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From: barth@tellab1.UUCP (Barth Richards)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Re: cat weight problem
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Date: Fri, 28-Feb-86 14:27:36 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 28 14:27:36 1986
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In article <5955@tekecs.UUCP> monam@tekecs.UUCP (Mona McLaughlin) writes:

>> Is there any way to add calories to cat food and still
>> have the cat like the food. My cat just got over a
>> bout of amonia (sp?) and lost alot of weight. He is so
>> skinny that his rib bones a back bones stick out quite a
>> bit. He was normally a very plump cat.
>
>I found that changing my brand of cat food turned my cat from
>a skeleton, to a cat so heavy I can barely pick her 
>up.  It takes about 2 weeks to really notice the weight change, but
>the name of the food is Iams, and you have to go to pet stores to get
>it.  Before that I was feeding her Purina cat chow, and after several
>weeks of Iams I thought she was pregnant and rushed her to the vet.
>(She wasn't pregnant - just fat.)  Iams cat food and Science Diet offer
>many health benefits for cats that you might want to ask your vet or
>pet store about.

I've had a similar experience with dog food. I switched from Purina to Iams
and noticed that my dog didn't need to eat as much. When I was feeding her
Purina, it seemed to go right through her.

When I switched, I compared the list of ingredients on both bags and found
that Purina has a lot of cereal filler in it, wereas Iams was mostly meat
products.