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thistlechaserMeet the new pope, Francis:
While he looks depressing as hell, at least he doesn't look evil, like the previous one:
- In more cheerful, less evil news, poor Ellie New Cat needs a new diet. Two years ago she was 10 pounds. Last year she went up to 12 and we wanted to get her back down to 10. Somehow she went up to 15 instead. Eek!
The vet suggested putting her on prescription food, but that's a pain in the butt (20 minute trip to the vet each way to pick up more). So anything with more than 11% protein (in a wet food) would be an acceptable replacement. Over lunch I went to the pet store and peered at the backs of cans (I really need to start carrying a magnifying glass, the type is so tiny!). I found Core, which seems to be the best option. 12% protein (highest in the store, higher than the prescription's 11%) and check out the ingredients:
Chicken, Turkey, Chicken Broth, Chicken Liver, Chicken Meal, Turkey Liver, Dried Ground Potatoes, Natural Chicken Flavor, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Cranberries, Ground Flaxseed, Salmon Oil, Taurine, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Chicory Root Extract, (everything else looked like vitamins and minerals).
Everything is either stuff we would eat, or stuff we eat and don't realize it (guar gum, carrageenan). Hopefully she'll like it.
The only downside is that it's darned expensive. $2 per can, and it should be fed one can per day per 6-8 pounds of weight. I'm probably going to give her one can per day with some dry to make up the extra two pounds to a 10 pound cat. (You're supposed to feed for goal weight instead of current weight.)
The funny part is a bunch of comments on Amazon talk about how eating this food cured cats of diabetes, so for the briefest moment I thought maybe I should try eating it. :P
- I'm still reading Kazan the Wolf Dog, and still coming across the wackiest of facts, Did you know otters and beavers are mortal enemies? That otters exist in the world to destroy beaver dams? That they drill through them using their heads? Also, beavers have a "scoop" in their chin that can hold up to 10 pounds of mud and concrete! Also, apparently concrete is naturally occurring and found in riverbeds.
On the third day the destructive instinct of the otter began its work. He began to examine the dam, close down to the foundation. It was not long before he found a weak spot to begin work on, and with his sharp teeth and small bullet-like head he commenced his drilling operations. Inch by inch he worked his way through the dam, burrowing and gnawing over and under the timbers, and always through the cement.
Also, when exposed to air for too long, beavers die.
While he looks depressing as hell, at least he doesn't look evil, like the previous one:
- In more cheerful, less evil news, poor Ellie New Cat needs a new diet. Two years ago she was 10 pounds. Last year she went up to 12 and we wanted to get her back down to 10. Somehow she went up to 15 instead. Eek!
The vet suggested putting her on prescription food, but that's a pain in the butt (20 minute trip to the vet each way to pick up more). So anything with more than 11% protein (in a wet food) would be an acceptable replacement. Over lunch I went to the pet store and peered at the backs of cans (I really need to start carrying a magnifying glass, the type is so tiny!). I found Core, which seems to be the best option. 12% protein (highest in the store, higher than the prescription's 11%) and check out the ingredients:
Chicken, Turkey, Chicken Broth, Chicken Liver, Chicken Meal, Turkey Liver, Dried Ground Potatoes, Natural Chicken Flavor, Guar Gum, Carrageenan, Cranberries, Ground Flaxseed, Salmon Oil, Taurine, Dried Kelp, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Chicory Root Extract, (everything else looked like vitamins and minerals).
Everything is either stuff we would eat, or stuff we eat and don't realize it (guar gum, carrageenan). Hopefully she'll like it.
The only downside is that it's darned expensive. $2 per can, and it should be fed one can per day per 6-8 pounds of weight. I'm probably going to give her one can per day with some dry to make up the extra two pounds to a 10 pound cat. (You're supposed to feed for goal weight instead of current weight.)
The funny part is a bunch of comments on Amazon talk about how eating this food cured cats of diabetes, so for the briefest moment I thought maybe I should try eating it. :P
- I'm still reading Kazan the Wolf Dog, and still coming across the wackiest of facts, Did you know otters and beavers are mortal enemies? That otters exist in the world to destroy beaver dams? That they drill through them using their heads? Also, beavers have a "scoop" in their chin that can hold up to 10 pounds of mud and concrete! Also, apparently concrete is naturally occurring and found in riverbeds.
