Corn gluten is generally more expensive than meat protein by weight (the order by which ingredients are listed and the basis for your "first ingredient" test), for example.
Thinking of ones grocery purchases and the human plate is misleading in multiple ways about selecting cat food. Cat food, even wet, is not processed and provided like your grocery cart. Of course, the marketing approach includes appealing to the buyer - you. That may not be what appeals to, or is most nutritious for, our cats.
As for cost of ingredients, I will bet that the profit margin on the foods you prefer are higher than on the ones you reject.
My head is spinning! I'm so confused!
Purina One Chicken and Rice has as its first ingredient chicken. Yet, I thought that with the Gs being indoor only cats that I would need to feed them an adult food specifically for indoor only cats. Am I wrong?
(05-24-2010 05:20 AM)JanH Wrote: [ -> ]Corn gluten is generally more expensive than meat protein by weight (the order by which ingredients are listed and the basis for your "first ingredient" test), for example.
It probably is, if that meat protein includes organs beaks feet fur and feathers. It is also more expensive if the corn is high up in the ingredients list, because that ingredient is more prominent in the food, then lets say if the meat is the 10th ingredient. Makes sense, so in a sense yes the corn can definitely be more expensive than the meat, every bag of food is going to be different. Still, with my cat having pointy meat shredding teeth and a shorter intestinal tract (biological signals pointing towards carnivorous eating habits) I would rather my cat's food contain meat in the first few ingredients rather than corn, even though a starving cat in the wild I am sure would eat corn which would not harm him, again these are just my preferences in feeding.
(05-24-2010 05:20 AM)JanH Wrote: [ -> ]As for cost of ingredients, I will bet that the profit margin on the foods you prefer are higher than on the ones you reject.
I bet they are too. I still <3 my food selections.
(05-24-2010 12:09 PM)missnino Wrote: [ -> ]My head is spinning! I'm so confused!
Purina One Chicken and Rice has as its first ingredient chicken. Yet, I thought that with the Gs being indoor only cats that I would need to feed them an adult food specifically for indoor only cats. Am I wrong?
I think the point we are getting to here is to choose a food based off of what you think your cats will do best on, and to that there is no right or wrong answer, or right or wrong brand food to feed. As long as all the nutrition your pet needs is within the food (which it will be otherwise the company could not sell their product) then your Gs will get what they need.
Feeding your Gs adult indoor food is probably fine, many "indoor" formulas are fewer calories since indoor cats do not roam outside and burn as many calories, and they try to include other things to keep the stool firm and as odorless as possible (like beet pulp usually). However, if they are very active and slim you may not necessarily need to worry about an indoor formula.
If you would like to follow my beliefs in feeding; look for a food that the #1 ingredient is a meat, and the more meat listed the better. Also avoid corn and wheat anywhere in the ingredients list, and avoid by products.
(05-24-2010 12:09 PM)missnino Wrote: [ -> ]My head is spinning! I'm so confused!
Purina One Chicken and Rice has as its first ingredient chicken. Yet, I thought that with the Gs being indoor only cats that I would need to feed them an adult food specifically for indoor only cats. Am I wrong?
Ragdolls are slow developing and can grow for the first four years or so. The rapid growth of kittenhood is usually over pretty close to one year of age, but there is still growth to be fueled. In addition, young adult cats tend to be more active and to burn more calories, even inside, than cats a bit older for whom weight control formulas are geared. You can try either regular adult food or an indoor formula and see how they do. If they are eating regular adult and do not put on EXCESS weight, then that is an appropriate food for them. If you decide to go with the indoor formula and they are as active as they should be and do not get thin, then that is a food that is working for them.
Alisha, you do not seem able to get by your preconceptions enough to digest my posts.