Is it even normal? I mean I've heard dogs that have it, but what about 1.5 month old kittens? I've got a single kitten living with her mom, and she has started eating solids. She has developed this vicious attitude towards her food. If I move my hand close to her, she strats growling menacingly and slashing at my hand, and when i hand feed her she attacks my hand (and the food). The thing is basically psycho, and I'd like her to stop. I've considered stroking her while she eats, although that seems to set her off even more, but thought it might cease after a while, so does anyone have anything?|||I've had to deal with this once before myself and the vet mentioned to me at the time that it isn't completely out of the norm for a kitten to do this.
I know this sounds mean (and please keep in mind the kitten isn't hurt by this), but when getting the kitten's food ready pick her up just before you setting the food bowl down. After setting the food down walk out of the kitchen while still holding her. Stroll around your home, walk to the windows, go to the bedroom, whatever -- just continue to carry her no matter how fussy or pushy she gets in wanting to get to the food.
After four-or-five minutes go back to the kitchen and sit on the floor in front of the food with her in your lap. Keep her there for another three minutes no matter how aggressive she behaves. You may even have to hold her by the scruff and tap her nose while saying "no" in a firm voice.
If she is behaving well and settled, then let her go to the food.
Do this several times when feeding her. The next step will be to pick her up while eating, walk to another room, and set her down. It doesn't matter what she does at this point -- even if that is running back to the dish.
While this behavior happens it is NOT acceptable. Hope this helps. -- Andy|||IDK anything about food agression so I hope someone else can help you. But, it seems like you should leave the kittie alone when it is eating. definitely dont pet it while it is eating, the nicest kitties dont like that.|||It depends what he or she's been eating. Solids are not really good for cats because sometimes it contains a bad chemical. That is probably why your cat is acting up like that. Try and not let her eat those kinds of stuff. Cats are trying to get rid of it but they have anger trying to ease the pain.|||Rather give the kitten space and solitary treatment, it should calm down, it's probably used to having to fight others for feeding, this should pass.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
How do you determine the food energy in a food that does not burn?
In school, we did a burning lab where we burned dry foods to calculate the number of calories it had. How do you calculate the calories in a food that does not burn?|||It'll all burn in a bomb calorimeter.
What is the cheapest staple food to survive on?
If you're homeless and starving and all the food shelters ran out of food to give you, what would be the cheapest food you could buy that you can live on for months at a time and not be malnuourished? Rice or some other wheat?
By cheap I mean price per caloric nutritional quality value density.|||Canned baked beans in tomato sauce. Can be eaten cold, very high in protein, the tomato provides vitamin C. Low in fat, high in fibre. No food is perfect but baked beans come close. :) A little high in sugar, but that's just energy, you'll need it.|||Don't get ramen noodles, they make you sick after a few weeks of only eating ramen noodles and it's not healthy.
Rice is good, and it's cheaper than ramen too. Brown rice would be even better, but unfortunately it's more expensive than white rice even though whole wheat (brown) is healthier. So just regular white rice. You can buy 40 net lbs. of it for several dollars|||I was really broke at one point when I first lived on my own, I survived on egg noodles, ramen noodles, and rice, by doing variations of them. For instance, ramen is like 16 cents a pack, pasta sauce can be found for 99 cents on sale, egg noodles are maybe $2, rice is cheap, canned veggies are cheap.|||Go to family and child services and tell them you need food stamps. They should give you a debit card to use at grocery stores if your income is low or you are homeless.|||I think rice would be the best option.|||raman noodles|||i think rice or noodles , are you homeless ? :O|||Um.. hotdog? O_O
By cheap I mean price per caloric nutritional quality value density.|||Canned baked beans in tomato sauce. Can be eaten cold, very high in protein, the tomato provides vitamin C. Low in fat, high in fibre. No food is perfect but baked beans come close. :) A little high in sugar, but that's just energy, you'll need it.|||Don't get ramen noodles, they make you sick after a few weeks of only eating ramen noodles and it's not healthy.
