Thread: Stupid question about frequent diarrhea

Originally Posted by Tivicoons

Why are you feeding Whiskas? It is made with animal derivatives, and that can mean the remains of other peoples pets!!! Derivatives do not mean offal, it is a balnket term used by pet food manufactureres to describe things that no sane person would feed their pet, like the remains of dogs and cats that have been 'put down' by vets and taken away for disposal! Look it up on the web if your stomach is up to it. Only feed food that has a meat content and it doesn't have to be too high, my MC's can't stomache the really high 'yes you can eat it and yes I have naturally tasted it' food for long without getting the squirts. Our cats are Royal Canin babies so far with no problems at all, please look at the labels, go-cat and the like are muck!

Not sure where you have your information from but I for one find it a bit upsetting your suggesting pets are used in pet food Unless new research has been published, the whole claims about animals in pet food surfaced in the US in the 1990s. There was a study done in 2000 or so which looked for cat and dog dna in pet food and found none.

Animal derivatives is indeed a blanket term referring to animal parts that are not used for human consumption, which can mean intestines, brains, eyes, blood, bone, other offal, etc etc. It really depends on the manufacturer and what of those they use.

Cats and dogs cannot just live of nice cuts of meat alone, they ideally also need the grizzly bit.

If you do have proof of your claim please do post a link to it.