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Wow, just wow. I can confirm that our star dieter has just been seen in the neighbour's yard stealing Tito's crunchy food! Shameful, Homer. No wonder your poo still smells bad! For a year now I've been protecting my clan from the temper tantrums of their orange and white cat neighbour, only to discover that Homer has had his own revenge. On one hand I'm proud of him for overcoming his fear and realizing that, after all, he is at least twice the size of Tito. On the other hand this is slightly annoying as I'm trying to get all the cats eating non-junk food. I know very well that Homer, Minnie Mew and Aladdin have all been catching and eating geckos outside, but hey, that fits pretty perfectly into the all-meat thing anyway. Why am I so concerned, you might ask? Good question. Processed cat foods (and dog foods) are made with an astounding list of ingredients that generally starts with "meat by-product meal" and ends with a vitamin slurry. Meat by-products are the non-saleable parts of slaughtered animals, basically anything from hooves and intestines to lungs and tumours. Processing plants throw this into vats and boil it for hours or days, then bulk it up with vegetable proteins and carbohydrates. Yum! You can learn more about processed pet foods from veterinarian Jean Hofve. Over-processed foods aren't good for us, and they don't seem to be any good for our pets either. Don't get me wrong, I know the value of junk food! But I think we can all agree that junk food shouldn't make up the core of our diet. Homie scavenged a treat from his nemesis and that probably made him feel pretty good about himself. But his dinner is chicken and liver and that will make me feel pretty good about myself!
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