I saw an interesting little news tidbit this weekend, stuff You may all know,    
   but I did not. Haven't had cats in years. But still love em.   
      
   The story was about cat feeding. It said a cat will eat until it satifies    
   it's nutritional needs, not just it's need to satiate hunger. The example    
   they gave was that one should not skimp on food cost, as it could affect the    
   cat and how much it eats. In other words, feeding a cat a more expensive food    
   containing more meat than veggie or grain fillers is better than feeding them    
   one containing these products. A food should definitely be more than half,    
   protein. It also should contain Taurine which cats need to digest the    
   protein. So a cat will eat a lot more food with filler, than it would a    
   quality food that is mostly protein. This is why, the reporter claims cats    
   get fat, as they eat more to take care of their nutritional needs. So if a    
   kibble is less protein, The cat will eat more, which brings on more calories    
   and still will not give the basic protein that they use most readily. They    
   said read the label and make sure more than half protein and added taurine is    
   the best food for a cat and their metabolisms. I found that interesting. I    
   mean I knew they liked meat, but did not know they could get most benefit by    
   eating meat. I also did not know if the internal ability to realize just how    
   much they need to eat to fulfill their Nutritional Needs.   
      
   Just some worthless information, I found interesting. FWIW   
      
   Mike   
      
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