Rice is good, and it's cheaper than ramen too. Brown rice would be even better, but unfortunately it's more expensive than white rice even though whole wheat (brown) is healthier. So just regular white rice. You can buy 40 net lbs. of it for several dollars|||I was really broke at one point when I first lived on my own, I survived on egg noodles, ramen noodles, and rice, by doing variations of them. For instance, ramen is like 16 cents a pack, pasta sauce can be found for 99 cents on sale, egg noodles are maybe $2, rice is cheap, canned veggies are cheap.|||Go to family and child services and tell them you need food stamps. They should give you a debit card to use at grocery stores if your income is low or you are homeless.|||I think rice would be the best option.|||raman noodles|||i think rice or noodles , are you homeless ? :O|||Um.. hotdog? O_O
How much canned food should I give my kitten?
We just got a 9 week old kitten. We keep science diet (dry) food out for him as well as water all the time. He wasn't eating it so I started giving him the canned food, which he seems to love. How much should I give him a day? A full can (for kittens)? I've been feeding him when he seems hungry, 2-3 times a day.|||Figuring how to feed a cat depends on the age, activity level and health status of your cat. I will address your concern by giving you advise base on the assumption that your cat is generally healthy and have no special dietary or medical needs.
If you have been feeding your cat dry food around the clock with a food dispenser, the first thing to do is to stop slowly. Kibble addict resist changes and it's not a good way to cut them off dry immediately. They are used to the smell of dry kibble - where food manufacturer trick their senses with addictive coating to entice them to eat. Also, your cat is used to the crunchy texture of dry kibbles and will resist eating wet.
What you need to do is a gradual transition - introduce her to wet food slowly. Start off with a mixture of what she is eating now and mix it with the wet food.
If your cats eat both wet and dry, you can eliminate the dry almost immediately. On the other hand, if they are kibble addicts, you need to go slow. Feed more times, less quantity because kibble addicts are used to having food around 24/7 (if you free fed).
A normal healthy and active kittens needs double the amount what a normal adult would eat. And that would mean feeding at least 3 cans of 3oz can food or better yet, 4 cans, if your kittens are very active. For kibble addicts, you need to upped the number of feedings at the beginning but each time, serve only a smaller portion. Since they are used to eating all the time, you can try feeding them up to 6 times a day. This is just a very extreme recommendation because once your cat has established a wet food appetite, you can greatly reduced the number of feeding and increase the quantity.
Once you got your cat to eating wet food, you can now feed either 2-3 times a day. Always monitor your cat's reaction to the food. If after four weeks or so, you find that your cat seems to have grown a little more chubbier, reduce and the opposite is correct if she seems to be hungry at all times.
Sometimes, when switching to all wet using scheduled and portion control feeding method cat owners feel bad when they see their cats begging for more food. Resist the temptation to give in. Cats can very well go a few long hours without eating. Stick to your routine. But never starve a cat into eating.
The decision to switch to wet food is the correct one and I am glad that you have taken a step forward in ensuring your cat gets all the proper nutrition and species appropriate food.|||Kittens are rapidly growing and can eat enormous amounts of food to fuel that growth. Go ahead and give him that canned food, I'd try 1/4 can at first, and adjust the amount based on how quick he eats it. If he leaves some, then don't give more, but if he just wolfs it down, give a bit more. Feeding him 3 times a day isn't too much.
Canned food is really a much better diet for cats - it eliminates all the grains that cats (being obligate carnivores) do NOT need. And there is really no proof that dry is better for their teeth - even vets cannot agree on this. Some research indicates that the dry food actually sticks to their teeth and causes placque to form. We do know that the grains in dry cat food contribute to diabetes, and that an all-dry diet is hard on the kidneys as cats aren't big on drinking water and the canned diet provides more moisture.
