I saw an interesting little news tidbit this weekend, stuff You may all know, 
but I did not. Haven't had cats in years. But still love em.

The story was about cat feeding. It said a cat will eat until it satifies 
it's nutritional needs, not just it's need to satiate hunger. The example 
they gave was that one should not skimp on food cost, as it could affect the 
cat and how much it eats. In other words, feeding a cat a more expensive food 
containing more meat than veggie or grain fillers is better than feeding them 
one containing these products. A food should definitely be more than half, 
protein. It also should contain Taurine which cats need to digest the 
protein. So a cat will eat a lot more food with filler, than it would a 
quality food that is mostly protein. This is why, the reporter claims cats 
get fat, as they eat more to take care of their nutritional needs. So if a 
kibble is less protein, The cat will eat more, which brings on more calories 
and still will not give the basic protein that they use most readily. They 
said read the label and make sure more than half protein and added taurine is 
the best food for a cat and their metabolisms. I found that interesting. I 
mean I knew they liked meat, but did not know they could get most benefit by 
eating meat. I also did not know if the internal ability to realize just how 
much they need to eat to fulfill their Nutritional Needs.

Just some worthless information, I found interesting. FWIW

Mike

... What has four legs and an arm?  A happy Pit Bull.

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