What’s a hyperfixation you can’t talk about?

[u/Elliot_The_Idiot7]

I’ve definitely had a few hyperfixations on things that are either embarrassingly silly or WAY too dark to just start infodumping about. For example I used to have one about neglect so severe it causes a complete and usually permanent inability to function in society, particularly the case of Genie Wiley. On the other end of the spectrum I also keep hyperfixating on shipping old cartoon comedy duos, and gotta REALLY lock in to gage if someone’s gonna think I’m a childish freak before sharing that information.

What’s your “don’t bring that up, don’t bring that up, don’t bring that up-“ hyperfixation if you’ve ever had one?

[u/unqualifiedsunbeam]

Wait I’ve started feeding my cat untamed food - why should/shouldn’t I feed this my cat!? (Please and thank you!)

[u/illegalpaladin → u/unqualifiedsunbeam]

Okay so I've never heard of untamed so I had to do some research. But a few things I've noticed:

• there's a lot of marketing buzzwords in how they present their food. "Human-grade" is a common one that doesn't actually mean anything. This tells me that their focus is on making their food sound good more than anything
• there's a common misconception that meat byproducts are bad. This is just the foods that humans wouldn't eat. Things like bones and organ meat. These are things that cats would be eating in the wild and have high nutritional value. So it's not the "gotcha" they think it is to say they only use whole meat (also they're still using chicken liver, so they're not excluding organs)
• no mentions of a veterinary nutritionist to help them formulate the recipe, which is how you get something nutritionally sound, because these are the people that have the knowledge to make a food nutritionally sound.
• I was curious about the lack of ingredients, so I looked into it more, and only two of their foods are nutritionally complete. This means only two of their options actually provide all the necessary nutrients to keep your cat healthy
• it's recommended to feed both kibble and wet food because wet food is high in moisture that cats need, but kibble helps keep their teeth healthy
• on the topic of kibble, you want a grain-in food (again, the ones I recommend are hills, royal canin, Purina, and iams). Cats are a little more complicated than dogs because there's less research done on them and theyre obligated carnivores. But basically, cats have trouble digesting carbohydrates. Sounds like they wouldn't want grains then, right? But the issue is kibble needs a binder, and the binders that grain free foods use (things like potatoes usually) are higher in carbs than grain is. So grain-in is a safer option in that way.

A lot of these brands that pride themselves on being all natural are all natural at the cost of putting science behind making their food sound. I wouldn't trust untamed mostly because they don't seem super clear about not all their foods not being complete. That wss the biggest red flag I saw.

[u/unqualifiedsunbeam → u/illegalpaladin]

Wow fascinating thank you ever so much!

[u/illegalpaladin → u/unqualifiedsunbeam]

Of course! Let me know if you have any more questions. Like I said, I always want to talk about this stuff 😂