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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 8/8/2015 11:19 PM, Bruce wrote:
>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 23:10:08 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/8/2015 11:06 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 22:42:50 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 8/8/2015 8:56 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 20:44:08 -0400, jmcquown >
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 8/8/2015 6:38 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 18:29:28 -0400, jmcquown
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 8/8/2015 6:25 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 18:16:55 -0400, jmcquown
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/8/2015 5:04 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 09:28:54 -0400, jmcquown
>>>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/8/2015 7:50 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 8/8/2015 1:38 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've been buying Sheba brand cat food at a particular
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> store since I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> adopted Buffy in June. Suddenly it's not on their shelves
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> anymore.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I asked a store employee about it she said either it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wasn't
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> selling well (couldn't have told that by me, I was buying
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> lots of it)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> OR the vendor wasn't willing to pay for the shelf space.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm betting
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's the latter.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jill
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yikes! Sheba is one of the worst things to feed a cat.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please rethink
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please elucidate.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://www.holisticandorganixpetshop...od-brands.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Didn't see any mention of Sheba there, sorry.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I do.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> "Sheba Premium Cuts in Gravy
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Mixed Grill Ingredients:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Poultry Broth, Chicken, Turkey, Beef Liver, Meat By-Products
>>>>>>>>>>>> (...)"
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Stop, meat by-products!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I don't buy the cat food in gravy. Why do you have a problem
>>>>>>>>>>> with meat
>>>>>>>>>>> by-products?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Because it contains ground full bowels. The industry won't tell
>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>> that. Try to send a reporter with a camera into a pet food plant.
>>>>>>>>>> The
>>>>>>>>>> cheap ones would kill you first.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> What would you suggest I feed her? Nope, she cannot have the
>>>>>>>>> chuck
>>>>>>>>> roast I have in the freezer. Nor the chicken leg quarters.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A brand that doesn't mention by-products.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Recommend one, please. Keep in mind I am in the southern US.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't know which brands you have. Probably either one of the better
>>>>>> supermarket brands or a brand from a pet shop.
>>>>>>
>>>>> There aren't any pet shops around here. I don't know what you
>>>>> consider
>>>>> "better" supermarket brands. There are all sorts of brands available
>>>>> but nearly all of them contain by-products as well as wheat, corn and
>>>>> gluten. Friskies, 9-Lives, Fancy Feast, etc. They all contain some,
>>>>> if
>>>>> not all, of those ingredients.
>>>>
>>>> If it's impossivle to get good pet food where you live, then you have
>>>> no choice. Just don't eat it yourself by mistake.
>>>>
>>> Again, please tell me what is "good" pet food. Name some brands,
>>> please.

>>
>> One that doesn't mention by-products. Why are we going in circles?
>>

> Because you have yet to mention a brand that doesn't contain by-products.


He doesn't live here so how would he know the brands?