i always had dogs when i was younger and somehow ended up a cat person. for about 20 years i had about nine cats and most were strays and unfortunately went thru a lot of illnesses.
years ago i had them on iams to prevent the bladder/kidney stones....that was before we all found out about iams.
dogs can be vegetarians, cats cannot as stated because of the need for taurine. they can go blind without it.
cats are not as domesticated as dogs and would in reality do better on a raw or a least semi raw diet, according to some natural food/health books for cats. we have unfortunately almost destroyed the immune system for cats with all of the innoculations...
you really do need to do a lot of research...it is more than just diet...
when one of my cats had feline leukemia she lasted 2 and 1/2 years on a "natural cat" regimine mega doses of vit c...along with dry and wet food combination.
|