I ordered three options for the trial. I was hoping that one would work and was so excited when my package got to the house. The first food we tried was Castor & Pollux Ultramix Indoor Feline Canned and the three boys (Slakk, Spudd and Copy) all liked it but Abbey refused to eat it. I decided to wait a day to try the next food choice.
Copy was still refusing to eat raw so he was VERY hungry for our next option. So we then tried
Newman's Own Organics Canned Cat Food Chicken & Rice the good news was that all of the cat's gobbled it up, the bad news was Mommy did not do her homework and the carbohydrate % was over 10% as fed.
With Slakk's well documented Feline Diabetes I really try to keep him under 8% carbohydrates as fed ad for some reason I chose a can with rice in it. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this food choice for a healthy cat or even some diabetic cats, but Slakk's blood sugar will elevate.
Just to check I tested him (yes you can home test a diabetic cat just like human diabetics do) and his bloog sugar was in the 80s. His normal rate is in the 50-70 range so yes even one small can of a higher carb food will cause him issues.
In fact it is the reason Sam is not allowed any dry food because if Slakk gets into it his blood sugar skyrockets. After three years in remission and as he ages it is more important than ever to keep him in remission. His immune system is already compromised from the ravages of the disease so I have to be very careful.
So sadly we had to say no to the Newmans. I was down to my third choice, Evanger's Canned Cat Food - Organic Chicken. I set the food down and SUCCESS!
All of the cat's scarfed it down and then went and laid down and took a bath. In my cat world that is a great sign. So now everyone but Copy is getting their normal raw plus a tiny bit of Evanger's and Copy got just the Evanger's.
Our world is now at peace. Whew
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