My own kittens - rather my foster kittens - all get fed Innova's EVO, which they thrive on. It's a premium grade food that is all meat and no by products (that's scrap not fit for human consumption, so it's sold and put in pet food). Check the ingredients on the Science Diet.|||because he's so small, you should feed him about a little less than a fourth of the can (those are big cans for cats!) three times a day, if it's the larger science diet cans. if it's the smaller size, then a third of the can three times will work. or, to make it easier on you, give your kitten a tablespoon of wet food, and see how much he eats. base it off of that.
but seriously, straight wet canned food can give kittens diarea. your kitten is probably not eating because he has just been moved and expected to settle in a new area. he has also just been taken off of his mother's milk. instead of giving up on the dry (which is much cheaper, and gives tarter control too!) mix the dry food with the wet. it gives the dry food a moist smell, which is very appitizing for cats.|||Hey! I have two 9 week old kittens right now as well! They have their dry food out always, and I feed a can of wet food (5.5 oz) morning and night (they finish it off together pretty well). They are maintaining a very good weight on that... Once the teeth come in and become stronger, you'll want to back off and make sure they're eating that dry food. ^.^ Good luck!|||Canned food is bad for them it's high in sugars promoting type 2 feline diabties and causes teeth issues. A full can even for a ful grown cat is way too much.
Kittens need different things, ask your vet!|||That's what we feed our cat!! One can a day should be good, but if you can afford that much go ahead!!|||Firstly, Science Diet is terrible quality food. You are paying a fortune for a ton of junk. Canned food is better for him anyways, regardless of what people say. It doesn't stick to their teeth and make them rot. Look at tigers teeth in the zoo, aren't they pretty and shiny? Considering they eat a ton of wet meat, shouldn't their teeth be rotted? No. Also, wet food helps protect your cat from problems it may have later on, especially urinary problems. Cats need the moisture in the wet food. If your cat will eat it, you should give it to him. Feed him as much wet food as he request. You are feeding him just fine that many times a day. Don't you like to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner? Well it seems kitty does too. Don't leave dry food out over night. I found it lets my cats over eat and get fat. Monitor what your kitten eats like you would monitor a small child.
Bad Foods:
Iams
Science Diet
Royal Canin
Eukanuba
9 Lives
Friskies
Whiskas
Nutro
Fancy Feast
Good Foods:
Innova
Blue Buffalo
Halo
Before Grain
Merrick
Wellness
Felidae
Things you don't want in a Cat Food:
Corn
Gluten
Wheat
Brewers Rice/Grain
Dyes
Preservatives/ BHA or BHT
By Products
Digest
those are all cheap fillers
Cats are carnivores. Even if Science Diet boasts 'Chicken or Fish #1 ingredient' like some companies do, it goes by weight. So the next 6 ingredients could be fillers, and they will end up outweighing the actual meat!
If you have been feeding your cat dry food around the clock with a food dispenser, the first thing to do is to stop slowly. Kibble addict resist changes and it's not a good way to cut them off dry immediately. They are used to the smell of dry kibble - where food manufacturer trick their senses with addictive coating to entice them to eat. Also, your cat is used to the crunchy texture of dry kibbles and will resist eating wet.
What you need to do is a gradual transition - introduce her to wet food slowly. Start off with a mixture of what she is eating now and mix it with the wet food.
If your cats eat both wet and dry, you can eliminate the dry almost immediately. On the other hand, if they are kibble addicts, you need to go slow. Feed more times, less quantity because kibble addicts are used to having food around 24/7 (if you free fed).
A normal healthy and active kittens needs double the amount what a normal adult would eat. And that would mean feeding at least 3 cans of 3oz can food or better yet, 4 cans, if your kittens are very active. For kibble addicts, you need to upped the number of feedings at the beginning but each time, serve only a smaller portion. Since they are used to eating all the time, you can try feeding them up to 6 times a day. This is just a very extreme recommendation because once your cat has established a wet food appetite, you can greatly reduced the number of feeding and increase the quantity.
Once you got your cat to eating wet food, you can now feed either 2-3 times a day. Always monitor your cat's reaction to the food. If after four weeks or so, you find that your cat seems to have grown a little more chubbier, reduce and the opposite is correct if she seems to be hungry at all times.
Sometimes, when switching to all wet using scheduled and portion control feeding method cat owners feel bad when they see their cats begging for more food. Resist the temptation to give in. Cats can very well go a few long hours without eating. Stick to your routine. But never starve a cat into eating.
