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| 424.1 | | PUZZLE::CORDESJA | | Thu Dec 11 1986 17:58 | 21 |
| Bill,
There is an article in the January '87 Cat Fancy magazine about
this very subject. It basically states that if your cat is in good
health and you are feeding commercial cat food, then there is no
reason to supplement.
My personal feeling is not too different then that. I do supplement
my cats diets, but for health and beauty reasons. I give them all
Linatone mixed in with their food to help keep their coats looking
gorgeous. In addition to that, my three males get Vitamin C (1/4
tspfl) in their meals. The reason for this is that two of them
have FUS, and the Vitamin C acts as a urine acidifier and helps
prevent blockages. The other cat is very old and the vet feels
that the "C" won't hurt him and will possibly help prevent him from
developing FUS.
Occassionally I add an egg yolk (divided into four portions) to
their food. This is also for beauty reasons.
JoAnn
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| 424.2 | Question? | KOALA::FAMULARO | Joe, ZK02-2/R94, DTN381-2565 | Fri Dec 12 1986 11:43 | 8 |
| JoAnn,
What is this LinaTone stuff you give the cats?
Thanks.
Joe
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| 424.3 | How about a kiss, fish breath? | PUZZLE::CORDESJA | | Fri Dec 12 1986 15:34 | 21 |
| Joe,
Linatone is a food supplement that helps their skin and coat. I
discovered it when we found Jesse and he had flea allergy dermatitis.
Most of his coat had fallen out and what was left was very dry and
brittle. For a while I added egg yolk to his food, and then I found
out about the Linatone. It contains an amino acid called Linoleic
Acid, and when given regularly it will make the coat very shiny
and feel like silk. I show my cats and the judges often comment
on what fantastic coats they have.
You can find Linatone at most drug and grocery stores and at pet
shops and feed stores. Be sure to purchase the type for cats and
not the type for dogs. Most stores will tell you that it is all
the same, but it is not. The type for cats contains more Linoleic
Acid than the type for dogs. There also is another type that is
called Nutri-coat, but it has alot of cod liver oil in it and therefore
smells very fishy. The cats love the smell but I don't. They get
fish breath from it.
JoAnn
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| 424.4 | EGG WHITES | CANDY::COOP | | Fri Dec 12 1986 16:29 | 4 |
| ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEEK I GIVE MY CATS A WHOLE EGG (BEATEN UP).
IS THERE ANYTHING WRONG WITH GIVING THEM THE WHITES ALONG WITH THE
YOLKS??
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| 424.5 | Don't feed them the whites | PUZZLE::CORDESJA | | Fri Dec 12 1986 19:17 | 6 |
| My vet has told me not to include egg whites when I give my cats
eggs. I think it has something to do with there systems not being
able to utilize the proteins in egg whites, I can't remember. I
do remember his warning not to feed them the whites.
JoAnn
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| 424.6 | egg whites and biotin | USHS01::MCALLISTER | TARDIS Sales and Service Co. | Sun Dec 14 1986 13:12 | 7 |
| Egg white destroys biotin, but the study that showed that had the
cats being fed a great deal of eggs. Dr. Richard Pitcairn, in
his "NATURAL HEALTH FOR DOGS AND CATS", states that he has never
seen a case of biotin deficiency.
Dave
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| 424.7 | NO CAPS PLEASE! | VAXWRK::DUDLEY | | Mon Dec 15 1986 14:12 | 5 |
| Re .4
I don't mean to be picayune, but Notes Etiquette indicates
the use of capital letters to be SHOUTING. Please don't SHOUT.
Donna
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| 424.8 | | PUZZLE::CORDESJA | | Mon Dec 15 1986 17:34 | 7 |
| Donna,
I never knew that using caps was considered shouting. Sometimes
I just get lazy and switch to all caps. Sorry if this has offended
anyone.
JoAnn
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