For males its not an issue actually. They can move around after the operation as usual. Just don't bathe them for 10 days.

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Don't switch to Royal Canin. Just look at the ingredients list and you'll know that its all crap. Vets will recommend it because they're sponsored by the main company. That main company also sends these vets for training in nutrition and such which is biased towards their own product. Its akin to McDonalds sponsoring doctors to tell you that their food is good for your health.

Orijien will do fine in maintaining a good coat. Would be better if you can get them off kibble and on to wet/raw food.

As far as I know, the male procedure is not as major as female spaying, the stitches are also a lot less likely to break apart through normal activity. All vets so far have said the males can go around as usual, only females need to be restricted. That said, doesn't hurt to be safe.



Its not really that good. Here's the ingredient list from the website:

"dehydrated poultry meat, rice, animal fats, maize flour, maize gluten, vegetable fibres, vegetable protein isolate*, hydrolysed animal proteins, minerals, chicory pulp, fish oil, psyllium husks and seeds, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), borage oil, marigold extract (source of lutein). ADDITIVES (per kg): Nutritional additives: Vitamin A: 25100 IU, Vitamin D3: 800 IU, E1 (Iron): 41 mg, E2 (Iodine): 2.9 mg, E4 (Copper): 9 mg, E5 (Manganese): 54 mg, E6 (Zinc): 204 mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.1 mg, L-lysine: 15.9 g - Preservatives"
First item is protein, which is good. However 2nd item is rice which is bad. They also broke down maize flour and maize gluten which could easily be listed as "corn" (also bad) on other ingredients list. We don't know the actual composition, so for all you know, combined it may be more than the meat.

Compare that to orijien's ingredients:

"Boneless chicken,* chicken meal, chicken liver,* whole herring,* boneless turkey,* turkey meal, turkey liver,* whole eggs,* boneless walleye,* whole salmon,* chicken heart,* chicken cartilage,* herring meal, salmon meal, chicken liver oil, chicken fat, red lentils, green peas, green lentils, sun-cured alfalfa, kelp, pumpkin,* butternut squash,* spinach greens,* carrots,* apples,* pears,* cranberries,* mixed tocopherols (preservative), chicory root, dandelion root, chamomile, peppermint leaf, ginger root, caraway seeds, turmeric, rose hips, freeze-dried chicken liver, freeze-dried turkey liver, freeze-dried chicken, freeze-dried turkey, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product + vitamins and minerals"

Lots of meat which is what they need. Cats are obligate carnivores, they have very little capacity to properly process vegetables and grain. Which is why you're seeling a lot of pet food companies removing grains from their ingredients as consumers become smarter about their cat's required nutrition.

That said, as long as your cat likes the food and is healthy, there's no point in trying to change their diet.

Would be interested to see its ingredient list then.


Rice is good for energy, but it should not make the bulk of their diet. If they're fine then they are likely getting more protein elsewhere. Maybe hunting the local rodents/birds or running around enough to burn off the rice they eat. When people talk about healthy cats and cats that live long, I find that people have different definitions of what is "healthy" and what's a long life for a cat.

For example an indoor cat lives an average life span of 12-15 years, some even get up to 20. While many outdoor cats pass on around the age of 8-9. Many even less. So many cats don't even live long enough for dietary problems to come into effect. High carb food has been found to be the biggest factor in feline diabetes.


Cats will hide pain and sickness to the best they can. It can be hard to detect problems in cats. Not saying that you're wrong or that your cats are unhealthy, but just be aware that they are rather resilient creatures that don't like to show weakness. For example, a symptom of feline diabetes is increased thirst/urination. Unless you're monitoring this properly, you wouldn't know if the symptom even exists.

I'm a raw feeder Controlling what goes in is great, but the best part is the level of nutrition they get is pretty massive. When I transistioned my cat from wet to raw, her fur became silky smooth, incredible amount of energy, smaller poop that hardly smells, no odor in breath, etc.

Believe it or not, I'm in the same camp. As long as your cats are fine, continue what you're doing. Some people's cats do fine on whiskas, who am I to say anything about it.

However, when it comes to a discussion on actual nutrition for the cats, then I can say rice is not a good ingredient for them. Its mostly academic and up to the owners to make their choice. If your body can take it, you can be healthy on a diet of McDonalds, doesn't mean its good food though.


Balanced is indeed key, but what is balanced to humans is not the same with other animals.


If they were on kibble, then its common to get diarrhoea if you transitioned too quickly. The same can be said with almost any food change, it takes time for the gut to adjust, especially if making transition from food with vastly different textures.


Fur will shed, can't run away from that


Not necessarily bad, but not good either. What's important is composition, as long as grains and by products are in small quantities its often fine.

Cute kitty Bet he can't wait to get out to run around and cause mischief

We have one cat here on kibble, pure black cat as well. Her fur is soft and silky smooth. She is however gaining a lot of weight compared to the rest.


Nope, their breath is pretty much odourless. Raw meat is pretty "clean" in the sense that it doesn't have the tendency to stick to teeth and such, easy for them to use their tongues to clean any excess.

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