On the third day the destructive instinct of the otter began its work. He began to examine the dam, close down to the foundation. It was not long before he found a weak spot to begin work on, and with his sharp teeth and small bullet-like head he commenced his drilling operations. Inch by inch he worked his way through the dam, burrowing and gnawing over and under the timbers, and always through the cement.
Also, when exposed to air for too long, beavers die.
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Date: 2013-03-13 08:42 pm (UTC)Right now, they're getting a mix of Purina Urinary Tract formula (thanks to Toast) and Wellness Core Indoor Formula because Toast has a tendency to pack on pounds eating the regular version. If Ellie-cat's on a diet to lose weight, you /may/ want to look into the Indoor formula, but the Pet Smart near you doesn't carry it--I've only found it so far up at the Pet Club in Mountain View (by the Costco).
They're not on as strict a diet as Ellie-cat, so I supplement them with the grain-free varieties of wet food--Toast will only eat the Chicken & Herring and Turkey & Salmon varieties, so that's what they get (sadly, those are 10% minimum protein or I'd recommend those instead of the Core. They're slightly less expensive, $1.49/can or something, at Pet Club than the $2 you're paying. But given how far it is from your place, the extra $0.50/can is also probably a 'convenience fee' for proximity, given your resistance to getting the Rx food because of the drive :).
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Date: 2013-03-13 08:54 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-03-13 09:32 pm (UTC):/
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Date: 2013-03-13 09:57 pm (UTC)Kazan the Wolf Dog. Just...wow. XD
Beavers can actually be quite large, but I can't imagine them having a 10 pound scoop! The author must have seen some very special mutant alien beavers.
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Date: 2013-03-13 10:07 pm (UTC)Thanks for the info on weight-gaining potential! I only got three cans to try, so I'll check for the indoor when I go back.
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Date: 2013-03-13 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-13 10:10 pm (UTC)And haha, I know! What a chin, able to scoop ten pounds!
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Date: 2013-03-13 10:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-13 10:26 pm (UTC)The Indoor is also dry only, so if you were intending to look for it for dry, cool, but it's not a substitute for the wet. :)
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Date: 2013-03-13 10:27 pm (UTC)It definitely does, yup. :)
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Date: 2013-03-13 10:32 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2013-03-13 10:34 pm (UTC)And his stance on same sex marriage is -- well, you can figure that.
So what does he think of women?
And -- he's a Jesuit.
Love, C.
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Date: 2013-03-13 10:41 pm (UTC)That, right there, is huge.
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Date: 2013-03-14 04:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-14 04:17 am (UTC)At risk of going off on a rant, I'd be less bothered by it if they kept only themselves to their archaic rules, but when a business owned by a religious person thinks it's his right to not offer the employees birth control...
Sigh.
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Date: 2013-03-14 01:20 pm (UTC)Modernity has an absurd amount of backwardness. Tradition is a fuckwit.
There's a saying - Science progresses, one funeral at a time. The Old Guard continue to teach and wield enough political power (because money=power, old people have more money) to make this shit persist...but as they die off, the younger people's values become more prevalent (gay marriage, for example). Eventually our values will be viewed as outdated, and not progressive enough so we should hurry up and die off to make way.
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Date: 2013-03-14 04:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-17 08:14 pm (UTC)PetSmart: Has only Wellness canned, not Wellness Core, so they're not an option for me. (Plain Wellness has 10% protein, so it's just under the minimum I need.)
PetCo: They did have indoor canned!
Indoor canned has 148 calories per can (protein 11% instead of 12%). The beef/venison/lamb flavor she likes has 210 calories per can. Hopefully she'll like the indoor stuff to be willing to eat that!
I forgot to check the dry bag options/sizes. I still have dried left over, so I didn't need to restock that yet.
So if by chance you ever need indoor canned, the PetCo by me has it. (Their section of Wellness Core is so small though, I worry they'll stop selling it at all.)
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Date: 2013-03-18 04:29 pm (UTC)