now you might be thinking well I've tried wet food I've tried raw food my cat doesn't want to
eat it he only wants to eat dry food this is very common because dry food is high in carbohydrates
even if it's grain free and manufacturers know that cats are not grain in carb eaters by choice
right they eat muscle meat bones and organs their entire prey so they have to come up with a way
to entice the cat to eat enough of it so that it's actually nutritious and they do this with
flavor enhancer palatants and they basically spray these on the food so that it's a strong
smell and the cat is is like oh I want to eat this and then unfortunately the cats often develop an
addiction to these palatants and that's why they become so picky about switching Foods
because if you're trying a wet food or raw food that doesn't have these flavor enhancer
palatants they're your cat's basically like I want my junk food I don't want this good food
it's kind of like how we get a little addicted to Sugar seriously you know candy chips these
same companies also make cat food he's literally addicted to this food and and that's you know
the unfortunate truth about dry food that's why you're cat is so picky about it because
he wants his junk food now the next truth about dry cat food that we'll talk about is the low
Quality Meats that are included in it called 4D meats and that stands for dead diseased dying
disabled and AAFCO says that this is allowed and these are typically meat by-products and
meat meals aafco states that these low quality ingredients are allowed in pet food as long as
those ingredients are rendered and rendering means that it's subjected to high heat and high pressure
and they say that this is to kill any potential bacteria that is in these diseased Meats but
what about euthanasia drugs you know there are pet food recalls for pentobarbital and
all these euthanasia drugs that explains how it happens because they have these disease dying feed
animals they want to the farmers want to sell them because they want to make money obviously
they're in business to make money so they're going to do what they can to make those animals healthy
again if they're diseased and on their way out they're going to be giving them medication and
yeah these medications and potentially euthanasia drugs will end up in the Pet's food if they're
using these 4D Meats yes high heat and high pressure might kill bacteria but that doesn't
do anything to these drugs there's a CRS report for congress on the animal rendering industry that
covers this topic extensively and they state that these renderers convert billions and billions of
pounds of these diseased carcasses into not only pet food but also human products like Cosmetics
candles and and other things that we probably have no idea about and the report states that most of
these animals come from farms but they could also come from feedlots marketing Barns and even animal
shelters plus food waste from restaurants and stores so I've said this before that
commercial pet food is essentially a recycling bin for the human food waste industry and that report
right there proves it that it's kind of like balogna you just like throw everything together
and be like yeah let's just package it up and say that it's premium also I would I would like to
mention that there are companies that specify which animal they're using and the part that
they're using for example they will say turkey thigh turkey liver turkey heart instead of poultry
byproducts see that term poultry byproducts is very vague because there are a lot of animals
that fit under the poultry category do they not know is it that there are just too many different
sources that they can't specify which type of bird it is and then the by-products part means that
it's essentially leftovers from the human food industry stuff that we don't consider to be edible
like lungs and utters and some of the organs like that but it could also be beaks feathers
feet now of course the cat would eat the entire prey so that would include the feet and the fur
and the feathers but that isn't their main source of their meat the entire prey is about 80 percent
muscle meat then there's about 10% bone 10% organ so if it's only feets and feathers and
beaks that's not sustainable Protein that's suitable for a cat and we have no idea of
knowing which parts they're using because all they say is poultry byproducts instead of turkey
thigh chicken breast chicken liver chicken heart I hope that makes sense now I hear you saying my
cat won't eat anything but dry food I've tried everything I made a specific transition plan
formulated for picky cats you can check that out right over meow thank you so much for watching