Archive for October 7th, 2008

random stuff from around the net

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

One of the cool things we do here is recap a bunch of really cool and random stuff we find from all over the internet so with that in mind I bring to you the some of the cool things I’ve taken note of over the past week or so.

1. First up is a guy named Justin D. Justin is a curious guy–he decides that he wants to become a police sheriff…well how does one go about becoming a police sheriff? He wants to figure that out too, so he goes and writes a blog about learning how to become a sheriff. I think Justin is just learning the ropes of blogging (on a blogger.com blog lol) so please go easy on him if you choose to criticize.

2. Next up is a little blogger network that I stumbled across when I was doing some research for my wife. We recently had a kid and she wanted to get rid of her stretch marks. So I did a little Google search and suddenly what happens? I find this little blogger blog that shows people how to get rid of stretch marks and as a result we’ve subscribed so that we can see when new info comes out.

3. Lastly is a little bit on hip hop. I recently started reading about how to make hip hop beats and stumbled across this site–hip hop beats for sale you might find it interesting if you like rap!

Cats Are Carnivores

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Cats are carnivores. They are designed to eat meat and to thrive on a wide variety of small prey animals, eaten fresh and whole. Their natural diet is high in water and protein, with a moderate amount of fat, and a very low percentage of carbohydrate.

Dry cat food is high in grain.

A diet of dry food is high in carbohydrate, between 35 and 50 percent. “Diet” and “Lite” foods have even more.

Dry food contains almost no water. Dry cat food is convenient to feed, and relatively inexpensive, but it’s the opposite of the natural diet of cats. Cats have no dietary need for any carbohydrate.

Cats need to get water from their food.

Cats are descended from feline desert dwellers. They couldn’t stroll over to the watering hole for a drink, and cat tongues are not very well designed for drinking water.

Cats are adapted to obtain most of their water from their prey, which contains more than 75 percent water. Cats who eat dry food consume only half the water they need, compared to those that eat wet food, and live in a state of chronic dehydration.

The most common health problem of cats are related to diet and obesity. Since cats are designed for a high-protein, moderate-fat, low-carbohydrate diet, it is not surprising that obesity is often seen in cats. Diet cat foods have even more carbohydrate than regular ones, and less fat, so they depart even further from the natural diet of cats, making it harder for them to lose weight.