Daily Cat Tip

Dry cat foods are like kitty crack by Tracie Hotchner, author of The Cat Bible

This is what I call any and all dry cat foods because they are sprayed with an addictive substance - what the pet food industry calls the "proprietary substance" (also known as the "secret sauce") since a cat will not naturally eat either form or substance of dry food or! kibble. Carbohydrates are not natural to the cat's digestive system in anything but the smallest amounts - for example, the undigested grain and plant matter that would be in the stomachs of rodents or birds a cat would feed on if she was fending for herself in nature. In order to get a meat-eating animal to accept hard nuggets of processed cereal grains it has to be sprayed with a substance they will be drawn to and then become "hooked" on. Pet food companies spend millions testing their foods and developing their own closely guarded "secret sauces." Radio show host and pet expert Tracie Hotchner is the author of The Dog Bible and The Cat Bible. Click here to follow her on Twitter.