Feeding your Ragdoll

Know the ingredients of your cats food...

It is so common for people to think that the most advertized pet foods are quite simply the best. However, this is all too often the furthest thing from the truth. It seems that no matter what the reason, some of the most popular pet food brands are the foods that are far over priced for the quality that they actually hold. Too many people don't even take the time of day to read the labels of the food they buy! It is by this method that people end up feeding their pets food full of grains, by-products and even harmful chemicals such as BHA and BHT.

Many of these poor quality pet food brands label their foods with statements such as "Veterinarian Reccomended", yet by taking the time to read and do some basic research on the ingredients of such food you may find yourself questionning the validity of that statement. With some research you can usually find that it is more about the "monetary tie" that some veterinarians have with these foods. For whatever reason, consumers are largely left in the dark about what is in their pets food and are often misled by these false statements that are all over even the least quality of pet food products.

Another gimmic that has been around for some time now and still seems to be fooling some people is the "Breed Specific Diets" indicating that a Ragdolls diet may somehow vary from that of a Maine Coon. All cats should be fed a high protein, low carbohydrate food because, quite simply put, all cats are carnivores. It is also important to take other things such as whether harmful chemicals have been used into consideration.

DO NOT JUST READ LABELS! It is important that you don't just read a label that reads "Natural" or "Veterinarian Reccomended" and decide that this is the food you will feed your beloved pet, take the time to turn it over and read through the ingredients. Seeing things such as corn (also now being called maize in order to trick people), by products, rice, wheat, barley or any other carbohydrates in large amounts should be regarded skeptically. These are all cheap ingredients that save money in the processing plants.

Remember that the ingredients listed on labels is listed by descending weight proportions. So, it is always good to see meat products listed first.

What we feed our Ragdolls

We feed only high quality, grain free food...