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It’s a Miracle – NOT!

December 18, 2007 by Lynette

One of my five bazillion pet peeves…. a caregiver is convinced to change their cat’s diet (usually because the cat is now very ill with diabetes or gastro-intesinal disorders – or is severely obese)… and after a week or less they respond with “It’s a Miracle!  Fluffy’s diarrhea/diabetes/vomiting/whatever is GONE!”

IT IS NOT A MIRACLE.  It’s simply good nutrition!

 If I was covered with big red itchy hives, and I finally decided to eliminate all peanuts from my diet – and the hives disappeared, would we conclude it was a miracle?  NO!  We’d conclude I must be allergic to peanuts!  Why is it to hard for people to accept their cats’ ailments were a product of poor nutrition?  Do they really have that much faith in the pet food industry?

It makes me absolutely INSANE whenever someone comments on the “miracles” I work with the cats I adopt or foster.  They ARE NOT MIRACLES!  Though fellow posters on online forums joke about the “magic fairy dust” in my basement – there is none.  I am simply feeding cats the way nature intended – a diet that is meat-based, high-protein, low-carbohydrate, and high-moisture!

But, for some people I guess it’s easier to believe I wave my hands over the cats and chant, or have magical fairy dust, than it is to believe the commercial pet food that fills store shelves could be anything but the best for our feline friends.

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  1. on January 23, 2008 at 5:25 pm Pet Peeves « Crazy cat lady blogging

    […] “Miracles” as I posted […]


  2. on June 23, 2013 at 9:17 pm ajlandon

    Yes! When I adopted the boys, Xindi’s allergies were so bad he’d lick his fur off, and both of them had major digestion issues. I got them on to homemade raw meat mush right away, and, after ridding them of worms, giardia, bacterial infections, and feline herpesvirus (well, they still have that one, it just doesnt flairvup much anymore), plus a few months on the raw stuff, everything cleared up. They’re on Before Grain 96% meat and the grain/vegetable free varieties of Fancy Feast, now. It sucks that people don’t know. :/ I can’t even count the times I’ve been told wet food is a waste of money by well-meaning people who’ve had cats their whole lives.


    • on June 23, 2013 at 9:24 pm Lynette

      I agree. It’s sad. I have mixed feelings about the grain-free dry foods, because people think they’re doing well by their cats by feeding them.

      My thoughts: They’re doing better than some other dry foods – but they’re not doing “well”. While it may lower the risk of diabetes, and cats might tolerate it better than dry foods with grains – they’re are still a host of reasons not to feed ANY dry food – for example, kidney disease and urinary tract disorders.



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