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Cat and dog food brands
Topic Started: Sep 9 2011, 12:50 AM (1,909 Views)
LilGreenPuffer
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Okay, my idea.
Here are two great sites for finding out how good your pet's food actually is, as well as for finding out the best brands out there.

Cat Food Reviews
(Wet food section coming - soon, hopefully! More on the benefits of wet food can be found at CatInfo.org!)

Dog Food Analysis

Don't forget to read up on raw diets for your carnivorous pets! It's the best you can give your dog or cat, though it's also not the most convenient thing for you, and it can be pricey - not as expensive as high-quality canned food, but more expensive than high-quality dry food.
"...Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her... Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." --Gandhi

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Have: T. longicaudatus (regular*, Black Beauty*, gonochoric), T. granarius*, T. canciformis (regular, red/albino/Japanese, Bavarian), T. australiensis (regular, green, silver/Queensland), T. newberryi*, T. mauritanicus, clam shrimp, fairy shrimp (red-tailed, spiny-tailed), seed shrimp
(* = successfully hatched and raised to adulthood)
Want: T. canciformis simplex (those blue ones), T. canciformis green type, Lepidurus, giant T. granarius (so-called T. numidicus), beaver-tailed fairy shrimp
For sale: nothing ATM
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TCans
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My dogs get the best foods,

cooked chiken and complete dryed buiscuits. Some of the chicken or suday meat jucies go on aswell they love it. Sometimes they have to do with tinned dog food.
You will trust him because you think you are him.

If You Change The Rules On What Controls You,
You Will Change The Rules On What You Can Control.
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LilGreenPuffer
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Okay, my idea.
You should try raw meat instead of cooked! It's better for their digestion and such.
"...Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her... Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." --Gandhi

Posted Image

Have: T. longicaudatus (regular*, Black Beauty*, gonochoric), T. granarius*, T. canciformis (regular, red/albino/Japanese, Bavarian), T. australiensis (regular, green, silver/Queensland), T. newberryi*, T. mauritanicus, clam shrimp, fairy shrimp (red-tailed, spiny-tailed), seed shrimp
(* = successfully hatched and raised to adulthood)
Want: T. canciformis simplex (those blue ones), T. canciformis green type, Lepidurus, giant T. granarius (so-called T. numidicus), beaver-tailed fairy shrimp
For sale: nothing ATM
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TCans
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LilGreenPuffer
Sep 9 2011, 12:15 PM
You should try raw meat instead of cooked! It's better for their digestion and such.

You can tell my mum to debone the chicken raw then :P
You will trust him because you think you are him.

If You Change The Rules On What Controls You,
You Will Change The Rules On What You Can Control.
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LilGreenPuffer
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Okay, my idea.
Raw diets include bone; read up on it. :)
"...Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her... Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." --Gandhi

Posted Image

Have: T. longicaudatus (regular*, Black Beauty*, gonochoric), T. granarius*, T. canciformis (regular, red/albino/Japanese, Bavarian), T. australiensis (regular, green, silver/Queensland), T. newberryi*, T. mauritanicus, clam shrimp, fairy shrimp (red-tailed, spiny-tailed), seed shrimp
(* = successfully hatched and raised to adulthood)
Want: T. canciformis simplex (those blue ones), T. canciformis green type, Lepidurus, giant T. granarius (so-called T. numidicus), beaver-tailed fairy shrimp
For sale: nothing ATM
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TCans
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LilGreenPuffer
Sep 9 2011, 01:18 PM
Raw diets include bone; read up on it. :)

We don't give the dogs any chicken bones :o it can harm them.
You will trust him because you think you are him.

If You Change The Rules On What Controls You,
You Will Change The Rules On What You Can Control.
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LilGreenPuffer
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Okay, my idea.
Like I said, read up on it. :) COOKED bones are definitely bad, but carnivores are designed to eat raw bones from various species, including birds.
"...Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her... Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." --Gandhi

Posted Image

Have: T. longicaudatus (regular*, Black Beauty*, gonochoric), T. granarius*, T. canciformis (regular, red/albino/Japanese, Bavarian), T. australiensis (regular, green, silver/Queensland), T. newberryi*, T. mauritanicus, clam shrimp, fairy shrimp (red-tailed, spiny-tailed), seed shrimp
(* = successfully hatched and raised to adulthood)
Want: T. canciformis simplex (those blue ones), T. canciformis green type, Lepidurus, giant T. granarius (so-called T. numidicus), beaver-tailed fairy shrimp
For sale: nothing ATM
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Aubandain
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side note on dog food;
if you have a dog with von willebrand disease, you should be careful using foods with ethoxyquin. my mother used to have a beautiful red doberman that would lose a lot of blood through its stools if it was ever fed food with ethoxyquin. he also couldn't eat bones because a small cut in the mouth would bleed for 30+ hours, but raw meat was otherwise fine.

+1 to cooked bones being bad, as they have a tendency to splinter. never had a problem with raw bones though(except the dobie).
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