September 2, 2009

Whiskas and Frikies, cat junk food



Arini cm nak cite pasal cat food. Actually before this i had cats for quite long time, but mase tu my parents yg cam take care pepsl kucing nie. From food, vaccination, n others la. Yelah kan mase tu aku masih budak..just pandai main je. So xde la tau sgt pasal bab2 menjage kucing....

Until early this year when i decide to bought a cat for my own in Sydney..rasenye korang tau kot my precious Lily.Nway, since tht moment, i spent more time reading articles on net camne nak jage kucing, camne nk kasi treat n medical issues la psl kucing nie. Actually, byk sgt psl kucing yg aku tak tau such as kucing ade Feline HIV, ade insurance kucing, ade vaccination program yg kene ikut period die. tu xmasuk agi cm type of food n their properties, jenis2 cat sand, n byk lagi la kan.

Nway like i said, arini nak story bab cat food. ok, kat Sydney i gave my Lily n Bart sometimes Whiskas n sumtimes Friskies, both wet n dry food, mixed together. i followed this advised from Vet n org Pet shop in sydney la. So far mase kat sane both of them seems to love it esp Bart la.

Well, the problem (not really problem actually..) start when i bring back both of them when they seems not to eat anything. Even Arip pun ckp mase kt boarding house dieorg tak mkn. So bile blk sini, i try to feed them wif same 2 brand but dieorg pun tak mkn which make me scratch my head wondering Y on earth dieorg tak mkn dieorg nye Fav food..afta2 days in Kuantan, i felt worried bout them n bring them to see my local Vet.

My Vet cite that, Whiskas and friskies malaysia and Australia is different. Msia punye from Thailand and tht byk chemical n from Australia better quality. actually itz true. If kite bukak paket die pun beza n even the flavor variety is different. Actually i went to see 2 Vet, n both of them agreed on this n said that both brand in here consider junk food to cat. So guys out there, xpayah la feed ur cat wif both brand. Once a while mayb ok kot.
Another thing is tht i learn is that, actually by mixing wet and dry food as regular food and not as treat is bad. Why?? cos satu u pampered sgt ur cat n nanti die xmo mkn care lain. tht methods not only more expensive (due to high waste n 2 type of food) but also bad to their gum. Tp like the Vets said, wet food twice a week oklah kot. Moreover, bile example u have to sent ur cat to boarding or even ask sumbody to take care ur cat kan, biase org just kasik dry or wet. Not by mixing it both cos its lots of effort gitu. So thts explain why Lily and Bart xmkn aritu rite. So, bad practice!

Nway afta when to the Vet, the Vet prescribe my cat wif science diet A/D. itz wet food (for temporary only as its prescribe food) it helps in increase appetite. Cam appeton la pulak kan. hahhaha! br aku tau ade ubat gitu rupenye. ahah! actually ade satu agi wet food, but i forgot ape name die but from same company (science diet) but utk cirit birit. huhu!

So since food here xsame, after done bit of research i found tht royal canin suit my need n actually one of the best premium cat food in the market. not only itz high in protein but also they have excellent track record of the company. Lily and Bart also seems to like the dry food as well. gud on them n for me, i glad. hehehe!

Tp kan, ingat before habis this Royal Canin, nk try satu agi which is Orijen. Itz the most expensive dry food i found la n itz has the highest protein content which is gud for the cat. Nway, i just found out as well, since cat are carnivore, they not used to eat grain. they should eat meat. this is what Orijen website said la. but i curious why in the market byk je ade iklan la, flavour such as chicken wif rice la, brown rice la. tah la. maybe ade salah bace kot or other explanation lain kot.

Nway Orijen nie, if u done heard before ade issue kat Australia n the product was withdrawn from the market due to irradiation. this happened due to Aus custom required tht all fresh product went to radiation treatment, cos of too high radiation it change the properties instead of become beneficial, its turn to be poison to the cat. So far ade 5 ekor cat diagnose wif kidney stone and mati. cian sgt. But nway tht showed tht the Orijen really2 have fresh product in it kan. n luckly in Msia we dun have the kind of radiation treatment. So bulih la pasni bli. hehehe

Oh! ade satu agi brand if u guys wanna try, itz called Natural Balance. xpenah try but from research n forum i found that its really gud n been used by some breeder in Malaysia n other countries as well.

so ape agi guys, jom la shoping2 makanan kucing anda supaye iye sihat and kuat! yeahhhh!!!

3 comments:

Khairiyah aka Kerry said...

yep..agreed friekies n whiskas tu mcm junk food ja.even my friend's cat mati then buat post-mortem turned out kat usus die tu tersumbat dgn whiskas punye saki baki..mcm takley digest then melekat kat dinding2 usus..lau kery prefer iams n science diet.prefer je la..tak beli pown.haha..sbb sume kuceng kery adalah kuceng kg.depa prefer ikan goreng+campur naci.haha

Ichi said...

seriously??? then this kind of story should be shared to everyone out there so tht dieorg tau kisah sebenar kan..
Nway iams pun sgt bagus actually.Kerry bli la sekor cat yg cun2. aritu kate nk bli kan.. hehehe. Fun ade cat nie. ajar tido same, teman buat kije n kije2 umah cm basuh pinggan n gosok baju ke kan. heheeh

ARNI YUSNITA AHMAD said...

saya rindu lily dan bart ;)