"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Sat, 08 Aug 2015 21:20:28 -0400, Brooklyn1
> > wrote:
>
>>Bruce wrote:
>>>jmcquown wrote:
>>>>Bruce wrote:
>>>>>jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>Bruce wrote:
>>>>>>>jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> jmcquown wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 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.
>>
>>Bullshit (...)
>
>>>>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.
>>
>>Nonsense... (...)
>
> Why would you feed your cat something that the industry has
> deliberately added crap to? To save a few cents?
>
> And cats in the wild have very rough lives compared to pet cats. And
> much shorter lives. That comparison doesn't work.
>
> Ask a good vet (not Marty's vet) if Friskies/Sheba/Walmart brand are
> good pet foods and see what they say
>
> --
> Bruce
>
> PS: There would be nothing against animal by-products if they either
> left out the bowels or flushed them out first.

When wild animals kill and eat, the prey is fresh. I am not saying
they wouldn't eat rubbish they find but that isn't what was being put
forward.



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