Susan Thixton (www.TruthAboutPetFood.com) has made her life's work about informing pet guardians about pet food ingredients, and fighting for our right to know what's in their food. Most of us know about the thousands of animal deaths in 2007, from Chinese sourced jerky. But sickness and death continue, as toxic ingredients are allowed in most pet foods. For the sake of your pet, please SIGN and SHARE these petitions: TIME IS SHORT!
Whitehouse.gov petition closes July 5, 2015.
Link: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov//pe...ty-ingredients
Change.org petition closes July 31, 2015.
Link: https://www.change.org/p/fda-and-aaf...t_created=true
People are starting to read labels, but if you don't know what the ingredients mean, it doesn't help much. Grain free foods are becoming desirable for us and our pets. Many of us are avoiding products with GMO corn and gluten, but many pet foods contain this. GMOs are the culprit in the increasing numbers of gut reactions that are resulting in so many people with Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis. These people are put on gluten free diets. It's not just a fad! Our pets are also suffering with increased gastro intestinal diseases, but most vets will not look at or admit that it just might be the pet food we're giving. Remember, pet food companies (Royal Canin and Hills) provide the 2 week nutrition training in vet school. Take a guess a what brands are recommended (pushed) with "benefits" to the vets? Reminds me of the doctor's relationship with BigPharma.
If you're feeding expensive "prescription" foods, you may want to take a close look at the ingredients, and consider what might need a prescription, when these ingredients are found in most low quality pet food. I've checked many of them from Royal Canin, Hill's Science Diet, and this is what I find on many "specialty" diet
labels: This is from the "special" RagDoll Cat label: Approved by AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) Do you know the difference between FOOD and FEED? It's huge! Feed is unsuitable for human consumption, and given to farm animals to fatten for slaughter. This is not a desirable menu for your pets. Some can live long lives in spite of this, as some humans can live long lives even if they smoke 3 packs a day or consume large amounts of alcohol daily, but it's not the norm. Are you willing to take a chance with your pet?
The words on labels are so tiny, you can't read them, even if you knew what to look for. I recommend that you search your pet food online, check the ingredients in a large font that you can read. Print it out, and check the
"Ingredient Analysis" on https://PetFoodRatings.org/nutrition/ingredient-analysis-of-dr-lisa-newman. Look up the ingredients on the alphabetized list, and be prepared for a real eye opener. I have printed out this list, and keep it as a handy reference.
I've been trying several high quality foods over the past few months, after my kitty developed serious constipation issues and was in and out of the vet's. Nothing worked that well, and I had to give her stool softeners, until two weeks ago, when I tried a local raw pet food from Feed This,Inc. in Forestville. She cleans her plate, which she never did before, and her constipation issues were gone from the first day! It's been 2 weeks now, and her coat is soft and silky. I get this food in 1lb. containers at less than $6 each, (which is much less expensive than the canned food I was buying) at Sebastopol Pet Center. There's another raw food available that is the same quality called Rad Cat, which I'm going to try for variety. It's made with organic meats and eggshells (no bones).
Ingredients of Royal Canin RagDoll formula: (example of ingredients in many prescription pet foods)
Chicken by-product meal, brown rice, corn, corn gluten meal, chicken fat, wheat, wheat gluten, natural flavors, pea fiber, brewers rice, chicory, fish oil, vegetable oil, calcium sulfate, sodium silico aluminate, potassium chloride, DL-methionine, psyllium seed husk, fructooligosaccharides, taurine, L-lysine, salt, calcium carbonate, hydrolyzed yeast, choline chloride, vitamins [DL-alpha tocopherol acetate (source of vitamin E), inositol, niacin supplement, L-ascorbyl-2-polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), D-calcium pantothenate, biotin, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), riboflavin supplement, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), vitamin A acetate, folic acid, vitamin B12 supplement, vitamin D3 supplement], glucosamine hydrochloride, marigold extract (Tagetes erecta L.), trace minerals (zinc proteinate, zinc oxide, ferrous sulfate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, copper sulfate, calcium iodate, sodium selenite, copper proteinate), L-carnitine, chondroitin sulfate, rosemary extract, preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid.
100% Complete and Balanced??????
RAGDOLL ADULT Feline Breed Nutrition is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for maintenance.