{"id":2600,"date":"2018-04-04T06:46:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2600"},"modified":"2018-04-04T06:46:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T14:46:27","slug":"wild-and-sometimes-crazy-wednesday-feeding-mistakes-we-make-with-our-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2600","title":{"rendered":"Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday \u2013 Feeding Mistakes We Make With Our Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2394\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2394\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lilycandle-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lilycandle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lilycandle-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/lilycandle.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lily with battery-operated candle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>First, an apology. A fourteen hour power outage prevented me from posting this in a more timely fashion. In Ojai, especially after a good rain, trees fall and that\u2019s what happened in our neighborhood yesterday afternoon. We got power back about an hour ago.<\/p>\n<p>Second, an announcement. Michele at Miki\u2019s Hope has posted a review of <strong><em>Secrets, Trickery, and Meows<\/em><\/strong>. If you haven\u2019t already seen it on Amazon or Good Reads, check it out here at Michele\u2019s site: Yup, I got the hoped for reaction from Michele\u2014she can\u2019t wait to read the rest of the story in Book 28, <em><strong>The ImPAWssible Mission.<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mikishope.com\/2018\/04\/book-review-secrets-trickery-and-meows.html\">http:\/\/www.mikishope.com\/2018\/04\/book-review-secrets-trickery-and-meows.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now for the Topic of the Day<\/p>\n<p>What are some of the feeding mistakes we make with our cats? Here are a few:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We feed too much.<\/li>\n<li>We feed only dry food. (Gosh that was convenient, though.)<\/li>\n<li>Some people make their cat\u2019s food without knowledge of cat nutrition.<\/li>\n<li>We sometimes don\u2019t provide enough water for our cats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here\u2019s a site designed to educate people on the best way to feed a cat. <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1945\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rookieWater-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rookieWater-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rookieWater-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rookieWater.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pets.webmd.com\/cats\/guide\/mistakes-people-make-feeding-cats#1\">https:\/\/pets.webmd.com\/cats\/guide\/mistakes-people-make-feeding-cats#1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another site explaining why dry food, even prescription dry food, can be bad for your cat.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catinfo.org\/docs\/Feeding%20Your%20Cat%20-%204%20pages%2011-13.pdf\">http:\/\/catinfo.org\/docs\/Feeding%20Your%20Cat%20-%204%20pages%2011-13.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, an apology. A fourteen hour power outage prevented me from posting this in a more timely fashion. In Ojai, especially after a good rain, trees fall and that\u2019s what happened in our neighborhood yesterday afternoon. We got power back &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=2600\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2601,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2600\/revisions\/2601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}