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Do you use the same brand for all your cat’s foods?
Canned wet cat food, dry cat food, and cat treats as well?
I had never thought about it, but Hill’s® Science Diet® makes a good point:
“…when pet food brands are mixed, it can throw off the precise balance of nutrition that Science Diet so carefully provides.”
They’ve been studying feline nutrition for many years to create the healthiest cat food for indoor cats and outdoor cats, and have created their foods to complement one another to provide a full balanced nutritious meal
for your cat. Feeding Science Diet brands of wet, dry, and treats
assures that your cat is getting complementary nutrition. This helps to
avoid undesired weight gain in your pet and high levels of certain minerals.
I read a fascinating story recently that had me shaking my head:
“Your cat is purring and kneading, telling you, “Hey! It’s time for my breakfast!
Cat’s need breakfast too! Why not start the morning by serving your cat a nice, tasty dish of wet cat food? You place her food in her dish, stir slightly, and serve! Your cat rubs your ankles and warms your toes!”
I started laughing hysterically! When does this happen? The gentle purring? Warming of my ankles?
This is my morning. Every Morning.
I am deeply, deeply asleep. I sleep heaviest early in the morning. An urgent meowing starts to creep into my dreams. It gets louder and louder, while moving closer. I crack an eye open and I know it’s not a dream, it’s Rascal demanding to be fed! The sun is not up yet, only a slight haze through the window, telling me I still have at least another hour, if not more before the kids are up.
I peek up at the clock, which shines brightly in the almost blackness of the room, to see that I am right. In fact it’s even earlier than I had suspected!
I roll over and shut my eyes, trying to drown out the ever louder meows, silently praying that they don’t wake either of the kids. I hear the dog get up, shake his jingling collar, scratch until I’m sure the house is shaking, and then jump noisily off of my son’s bed. Clicky-clack, his too loud nails echo on the hard wood floor of the kids’ room, and I pray harder that the sleepers will not be disturbed.
The meowing persists just outside my bedroom door (right in front of the kids’ door). If only Rascal would come all the way in so I could throw a pillow at him and he might shut up and run back downstairs! But, no, he is too smart for that. He remains at a safe distance and meows, and meows, and meows until my head aches and my ears are ringing.
I refuse to get up. I can be stubborn, too. I don’t want him to win and this become a habit. Don’t remind me it already is a regular habit!
Another meow joins in. More like a yowl. A caterwaul from downstairs, that echos up the stairway and seems to get louder as it reverberates through the hall. It’s enough to wake the neighbors! Max, the dog, bounds down the stairs, finding nothing more interesting than Rocco sitting on the table, and so bounds back up the stairs, collar jingling, paws thumping like drums up each step.
He flies onto my bed, bounces over to my face and sticks his cold nose under the covers I’m trying to pull tight over my head, but I’m too slow, and the chilly wet nose touches the tender skin just under my ear. Aack! But, I know if he wasn’t there, Rascal would have finally decided to come in and claw my chest or head as he forcefully kneeds right through the comforter. He has even been known to bite me until I give in and get out of bed.
The kids are up. They can’t sleep through the morning ruckus. One after the other, they come in my room and ask if I’m up and what’s for breakfast; not necessarily in that order. Sometimes pulling covers off of me at the same time, “Mooooom, get up!” Which allows the dog access to lick me everywhere he can find bare skin.
Ah, yes, the sweet relaxing mornings with furry, lovable pets. Why did I want pets again? And kids, too, for that matter..
Do you feed your cat breakfast, lunch, and dinner?
Two meals a day? One?
Hills suggests a meal plan such as this:
Enter to Win a Gift Basket Full of Goodies for Your Kitty!
20 lucky winners will receive a Hill’s® Science Diet® Gift basket that includes the following:
- Hill’s® Science Diet® Adult Grain-Free dry food – 2 lb bag
- Hill’s® Science Diet® wet food variety pack – 6 cans case
- Hill’s® Science Diet® Crunchy Creations™ Grain-Free with Chicken Treats
- Plus two more fun prizes!
It arrived today! I'm sharing with my feline friends. Thanks!
Wonderful!!
Great! hope they love it!
Yeah! The kitties will be very happy 🙂 Thanks!
Scylla is thrilled we won.
wonderful!
thank you so much for such an awesome giveaway
You're very welcome!
Very thoughtful article! 🙂 Our cats are very annoying at all times of the day… they're bottomless pits! XD
Yes, ours too, just especially in the a.m.!
i don't think i have instagram but i had everything else thanks for allowing me to enter
This is an awesome opportunity to try their products! Thanks!
Callie would love to win this!!!
It would be great to win this. I've been attempting to try different dry foods. Although my cat loves wet.
I'd love to win this, my cat goes nuts for these treats!
I feed my cat 2 meals a day ,breakfast and dinner. we never tried Hills SD but would love to ~ thanks for this pawsome giveaway!
@griswald60
WOuld love to win! My cats love them some grain free food.
Hi, I didn't know how else to comment on this giveaway since I don't have an account type needed to post so I'm doing it anonymously but this is Danielle F. 🙂
I feed my cat 2 meals a day – 1 breakfast and 1 dinner – dry food in the am and wet food in the pm. I am actually currently feeding my cat Hills Ideal Balance for his dry food – I really trust and like this brand. Great giveaway!
Yes, I can say without any doubt and hesitation that I am furry furry demanding – it's my purrogative as supurr feline to have my effury whim catered too! Smoochie is worse now he's on night patrol – he likes to wake effuryone up fur snacks and Dreamies at least 4 times a night! [Bad Smoochie] MOL
I would love to win this for my little kitty Kit Kat. We just got her a few months ago and I know she would love this 🙂
Entered! Hope to win
I get breakfast, lunch and dinner. I sometimes wake TW by biting her eye. I get different brands of food because if one gets recalled, then I still have a food I like and I'm used to. I don't like the grain free Science Diet but want to win it for my shelter.
My son feeds his cats Science Diet, and he can always use more food with 3 cats and a dog that he's rescued. And yes, they're as obnoxious as that with jumping up to where he's preparing their food.
Scylla is a pain in the neck, once she is up and ready to eat there is NO IGNORING HER!!! LOUD meows, scratching and biting until Mom gets up. I think I am sporting a scratch on my face as I didn't get up fast enough this morning. ~Alasandra
Haha! Lupetto sometimes is the same way but instead of meowing he scratches the door. I don't wake up for him though I let him wait… because I need my beauty sleep! lol!
great contest but mr picky only eats friskies. Oh frankie can be annoying to let me know he was feeling better yesterday he head butted me in my sleep and when I woke up demanded petting to where he turned on the purr motor to chance of going back to sleep after that at 3am thanks for the hop have a great day
What a great giveaway! Please enter us.
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We love Hill's Science Diet! I did not know that you are only supposed to feed 2x/day…..thanks for the awesome giveaway!
My babies love Hills! Thanks for the giveaway! Looks awesome!
This sounds like a great contest, Leah! Rascal sounds like he's, well, a rascal in the morning! Our cats start singing a song if we don't get up in time — especially Zoe and Moosey. Ha ha.
Oh,when does the contest start? Looks like a good one.
woops, starts tomorrow! Should have included that