Conference misery::feline_v1

2089.0. "Bil*Jac Cat Food" by WITNES::MACONE (Round Up the Usual Suspects) Tue Dec 27 1988 09:19

    WHen I was in a pet shop buying all sorts of Christmas treats on
    Friday, the owner gave me a sample of some cat food called Bil*Jac.
    It is dry food, comes jsut like the IAMS sample size.  It says on
    the box "Developed by the makers of Bil*Jac Fresh Frozen Cat Food."
    Well, I've never heard of the frozen stuff either.  I mentioned
    to the store owner that I use IAMS, and he said that this Bil*Jac
    is better than IAMS.  FWIW, this pet shop sells both IAMS and Science
    Diet.
    
    A nutritional analysis shows the following:
    
    					IAMS		Bil*Jac
    
    Crude Protein, not less than	32.0%		31.0%
    Crude Fat, not less than		21.0%		18.0%
    Crude Fiber, not more than		 3.0%		 3.5%
    Moisture, not more than		10.0%		10.0%
    Ash, not more than			 6.5%		 6.5%
    
    Well, I tried giving the stuff to Portia, Oscar and Elmo.  They
    wouldn't eat it, even though the guy at the pet shop told me to
    put the Bil*Jac in a dish, and the IAMS in a dish, and see which
    the cats ate first.  I think Elmo and Oscar may have actually tried
    it though.  Then again, my cats are the last to make judgements
    - it took almost a month before I could get them to eat IAMS, and
    after a month of trying Science Diet Light, I quit trying since
    Portia threatened to call the MSPCA on me ;'}  At least, I won't
    have to worry about making special trips to the pet store for cat
    food. . .
    
    	-Nancy
    

    Ever since we started using Iams, the cats will eat nothing but
    Iams. They used to *love* canned food, now not only will they not
    touch it, they try to bury it like it's $#!^. They used to love
    table scraps. They rarely eat them now. It's pretty much Iams or
    nothing at this point. I wonder what's in it that they like so much.
    
    The Doctah

    I can say the same for C/D.  My babies *LOVE* it.  Next
    week is Cocoa's fasting blood chem ... keep your fingers
    crossed for him.  If his blood sugar hasn't lowered he'll
    have to go on K/D.