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Your vet is smart about diet. Many aren't so enlightened. =) the outside
thing though, there are so many perils for cats outside and I've lost more
than a few who got out. If one can create a truly escape proof yard that is
one thing or some runs like we are building for our studs that's one thing.

My kittens buyers are told that outside is dangerous and cats aren't allowed
to go out unless it's in an escape proof enclosure or if they train them to
walk on a leash w/ harness.

Dawn

From: native-nutrition@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:native-nutrition@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of haecklers
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 6:02 AM
To: native-nutrition@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [NN] Re: healthy diet for a cat?

Find a copy of Pottenger's Cats - fascinating book along the same lines as
Price's book!

A vet told me that carbs are terrible for cats - their digestive systems are
built for eating meat and that's just about all. On the commercial diets
that just about all contain corn, soy, etc. they eventually get diabetes and
before that suffer health problems from the strain on their systems of
eating too many carbs. Being outdoors is much healtier than being stuck
indoors for them - they can eat grass (cats do need some greens), their fur
makes a vitamin in the sunlight that they ingest when they lick their fur,
and they can supplement their diet with fresh (whole) food - i.e. mice.
There are healthy nutrients in the skin and joints, not to mention the
"variety meats".

An outdoor cat is more likely to get worms, tho, especially roundworms and
tapeworms. The kind of dewormer often sold for cats in pet stores gets rid
of the worms by paralyzing them so they are passed out when the cat has a BM
- that kind is supposed to be very safe. Adding iodine to the cat's drinking
water can help as well. Our indoor/outdoor cat got a tapeworm from eating a
mouse, so that is something to look out for as well.

--- In native-nutrition@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:native-nutrition%40yahoogroups.com> , Betty Pearson <betty@...>
wrote:
>
> Okay, I know this is a group that discusses healthy diets for humans,
> but I am wanting to know what is a good diet for a cat. He is no longer
> a kitten...nearly full-grown. We just inherited him from our son. He
> stays in our garage, and lounges on our front porch. I'm very allergic
> to cats, so he will not be an indoor cat. He does catch mice, which is
> very nice. :-)
>
> Please share any info. You can email me privately, if you wish.
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Betty Pearson, Lehi UT,
> Betty@...
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