I wont feed my fish many foods that are intended for aquaria hikari included so no way im messing with cat food.
Clean water is just as important as diet
Clean water is just as important as diet
Who here feeds with dog or cat food pellets?
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yeah I was skeptical as to doing it for many reasons. Which is why I hadn't yet. My great uncle used to do a lot with fish he was a distributer at some point in my life and he bred some SAs, I remember him feeding Oscars in a huge stock tank dog food. Not saying it was right and I was like 5. I also remember all the Oscars we got from him getting hole in the head, and being told its just what happens to Oscars. Which we all know today doesn't have to happen. So yeah probably not something I'm gonna do anytime soon. Everybody in my tank wil eat most pelletized foods and I keep a few on hand like spectrum and hikari.
My wife and 5 of our close friends are in the veterinary field raw diets are not good multiple reasons as to why. Stick with a good dog food for your dog. Most of them recommend and we use Royal Canine. Multiple people with doctorates and master degrees in the field say no, I listen. Brought that up on one of our weekly get togethers all of them are on the same page, saying anything from issues with liver and gall bladder problems to bacterial infection, not to mention vitamin deficiencies. Wild "dogs" eat the stomach contents of their prey and get needed vitamins and roughage that most raw diet users are not thinking about. Good quality dog food gives you all you need. Kinda like good quality pellets give you all you need.Good read! The post thatRD. linked us to was great as well. I've been thinking about switching to raw meat for my Australian shepherds.
Wow, now there's a great big ol can o' worms that's best not to open on a fish forum. lol BTW - The "most" that are recommending Royal Canine, without a doubt, supply it in their vet offices due to RC having numerous prescription formulas. That doesn't necessarily equate to overall high quality across the board. Some of RC's foods contain corn, as the main ingredient.
Corn, brewers rice, wheat gluten, chicken by-product meal, chicken fat, corn gluten meal, natural flavors, dried plain beet pulp, vegetable oil, fish oil, etc.
That's from the label of the adult poodle formula.
http://www.royalcanin.ca/products/c...th-Nutrition-POODLE-ADULT-dry-dog-food/183018
Ask your wife and 5 close friends what exact part of their diet, dogs in nature get their energy from? (same as fish) Here's a hint, it's not carbs. And this comes from someone who is not anti-grain (when used in moderation) and is not even anti-corn, but again when used in moderation.
Maybe see you over on the dog folder of MFK sometime .......
Corn, brewers rice, wheat gluten, chicken by-product meal, chicken fat, corn gluten meal, natural flavors, dried plain beet pulp, vegetable oil, fish oil, etc.
That's from the label of the adult poodle formula.
http://www.royalcanin.ca/products/c...th-Nutrition-POODLE-ADULT-dry-dog-food/183018
Ask your wife and 5 close friends what exact part of their diet, dogs in nature get their energy from? (same as fish) Here's a hint, it's not carbs. And this comes from someone who is not anti-grain (when used in moderation) and is not even anti-corn, but again when used in moderation.
Maybe see you over on the dog folder of MFK sometime .......
Yeah all 3 of the vets don't have as much issue with corn and grains as they do with too high protein. I don't really get in to it with them they have the degrees and only 1 is a guy so..... My wife hits the celling everytime that blue buffalo commercial comes on "bashing" grains and corn....I just nod and smile. We've got a couple old dogs so they both get "special" diets one has liver issues and we just took her spleen out in feb.... cancer. The other is healthy but needs a calorie control diet if not he can become chubby like his daddy...lol. Hes got a tumor on his leg being removed tomorrow. Hes got lots of fatty deposit something or others but that one is cancer. (Boxer)
Don't stray too much from the poly forum didn't know there was a dog area....lol. ill have to check it out! Most of the poly peeps seem easy going and we consistently derail the threads and no one gets bent out of shape. Really only reason I joined was everyone here is pretty cool!
