This
is where it gets tough. The current labeling system for pet foods is
seriously lacking in usable information. The "guaranteed analysis"
numbers that you find on a can of food simply gives a wide range of the
levels of water, protein, fat, etc. that are contained in the food. You
can get a rough idea of what is in the food but, ideally, it
should be mandatory to put the more accurate "as fed" values on the can.
However, I do not see this happening anytime soon. This would be more
along the lines of the information that we find on our own packaged
foods.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Reading a Pet Food Ingredient Label
This
is where it gets tough. The current labeling system for pet foods is
seriously lacking in usable information. The "guaranteed analysis"
numbers that you find on a can of food simply gives a wide range of the
levels of water, protein, fat, etc. that are contained in the food. You
can get a rough idea of what is in the food but, ideally, it
should be mandatory to put the more accurate "as fed" values on the can.
However, I do not see this happening anytime soon. This would be more
along the lines of the information that we find on our own packaged
foods.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Fattest Cats
Here is a selection of some more fattest cats over 40 lbs which seems to be the threshold at which a claim to be the fattest can be made. As can be seen by the dates, the idea of the fattest cat in the world was a bit of a fad, a phase that has now past. It is a shallow idea to the detriment of the cat.
| Cat | Weight | Owner (place) | Date |
| Poppa | 44 lbs (about 20 kg) | Gwladys Cooper (Wales) | 1983 |
| Tiger | 42 - 43 lbs (19 - 19.5 kg) | Phyllis Dacey (Essex, England) | 1970s |
| Dinkie | 42 lb (19 kg) | Miss K Dowding(Gloucestershire, England) | 1955 |
| Gigi |  | Miss Anne Clark (Cumbria, England) | 1970 |
| Baby | 41 lb (almost 19 kg) | Mr Maefred Slawson (NY, USA) | 1982 |
| Snowbie | 47 lb (Guinness Record) | Lorna Sutherland (Scotland) | 1997 |
| Katy | 44 lbs | ? | 2003 |
| Katy (Munckin dwarf cat) | 40 lbs (18.1 kg) | ?(Canada) | 1991 |
| Tulle (Tubcat) | 43 lbs | Pedersen (USA) | 2002 |
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
The Maltese tiger, or blue tiger ...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
OVERWEIGHT AND OBESE CATS
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