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Many thanks for any help.

Since moving here over a year ago, I’ve fed my 2 cats Hill’s Prescription C/D (corn gluten is #3 on the ingredient list and I just noticed that the “version” we get here is distributed in Latin America and (ouch!) South Africa. One of the cats has endured 2 episodes of near-fatal, unexplained renal failure in the past year and for the past few weeks I’ve been home cooking for them.

But it seems clear that essential nutrients need to be added to any homemade cooked diet (I tried raw several years ago but the cats would not eat it.) Many of the recommended nutrients, including taurine, aren’t available here. My plan, therefore, is to have a friend in the US ship some Balance-It to me, since it seems to contain all the supplements recommended on various cat nutrition sites.

Any reactions (other than complaints about tofu, etc.) or other suggestions?

When did we think it was OK for a company that has a past long history of making poisons, weed killers, glues, dyes etc. generally bad disease causing substances….change its past business model and start producing foods and medicines and treatments for disease? Then still allow them to sell and produce their chemical poisons to our populations? The chemists know how to manipulate the formulas and they know the outcome of the exposures. With international invlovements…these companies operate in countries around the world that have no ethics. What they do is anything they want to….to make money. You and I and our health is the end commodity. It is not necessary to affect all people just enough people to have a market place for their drugs. The goal is only to crreate chronic health conditions requiring long term drug regimes and a money source via your failing health.

The company that is the model for this type of international buisness practice is Novartis. They create the poisons, they pander the poison, they sell food stuffs and now they treat diseases and are the third largest drug company in the world. This company formed and did a complete 360 turn in their business model in the last ten years. Who is watching out for your back? These people are cashing in at both ends of the business model. A simple vist to the home page and a review of their history and merger tells the story. The FDA has some major problems to investigate and its all about money…..
Obewan

I have only the highest regard for the people I’ve associated with at Trilogy so I believe they truly do only source within the U.S. The formulator, Dr. Jane Bicks, is adamant about not using foreign materials because she has long known of their pesticide and fertilizer use.

Here it is if you’d like to see it:
http://safepetfood.wordpress.c.....s-sources/

And may I just say, I have always appreciate the Evy and the Kumpi presence on this forum.

There is an old saying by Martin Luther — I’ll convert it for pet usage rather than religious usage. It would go something like this: The city of [those who love pets] is like a walled city surrounded by death on every side. Each one of us has a place on the wall to defend. But we find ourselves pushing and shoving and trying to throw one another off the wall. We should be calling out encouragement to one another.

So, for all those who feel strongly about THEIR preferred safe pet food (and there are many great pet foods), God bless you! Hang onto your place on the wall.

Just my two cents.

Check out websites for Felidae/Canidae and Natura.

http://www.canidae.com/

http://www.naturapet.com/

These two seem to get good comments here. Some other good foods as well.

I use Natura’s Innova. Tried Natura’s EVO, but switched to Innova because it’s lower protein. Vet was concerned that my kat kids may have subclinical kidney damage, so he thought the lower protein would be better for them.

Any questions, please post. Lots of folks here who know tons about the different foods.

I wouldn’t take all the blame for your babies illness. We (society) are taught to “trust” medical professionals, and if they tell us to do something, most will just do it becaue “they are the doctor”. That’s what I meant when I said the “positive” thing in the pet food recall is people becoming more aware and taking more responsibility in what we feed…We can’t kick ourselves for what we didn’t know in the past; we can only try to do better in the future.

Sorry, I wasn’t more clear. The time span of years with pets has caused change of vets due to their retirement. My very first pets’ vet was the one who felt Hills was the best. So that’s what I fed. Some 28 years later I have new, young vets who are very open to “natural” and “holistic” foods. The new vets are not nutritionists, but I believe they have a better understanding of pet nutrition than I do, so yes, I do ask what they think and whether they consider the diet to be well balanced. That’s what I pay them for - their higher education and experience. That doesn’t mean they will always be right as no one is always right. But they are a resource. As for my old boy who died? I blame his diabetes and IBD on corn. But I fed the food. I was the one who wasn’t educated enough to understand the food allergies and the corn. So perhaps I’m the one the killed him rather than the food. Or perhaps I know that he and I had 15 wonderful years together and we loved each other and I cared for him to the best of my ability.

http://www.wysong.net/menufoods.shtml

It is worth reading. They have addressed all the information and misinformation that they have found on pet blogs and message boards. They especially have answers to many of the questions and concerns from the posts on this thread today. I was surprised about what they said. These people are honest…I like that.

Sue