The decision to switch to wet food is the correct one and I am glad that you have taken a step forward in ensuring your cat gets all the proper nutrition and species appropriate food.|||Kittens are rapidly growing and can eat enormous amounts of food to fuel that growth. Go ahead and give him that canned food, I'd try 1/4 can at first, and adjust the amount based on how quick he eats it. If he leaves some, then don't give more, but if he just wolfs it down, give a bit more. Feeding him 3 times a day isn't too much.
Canned food is really a much better diet for cats - it eliminates all the grains that cats (being obligate carnivores) do NOT need. And there is really no proof that dry is better for their teeth - even vets cannot agree on this. Some research indicates that the dry food actually sticks to their teeth and causes placque to form. We do know that the grains in dry cat food contribute to diabetes, and that an all-dry diet is hard on the kidneys as cats aren't big on drinking water and the canned diet provides more moisture.
My own kittens - rather my foster kittens - all get fed Innova's EVO, which they thrive on. It's a premium grade food that is all meat and no by products (that's scrap not fit for human consumption, so it's sold and put in pet food). Check the ingredients on the Science Diet.|||because he's so small, you should feed him about a little less than a fourth of the can (those are big cans for cats!) three times a day, if it's the larger science diet cans. if it's the smaller size, then a third of the can three times will work. or, to make it easier on you, give your kitten a tablespoon of wet food, and see how much he eats. base it off of that.
but seriously, straight wet canned food can give kittens diarea. your kitten is probably not eating because he has just been moved and expected to settle in a new area. he has also just been taken off of his mother's milk. instead of giving up on the dry (which is much cheaper, and gives tarter control too!) mix the dry food with the wet. it gives the dry food a moist smell, which is very appitizing for cats.|||Hey! I have two 9 week old kittens right now as well! They have their dry food out always, and I feed a can of wet food (5.5 oz) morning and night (they finish it off together pretty well). They are maintaining a very good weight on that... Once the teeth come in and become stronger, you'll want to back off and make sure they're eating that dry food. ^.^ Good luck!|||Canned food is bad for them it's high in sugars promoting type 2 feline diabties and causes teeth issues. A full can even for a ful grown cat is way too much.
Kittens need different things, ask your vet!|||That's what we feed our cat!! One can a day should be good, but if you can afford that much go ahead!!|||Firstly, Science Diet is terrible quality food. You are paying a fortune for a ton of junk. Canned food is better for him anyways, regardless of what people say. It doesn't stick to their teeth and make them rot. Look at tigers teeth in the zoo, aren't they pretty and shiny? Considering they eat a ton of wet meat, shouldn't their teeth be rotted? No. Also, wet food helps protect your cat from problems it may have later on, especially urinary problems. Cats need the moisture in the wet food. If your cat will eat it, you should give it to him. Feed him as much wet food as he request. You are feeding him just fine that many times a day. Don't you like to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner? Well it seems kitty does too. Don't leave dry food out over night. I found it lets my cats over eat and get fat. Monitor what your kitten eats like you would monitor a small child.
Bad Foods:
Iams
Science Diet
Royal Canin
Eukanuba
9 Lives
Friskies
Whiskas
Nutro
Fancy Feast
Good Foods:
Innova
Blue Buffalo
Halo
Before Grain
Merrick
Wellness
Felidae
Things you don't want in a Cat Food:
Corn
Gluten
Wheat
Brewers Rice/Grain
Dyes
Preservatives/ BHA or BHT
By Products
Digest
those are all cheap fillers
Cats are carnivores. Even if Science Diet boasts 'Chicken or Fish #1 ingredient' like some companies do, it goes by weight. So the next 6 ingredients could be fillers, and they will end up outweighing the actual meat!
What is the most unusual food you have ever eaten?
I have eaten some unusual foods such as zebra (which tasted very strong), shark (not very nice), kangaroo (nice and tender) but probably the most unusual food I have eaten is gannet. These sea birds are caught, de-feathered and salted. They look a bit like a dirty dishcloth and smell really bad when cooking but they taste OK.
