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Nature's Variety

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Tyrone

Hello Word!		 
 
Purred: Mon Nov 29, '10 1:03am PST 
My kitties are currently eating ONPS freeze-dried raw, but I am wanting to switch to Nature's Variety raw. Is this an okay diet? Would I switch them cold turkey or gradually? Please tell me what you think of NV! Here are the ingredients and other stats about the chicken, which is what I want to buy to try.

Ingredients - Chicken, Raw Ground Chicken Bone, Turkey, Turkey Liver, Turkey Heart, Apples, Carrots, Butternut Squash, Ground Flaxseeds, Montmorillonite Clay, Chicken Eggs, Broccoli, Lettuce, Spinach, Dried Kelp, Apple Cider Vinegar, Parsley, Honey, Salmon Oil, Olive Oil, Blueberries, Alfalfa Sprouts, Persimmons, Duck Eggs, Pheasant Eggs, Quail Eggs, Inulin, Rosemary, Sage, Clove


Calories - 65 per oz


Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein (min) 13.0%
Crude Fat (min) 6.0%
Crude Fiber (max) 2.0%
Moisture (max) 68.0%


Other Nutritional Data
Carbohydrates 2.05%
Linoleic Acid (Omega 6) 0.999%
Linolenic Acid (Omega 3) 0.249%
Arachidonic Acid 0.115%


Vitamins
Vitamin A 12161.55 IU/kg
Thiamin 1.60 mg/kg
Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) 2.39 mg/kg
Niacin (Vitamin B3) 36.54 mg/kg
Pantothenic Acid 10.12 mg/kg
Pyridoxine (Vitamin B6) 2.02 mg/kg
Folate 408.85 mg/kg
Vitamin B12 0.03 mg/kg
Vitamin D 240.00 IU/kg
Vitamin E 9.60 IU/kg


Minerals
Calcium 0.320%
Copper 1.60 mg/kg
Iron 145.04 mg/kg
Magnesium 0.026%
Manganese 2.40 mg/kg
Phosphorus 0.256%
Potassium 0.192%
Selenium 0.127 mg/kg
Sodium 0.067%
Zinc 24.00 mg/kg


Amino Acids
Arginine 0.802%
Cystine 0.352%
Histidine 0.322%
Isoleucine 0.557%
Leucine 0.867%
Lysine 0.929%
Methionine 0.300%
Phenylalanine 0.467%
Threonine 0.490%
Tyrosine 0.375%
Tryptophan 0.129%
Valine 0.589%
Taurine 0.064%
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Finnegan- (Finney)

I am a- CARNIVORE! Not a- Cornivore!
 
 
Purred: Mon Nov 29, '10 7:18am PST 
NV is fine, but switch gradually. You can try to swap out the other one for NV during one of the scheduled meals and see what the reaction is. But even then, you want to avoid too drastic of a change in food all at once.
http://ibdkitties.net/switchingfoods.html
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Merlin - An Angel- Forever

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Purred: Mon Nov 29, '10 9:27am PST 
Nature's Variety is a good brand way to go There are two chicken formulas, a "regular" chicken and an organic chicken. Both are the same, just a different source of chicken.

Some pet stores have sample bags of Nature's Variety raw. Ask at your local pet store. A sample bag contains 12 nuggets. Human got one in beef and the store also had it in both chicken formulas. The pet store Human went to didn't charge for the sample bag big grin
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Verlaine

Miss Fote O.- Jenik		 
 
Purred: Sat Dec 4, '10 2:16pm PST 
NV is greatway to go We feed it to the dog, and will hopefully (with my aunt's permission) switch Verlaine to it as well.

It's one of the more affordable premade raw diets, and so far it's been really, really awesome.
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