Rabbit

[rogue_delana]

What do you all think of Nature's Variety Instinct Rabbit formula? It's grain free and all life stages. Rabbit's been the only thing safe for Wyatt to eat without his crystals building up again. I'm thinking to feed Wyatt frozen rabbit for one meal and the dry for the other. I'm thinking of giving all the other cats the dry too

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[hannalice]

From my standpoint, whatever helps, helps. I know from working at the vet clinic that wet foods in general are better for cats (less weight gain, more moisture- especially good for cats with urinary problems, etc)

Oh, and I like the Canidae no grain formula, Liam's back on it after a brief switch to Wellness. I mix it with a little Before Grain Salmon wet food to increase the Omega 3 content... it smells, but he LOVES it.

[datista]

it smells, but so he LOVES it.

Fixed! :D

I swear, the stinkier, the better from a dog's POV.

[rogue_delana]

Yeah, the gal from another high quality pet food store by Pomerado's Henry's told me exactly the same thing about the dry food.

I can't afford to just feed Wy the Rabbit Instinct can food or the raw. What would you think about the dry food once a day? Do you think the dry would build up and he'd get sick again?

He ate a quarter of a 20 pound bag of MD and he hasn't had a problem yet. . .

[hannalice]

The MD (which I'm assuming is the Hill's MD) is veterinary formulated to be good for a lot of different things. If I remember correctly, the Ash content in the food is what can cause a lot of urinary trouble. I'm not sure what the ash content is in the rabbit, or how it compares. Really, all I know is that the most reliable way to help cats with urinary issues is to feed mostly wet food, or the prescription dry food. My impression is that as long as it's a good quality wet food, the primary ingredients shouldn't be a big issue. Just stick to the high-shelf stuff and keep an eye on the moisture content. Add a little extra water to it, if he'll eat it that way, that kind of thing.

[datista]

I'd feed it. I went and looked up the ingredients list, and it looks to be quite good.

Depending on how much cleaning/prep you're willing to do, it may be cheapest to get whole frozen rabbits meant to be fed to snakes and thaw them and piece them out yourself.

[rogue_delana]

Um, no. I definately wouldn't know what to do let alone want to deskin/debone/whatever a snake rabbit.

I'm sure you are used to that sort of thing with the bird dogs, aren't you? Don't you have to toss dead birds and stuff for them in their training?

[datista]

Well, yeah, and there's the other hunting and fishing we do for meat for our table. Cleaning dead things is kind of second nature. I forget not everyone's as hands on at the beginning of food prep.