Category: Nutrition for Pets

  • Trying out the Fur/Ball beef topper

    So far, the Fur/Ball Chicken and Salmon have been tested, and our cats seem to prefer the Chicken. Today, we tried their Beef as a topper for the cats’ regular meals. Sometimes, just like humans, they are fed-up of the same old taste and a little bit of topper can become a welcome incentive for…

  • Trying out PetChef (wet cooked food) and reflections on pet food

    PetChef is a local brand the offers frozen cooked food for dogs and cats: https://petchef.my/ I ordered some with Juno’s requirements. They have various flavours, but I chose chicken. My order arrived on today, but I was disappointed with the delivery. The company asked us to choose a specific 2-hour interval for delivery and I…

  • The second meal of the new foods (Fur/Ball Salmon and Nottipet)

    I had some Fur/Ball Chicken left over from yesterday, so I added their bestseller, the Salmon, this morning. This morning, I had checked everyone’s litter-boxes and sandpit, their stools were all glorious and well-formed so I think it would be safe to offer some to Gerald. Being an outdoor cat, I cannot monitor him all…

  • Juno at night

    Juno has been very active today, very alert, but she’s passed out soft stools a total of five times. I’m not sure what is happening because as of yesterday, her stools were hardening up. So I can safely say that we have had a setback today. I just hope tomorrow would be better. Meanwhile, her…

  • Trying out Fur/Ball Chicken wet (cooked) food

    Fur/Ball is a local brand of cooked food, packed in sachets and can be stored at room temperature. Here’s their website: https://tryfurball.co/ They produce only cat food. To order Fur/Ball, use this link to get a discount: https://tryfurball.co?ad_id=axOyCXpUw3 The reason I opted to try this cooked food is primarily for Juno and Ginger whom the…

  • Trying out Nottipet (kibble)

    Nottipet is a local brand of kibble: https://nottipetfood.com/ They produce kibble for dogs and cats. The reason I opted to try it is that the Blondies are so hell-bent on eating kibble. I wanted a variety for them and one that uses quality ingredients. The Chicken & Lamb is for weight management so that’s for…

  • The Blondies’ morning

    I hit the lottery with the Blondies this morning. Three of them ate a raw meal for breakfast. Only Akira stayed at the lookout and refused to come down. Quite an achievement, I must say. Hopefully this goes on, ie. some days they will still eat raw meals. They were given their kibble treat after…

  • Back to old habits!

    I couldn’t help myself, so I went out to buy some raw beef to try it on the Blondies. In my almost-19 years of caring for cats, it is only this year that I have ever bought raw beef to feed them. Firstly, I feel so sorry for the cows and secondly, I thought wild…

  • Going back to the old reliable brands – Primal Freeze-Dried and Monge

    Way back, our cats were on Monge cat food and Primal Freeze-Dried. My exploration for different cat food is all because of the Blondies’ fussiness.  I figured if they like kibble so much, I have to find a variety for them. Currently, they are only on Cindy’s Naturelle Grainfree kibble. So a few days ago,…

  • Breakfast time at dawn!

    I woke up at 3.50am this morning. It’s crazy, but I could not go back to sleep, so I decided to get an early start to catch up on the news and some reading. But Tabs, Riley and Juno call came to the kitchen, so I fed them. Juno ate home-cooked food. Then, kibble with…

  • Dinner by perseverance…again!

    The Monsters’ dinner went well, as usual, so I shall not write about that. They are great eaters, thankfully. Juno had an early dinner of a home-cooked meal. Tabs had small meals throughout the day. Now comes the Blondies… Today I decided to persevere because their refusal to eat wet food (raw or canned) has…

  • Juno’s yummy home-cooked lunch!

    Thank you for eating my home-cooked food, Juno! I have thought about it and for now, Juno’s staple food will be cooked food and kibble will be a standby snack or meal replacement if she needs a change. Cooked food is preferred because it has moisture. Yummy, yummy! Back to her playhouse!

  • Riley and Juno eating kibble

    Riley is also a kibble-queen, like the Blondies. Is it this younger generation that is so? Anyway, this morning, when I poured out some kibble for Riley, Juno came rushing to the kitchen! She had earlier already eaten an assortment of food, actually, but if she can still eat, please do! Juno is on a…

  • Home-cooked food for the cats

    The issue of what food to feed our cats has been on my mind ever since Juno got infected with coccidiosis. I’ve been doing a lot of reading too. Of course, it all comes back to the few schools of thought – raw is the most species-appropriate, but raw may have foodborne disease, so go…

  • Juno is awake from her long nap!

    She’s bouncing all over the place! Hi Juno! Waking up from her 1.5 hour nap now. Playing with her favourite toy. We fashioned an e-collar out of a thin plastic plate but that didn’t work at all because Juno pushed it out immediately. So to prevent her from biting the sore at her anus, we…