So, what unusual food have you eaten and what did it taste like?|||At a barbeque in Kenya, we had zebra, hippo, crocodile, implala, ostrich, snake, barracuda, sailfish....and in Egypt, we had chargrilled scorpion.|||kalamari.|||snails were slimy and horrid i kept reminding myself what i eat that i eventually was sick !!!!|||metal|||Aloe vera worms. When they yank out the aloe vera, under, there are a lot of worms. Well, I took them home, put them on a frying pan, and let them fry. Then, I took a tortilla and ate them in a taco. Yummy!!!|||mini snails in there shell flavoured with lemon and you pick them out with a tooth pic, its ok
Also: there is an iraqi dish which consists of
sheep brain puree, sheep cheeks, sheep tounge, sheep foot and other parts cooked in a way that makes the meat like gelatine|||I don't eat 'unusual food' ;-)|||Windolene.
It was so pink and I was sure it would taste of strawberry icing.|||Ant and Dec's testicles. One from each. Tasted the same.|||scorpion ice lolly
had a stingy flavour lol|||When I wasn't veggie I used to eat snails.|||Anglo-Saxon food, my dear. That was really horrible, but the most important thing is with whom you sit around the fire.|||I have eaten frogs legs when i went to France . It tasted like chicken but the fact that it was frogs legs made it sound disguisting .|||Probably, well i have no idea what its called, but it was like this gunkish stuff rapped in a grape leave. It was a project of someones and they passed it around for people to try, and yea i tried it, It was sooooo grossss.|||I'm Chinese, so we have a lot of weird stuff (no, not dog or cat or anything), but pork blood, tripe, shark-head soup.|||neckbones with beans YUCK don't know what animal I think a Chicken but I don't know they were nasty|||Calf Brains...yuck!!|||goats brain and cows tounge.|||Cat.
It tasted like sweet beef.|||Grilled pig anus. Tastes like it sounds. Not good.|||Alligator...When we were in America. It just tasted like gristle! Yuk!|||when i was in aberdeen i had some barn owl stew
not much different to chicken stew really|||BBQ eel sushi. Tasted kinda fishy.|||my toe skin.
i usually bite my big toe's skin off, i mean the thick part. it doesnt hurt and feels nice to chew on.
otherwise i've eaten impala, it's really good.|||Jellyfish at a works banquet in Japan. Odd taste, disgusting texture, no idea why anyone would choose to eat it either.|||Chocolate cover grasshopper and it was really good.|||snails sorry :(|||fried shark at a grocery store sampling table!
nasty!!|||i do believe the weirdest thing i've eaten was pig brains
and i can still remember that taste
YUCK|||ummmmmm a persian food called "fesenjoon"!!! the color was brown and it was made of walnuts, pomegranate, chicken, and it looked just nasty.... it tasted GREAT though it's my fave food now..... it was sweet and sour and very soft.
here's a link to what it looks like
http://www.farhangsara.com/food/fesenjan鈥?/a>|||Duck and shaved leaks in northern France. It was very strange and not all that appetising. Don't think I Would have it again. In that same epoque, I also ate fried pike and this was a strange and singular foodstuff in that it didn't have any taste at all. It was like eating cardboard with cream.
So, what unusual food have you eaten and what did it taste like?|||At a barbeque in Kenya, we had zebra, hippo, crocodile, implala, ostrich, snake, barracuda, sailfish....and in Egypt, we had chargrilled scorpion.|||kalamari.|||snails were slimy and horrid i kept reminding myself what i eat that i eventually was sick !!!!|||metal|||Aloe vera worms. When they yank out the aloe vera, under, there are a lot of worms. Well, I took them home, put them on a frying pan, and let them fry. Then, I took a tortilla and ate them in a taco. Yummy!!!|||mini snails in there shell flavoured with lemon and you pick them out with a tooth pic, its ok
Also: there is an iraqi dish which consists of
sheep brain puree, sheep cheeks, sheep tounge, sheep foot and other parts cooked in a way that makes the meat like gelatine|||I don't eat 'unusual food' ;-)|||Windolene.
