S. than dogs – 16 million more, in fact.

And while your kitty won’t encourage you to exercise by begging to go out for a hike, research shows the sound of a cat’s purr can lower your blood pressure and reduce stress. You see cats are good for your health. They need to be rewarded by their owners. Give them a great organic cat food that will help their health and add years to their life span.

Ask for what you want

Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

Joseph Wood Krutch

I have one that takes this to heart daily. I hardly get inside the house and here goes Patches. Guess he has to tell me all about his day and to tell me to hurry up and get some food out.

Heart and soul

When you quiet your soul and open your heart, you'll find a kitten waiting to come in. So true!

What is in your Cat or Dogs food??

What is the Meat in Your Pet’s Food?

It’s important for you to know the truth about the meat in your pet’s food, whether you buy it from the supermarket or a specialty "natural" pet food store.

Protein in your pet’s food comes in various forms – meat, poultry or fish, meat or poultry meal, and meat by-products.

In the food industry, only about 50 percent of every animal can be used as food for human consumption.

The remaining parts, or "by-products" – heads, feet, bones, feathers, blood, intestines, organs, fat scraps, even unborn fetuses – are used in pet food and animal feed.

The Pet Food Institute – the trade association of pet food manufacturers – acknowledges the use of by-products in pet foods. To quote them directly:

"The growth of the pet food industry not only provided pet owners with better food for their pets, but also created profitable additional markets for American farm products and for the by-products of the meat packing, poultry, and other food industries which prepare food for human consumption."

Commonly you’ll find meat meals in pet foods, including poultry meal, by-product meals, and meat-and-bone meal. 'Meal' signifies that these ingredients are not fresh; they are "rendered".

Rendering is the process where various ingredients are emptied into a large vat and boiled for several hours. These high temperatures can damage proteins and destroy natural enzymes.

From a health standpoint, denatured proteins from high processing temperatures can lead to food allergies and intolerances and inflammatory bowel disease.

But here’s what’s so controversial: In addition to food animal scraps, rendering, by law, can include grocery store expired meat (Styrofoam wrapping intact), road kill, diseased and disabled (and dead) cattle, and even euthanized pets.

Pet food companies claim they no longer process dead dogs and cats (insiders admit they previously did), but the FDA has found pentobarbital, the most common euthanasia drug, in rendered meat-and-bone meal and animal fat.

If your pet food label states one or more named meats such as "chicken" or "lamb", they are not by-products. However, they are still mostly leftover scraps and bones. "Chicken" consists of backs, spines and ribs, with minimal meat left on the bones. And yes, bones can count as protein!

Unless the label on your pet’s food states that the food is "safe for human consumption", you can bet the protein source is less-than-optimal.

Thanks to Dr. Karen Becker and her research.

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