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Babies: Josera Minette, Royal Canin Babycat, Royal Canin Kitten, Gimpet Kitten Adults (and kits take a nib here and there during the last few weeks) Josera Adult, Bananacat, Gimpet Adult, Royal Canin Siamese, Royal Canin Sensible Canned food has to be without sugar, preservatives, corn, grain: Feline Porta 21 Kitten , Gimpet ‘shiny cat’, Leonardo, Bozita, Animonda Carny. Barf includes: Whole ground chicken, Beef heart, fat fish (salmon, mackerel, tuna, trout), chicken wings, hamburger beef with eggyolk, rabbit. We are working up to adding mice and chicklets, but have yet to find a supplier nearby. The food analysis pages are in German, but if you google the brands, you will find them in English too. Food Analysis CATWELL'S FOOD CHECKLIST KNOWN TOXINS * Yucca schidigera * Alfalfa - any form especially raw * Ethoxyquin * BHA, BHT * Garlic, Onion * Carrageenan * Propyl gallate INGREDIENTS NUTRITIONALLY POOR OR DETRIMENTAL OVER TIME * Flax seed and flax seed oil * All "by-products", Corn and corn products, Vegetable oils * "Tallow" or "beef tallow" as a fat source * Rosemary extract, Herbal ingredients in general * Excess vegetables NONNUTRITIVE OR IRRITATING INGREDIENTS * Non-fermentable fiber such as cellulose, psyllium gum, wheat bran, xanthan gum, gum karaya, oat fiber, peanut hulls, soy hulls, citrus pulp, lactulose (the last two are good for dogs but unusable by cats) * Too many vegetables DESIRABLE INGREDIENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS * High percentage of specific animal proteins (not "meat") from small animals (chicken, fish, eggs rather than beef, lamb, etc.) * Animal protein as the first listed ingredient * Minimum 0.1% percentage of magnesium (in dry food that has 10% moisture) --as magnesium chloride, not magnesium oxide * Beet fiber (from beet pulp) * Calcium pantothenate higher on the list than pyridoxine hydrochloride * Cod liver oil * Fermentable fiber such as beet fiber, FOS, guar gum, rice bran fiber, carob bean gum, locust bean gum, citrus pectin (but not citrus pulp), sugar cane residue * Preservation with Vit E and/or Vit C only (not yucca or rosemary extract or toxins) * Minimum 34% protein (in dry food with 10% moisture) * For kidney compromised cats, *high* protein of high animal quality, but low calories * Suitable for 'round-the-clock feeding FOODS RECOMMENDED AS COMING CLOSEST TO CATWELL CRITERIA * Propac kitten dry food (for normal cats and kittens) * Propac canned food (the Meow Gang especially recommends Liver & Chicken flavor) * Royal Canin dry food (for high protein with low calories) |