It was so pink and I was sure it would taste of strawberry icing.|||Ant and Dec's testicles. One from each. Tasted the same.|||scorpion ice lolly
had a stingy flavour lol|||When I wasn't veggie I used to eat snails.|||Anglo-Saxon food, my dear. That was really horrible, but the most important thing is with whom you sit around the fire.|||I have eaten frogs legs when i went to France . It tasted like chicken but the fact that it was frogs legs made it sound disguisting .|||Probably, well i have no idea what its called, but it was like this gunkish stuff rapped in a grape leave. It was a project of someones and they passed it around for people to try, and yea i tried it, It was sooooo grossss.|||I'm Chinese, so we have a lot of weird stuff (no, not dog or cat or anything), but pork blood, tripe, shark-head soup.|||neckbones with beans YUCK don't know what animal I think a Chicken but I don't know they were nasty|||Calf Brains...yuck!!|||goats brain and cows tounge.|||Cat.
It tasted like sweet beef.|||Grilled pig anus. Tastes like it sounds. Not good.|||Alligator...When we were in America. It just tasted like gristle! Yuk!|||when i was in aberdeen i had some barn owl stew
not much different to chicken stew really|||BBQ eel sushi. Tasted kinda fishy.|||my toe skin.
i usually bite my big toe's skin off, i mean the thick part. it doesnt hurt and feels nice to chew on.
otherwise i've eaten impala, it's really good.|||Jellyfish at a works banquet in Japan. Odd taste, disgusting texture, no idea why anyone would choose to eat it either.|||Chocolate cover grasshopper and it was really good.|||snails sorry :(|||fried shark at a grocery store sampling table!
nasty!!|||i do believe the weirdest thing i've eaten was pig brains
and i can still remember that taste
YUCK|||ummmmmm a persian food called "fesenjoon"!!! the color was brown and it was made of walnuts, pomegranate, chicken, and it looked just nasty.... it tasted GREAT though it's my fave food now..... it was sweet and sour and very soft.
here's a link to what it looks like
http://www.farhangsara.com/food/fesenjan鈥?/a>|||Duck and shaved leaks in northern France. It was very strange and not all that appetising. Don't think I Would have it again. In that same epoque, I also ate fried pike and this was a strange and singular foodstuff in that it didn't have any taste at all. It was like eating cardboard with cream.
What chain restaurants will donate food for events with good causes?
I'm having a dinner/dance to benefit needy children and I am trying to get as much donated as I can. I am getting volunteer entertainment (I already have performers). I am hoping to get a volunteer DJ. I'm trying to come up with food.
I know that olive garden will donate pasta, but I don't know if they can provide enough food. I'm trying to come up with a few options. What other chains will donate food for charity fundraising events?|||depends, many just wait for you to call. Sometimes you have to talk them into it. I would think any normal decent resturant would be able to help you out.|||Friday's will give away stuff.|||Albertsons and Fred Meyer grocery stores are excellent places to check.|||I use to work at Panera and they would give there food away for things like this. Check there website. I'm guessing its Panera.com|||McDonalds is known for its generosity in helping out charitable causes. Most restaurants, even those such as Chile's and Applebees are often willing to donate. They know that the recipients of those meals will see their logo and may visit their restaurant because of it.
I know that olive garden will donate pasta, but I don't know if they can provide enough food. I'm trying to come up with a few options. What other chains will donate food for charity fundraising events?|||depends, many just wait for you to call. Sometimes you have to talk them into it. I would think any normal decent resturant would be able to help you out.|||Friday's will give away stuff.|||Albertsons and Fred Meyer grocery stores are excellent places to check.|||I use to work at Panera and they would give there food away for things like this. Check there website. I'm guessing its Panera.com|||McDonalds is known for its generosity in helping out charitable causes. Most restaurants, even those such as Chile's and Applebees are often willing to donate. They know that the recipients of those meals will see their logo and may visit their restaurant because of it.
What type of food should I feed a new siberian puppy from childhood to adulthood?
I have heard that for feeding your siberian husky that you shouldn't trust commercial dog food such as pedgree and other's. That it is better to feed them raw steak and eggs, or raw eggs and chicken breast's. Is this true and should the chicken be stripped of the bones and just the meat to insure that the dog doesn't choke. Also when the pup is young and fresh from the breeder what should i feed him for how long, until he is ready for the transition of food?|||hmmm|||I have a friend who has a dog like yours and she just feeds her dog food ask a pet shop to be sure or Research the issue on the net feeding your dog human food might be too rich for your dog .
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