Just found out today that the wet food we thought was really good due to high real meat content is actually terrible as it contains next to no Taurine, which is an essential amino acid for cats and deficiencies can cause a few nasty things- blindness one of them.
I feel like such a terrible parent, my maine coon is my baby :(
Heres a link, please read and check your products. Please dont flame me I feel guilty enough as it is, just dont want other people making the same mistake as us. The product was Applaws.
Incidentally, what food would you recommend? My OH is currently researching and German brands appear to be best, but only 2 are available in the UK. They are paste like pates though, which we tried on Merry and she didnt like. I think she prefers some texture.
www.petwave.com/Cats/Basics/Taurine-Deficiency.aspx
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Taurine- do we all know the importance of it?
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lollydollydrop · 25/05/2013 20:01
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