One of my cats absolutely loves this food, though I know that it isn't really good to feed on a daily basis (it still has menadione).  About being manufactured in Thailand - well, that does not really bother me too much.  I acquired my cat while I was studying in Manila and for the first 5 years of his life, was fed mostly "people food" - tuna, mackarel, salmon, sardines in cans made in Asia (not China).  Never had a problem. 

Solid Gold Blended Tuna canned cat food is my Kaffe's "comfort food."  It is quite high in calories so I give it to him only as a sometime treat or when he is having one of his rolling skin episodes.  He absolutely love this stuff.  It is also nice that thise food seems to have been minimally processed as seen by the large chunks of real tuna in it - just like people tuna, you know.  I wouldn't feed it day in day out though.  A big negative is the presence of menadione.  Called Solid Gold about that and their nutritionist told me that they will be removing the offensive ingredient just as soon as the find a suitable replacement.  I asked, "What about vitamin K or K1?  Other pet foods use that now."  She just said that they ARE looking into that now. 

I read some good things about NV Prairie raw so decided to buy a bag of raw rabbit medallions for my two cats.  I have been mixing a little of it into their normal canned food.  Both cats eat it, but they don;t seem to be too enthusiastic about it.  Bu then again, they are like this with most new foods I offer - they eat it like good little boys, but with a air of uncertainty, if you know what I mean. 

Anyway, for anyone who has tried this raw food (rabbit medallions), is it normal to find tiny peices of ground bone in it and for the meat itself to look as if it were slightly cooked - or is that the effect of the vinegar cider?  Also, is rabbit meat truly this strong smelling (like game meat)?

The reason I am prowling and reading various bloggs is becuase I want to see anecdotal reports from pet guardians themselves about their first hand experiences with this or that pet food, this or that vitamin supplement, etc.  It is from these anecdotal reports that we (I anyway), get the first intimations that something may not be quite right with this or that pet food, supplement, toy, etc.  I WILL NOT wait for the Official admissions of pet food manufacturers that something is amiss with their products... it may be too late for my furkids.  Menu Foods sat on the recall for 3 weeks while they waited for their accredited lab technicians and nutritionists and several dead cats to verify that INDEED the complaints and reports they recieved from grief-stricken pet parents were TRUE - Pet parents with no other credentials than that they LOVE their pets and they KNOW something is wrong and have connected the dots to tainted pet food.


You know what I'm saying?

I have long suspected that a dry kibble diet is inappropriate for cats who are obligate carnivores and who are known to be lazy water drinkers. Dry cat food, no matter how good the quality, is amost always packed with grains and un-needed carbohydrates that are not bio-available to a feline. Many cats fed on a dry food only diet are almost always somewhat dehydrated and at risk of developing kidney and bladder stones. I really beleive that a dry food only diet is why we see so many cats now that are over-weight, have sensitive tummies, have various allergies, develop UTI's and crystals in bladder and kidney...

Don't get me wrong - I do feed my cats dry kibble - but only as a treat becuase the younger cat enjoys the kibble so and I am not so heartless as to deprove him of this simple pleasure. The hype about dry cat food preventing tartar and teeth issues in cats? That's a load of humbug. Fact is, dry cat food only MINIMALLY if that, help tartar build up becuase dry kibble disintigrates very fast in a cat's mouth to be any real help at all. The mainstay of my cats' diet is wet, protein rich, grain free cat food - home-prepared and in cans. The young one gets no more than 1/2 cup of dry kibble a day (if that). 

I have lost a beloved cat from feeding him an all-dry diet.  That was back in 1994 when I knew next to nothing about cat nutrition.  NEVER again... so I am educating myself continuously.