Lemmings who have tasted dog food, what brands do you recommend for after the apocalypse? (lemmy.ca)

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Or any pet food I guess.

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[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 46 points 4 months ago

Not dog food, but cat food.

We had 2 kinds of dry cat food, one the cats would eat, one the cats would not eat. We didn't know what the difference was so I went "Fine!"

Neither tasted particularly good to me, but the one they liked had a crunchy texture and the one they didn't was squishy, like it was stale Corn Pops cereal.

Between the two? I suggest the crunchy kind.

[-] juergen 13 points 4 months ago

There is another reason to use cat food beyond the superior flavor (on which I am just going to trust you): Dog food will often contain bone meal, which is fine for dogs, but indigestible for humans (and cats). Can clog up your guts.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Remember when dog poop stopped being white?

That’s when they phased out bonemeal in dog food

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

1990 maybe? Now that you mention it I didn't even notice until years later when Sarah Silverman did a song about it

[-] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 months ago

I thought cat food also contained bone meal? They call it "ash content" or something like that.

[-] juergen 4 points 4 months ago

OK, turns out they use it much less in dog food, but also to some extent in cat food. So it does just come down to the flavor.

[-] TwentySeven@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I have heard (and it might be wrong) that cats can eat dog food with no ill effects. They just cannot survive on dog food alone because it does not contain the nutrients necessary for cats.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah it amazes me that cats can get their entire vit D supplements from food. Meanwhile humans should not go without sun. Supplements alone do not cut it

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