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What do you guys feed your cats? I feed my cat boneless chicken breasts that I grill on the barbecue. The way I serve the chicken is pulled apart with two forks. So in essence, shredded chicken breasts. She's always had this food since she was a kitten.
One day she started getting weak in her back legs. She would avoid jumping and use her front legs and claws to pull herself up onto the furniture. I took her to the doctor and the smart doctor said she was low on bone density in her back legs. The doctor also said she had a heart murmur. The doctor went on to say the loss of bone density was caused by a deficiency of calcium in her diet and the heart murmur was likely caused my a deficiency of taurine in her diet.
I went to the feed store and bought a calcium supplement and a taurine supplement. Within two months she was back to running and jumping all over the house again. The one thing that has persisted however is her weight. When cats are 3 lbs overweight, that's a lot for a cat. She may even be more than 3 lbs overweight by now but I'm not sure because I don't have a scale. The two outdoor cats I feed with Iams dry food and they're never overweight.
Interesting..I'd feed my cats raw fish, eggs, beef, milk, bacon, whatever I eat...
I feed her the chicken breasts as her main diet. I also give her shredded cheese as a treat as well as lactose-free milk.
I found out from searching the internet last night that broccoli and bananas can be used for occasional treats too.
I've been making my dog the majority of his food (liver, chicken, some veggies, carrots, peas, broccoli and spinach, cottage cheese) and I add in a sprinkle of turmeric. The big cyst he has has greatly reduced in size, he has more energy and I think he sees better too. He's 15.
I still give a little kibble incase I'm missing some nutrients