Is this OK for a 'sometimes' treat?

[badgerpup]

Trying to change my eating habits...got some of Costco's Organic Raisin Bran for when the munchies attack. It's really rather good as a dry snack. :9

Left it unattended while I was doing something else and hear crunch crunch crunch.
This is not a good thing to hear when you've left something edible sitting all by itself...:yoiks:

D'Artagnan had his furry little face in the dish and was snarfing down the dry bran chips with apparently great enjoyment.
I checked the ingredients immediately...wheat, wheat bran, barley, molasses...no corn or soy.

Would it be OK for him to have this as a 'treat' every so now and then?


This young cat is weird...he likes bread (ciabatta, focaccia, sourdough) but I don't give him very much...just a small piece (first joint of thumb-size) when I'm having something involving bread.

He's not quite the gourmand that MacFeegle was- Feegle never met a snack he didn't like...
but D'Artagnan certainly seems open to new experiences. :bounce:

Wonder if there's any way to get him on the Iron Chef America judge's panel... :crazy:

[Warpy]

1. I can't think of anything particularly wrong with it

if he doesn't puke it up. He might just want some fiber in his diet. I had a cat years ago who loved raisins, a treat I reserved for very special occasions.

Cats generally nosh on grass when they want some fiber, then puke up about half of it.

Just stay away from onion and garlic. They destroy feline red blood cells.

[badgerpup]

2. I've seen my guys with grass...

They'll choose a particular blade of grass with all the apparent expertise of a connoisseur.
Starting at the top, they will then carefully chew up and down the length of the stem, leaving it in place.

I can always tell if my cats have been at a patch of grass...the longer blades will be all crinkled and raggedy-looking.

Of course, sometimes I'll hear the dreaded *hork hork hork SKAWIK* that translates as "Cat barfing, watch your step while you come clean it up"...and find a few stems of grass...along with a LOT of fur in the ejecta.
Think they use the grass as an agent to help get rid of the fur.
Smart kids...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. The cereal is OK but DON'T let him eat the raisins!

Raisins are toxic for cats and dogs.

http://www.wisegeek.com/which-foods-are-toxic-to-cats-and-dogs.htm

[badgerpup]

5. Thanks for the linky!

I knew about the chocolate (and am thus able to resist importunings and demands...
"No, you can NOT haz. Your little liver cannot process this. Now bugger off or I'll get the squirt bottle") but I didn't know tomatoes were bad for them as well!

[glinda]

4. No. I suspect it will catch up with him. He likes the sound. Find something healthier and crunchier.