Hi John:
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I know that the biggest part is opening up my heart and making myself vulnerable to this kind of pain again
We open our hearts again because we all have so much love to give. And yes, it's true that in opening ourselves up to love again....eventually, at some point, there will be pain involved.
I KNOW that your beloved Sadie
will be happy for you when you make the decision to adopt again - because she loved you so much! Opening your heart & home again to a sweet furkid would be a beautiful tribute to your sweet Sadie!
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Who do you trust? Wet food is out. Dry food causes kidney problems. Organic food is pretty expensive. Real meat is best but then you have to add stuff and grind bones etc.
Please check Dr. Lisa Pierson's site:
http://catinfo.org/ She has TONS of very helpful information.
Also,
http://www.catnutrition.org/ is a wonderful site.
We have two precious furkids....Ms. Lucy & Mr. Yoster. Their ages are 10 & 11 respectively. (approximately).
We rescued them 3 years ago, one month after my sweet girl, Ernestine
went to Rainbow's Bridge.
Lucy has diabetes & asthma, and suffered from irritable bowel disease ever since we adopted her. (....I only wish I knew how bad dry food was (in general), AND for cats with IBD!!!!)
We got rid of all the dry food in the house in Feb, 2007.
Our kids eat raw food now which we order from Feline's Pride. The link to their site is:
http://www.felinespride.com/home/home.aspx . They also enjoy Wellness canned varieties, (no grain).
Lucy started having normal bowel movements within one week of this change
! This was a MIRACLE!!!
Tortie cats are known for their "tortietudes"
.....but....for the most part, because she is not suffering with diarrhea 3 X/day & the awful cramping that went along with that -- she is a pretty happy girl!!
Our sweet boy, Ms. Yoster....he's just enjoying all this good food
! (and all of the good, wholesome treats, too.)
There are about 5 varieties of Fancy Feast that I will feed our kids - (5 flavors that have NO wheat gluten and less than 10% carbs). <-- good for Lucy's diabetes.
This site:
http://www.geocities.com/jmpeerson/canfood.htmlwill give you nutritional information on pretty much every canned food out there.
John, if there is anything at all that I can help you with, please do not hesitate to ask.
Wishing you & yours much peace,
Denise
p.s. if you aren't overwhelmed by the above sites
, here's another good one:
http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/feline.htm