Back in the Good Ole Days the cat food market was not what it is today. The market has become very commercialized in line with the profitable nature of the pet market generally. This is due to the inexorable rise in the number of pets kept by people (a testament to the benefits they …
Raw liver – photo reproduced under CC copyright podchef I can remember giving raw chicken kidneys to a wandering pregnant cat. She loved them. I adopted two of her litter. That was 20 years ago. I have since become more knowledgeable on the possible defects of a raw food diet for a cat. I …
This article concerns a study about dogs which I think is helpful to cat owners. Almost universally cat caregivers feed their cats with processed meat-based commercially prepared cat food. It’s either dry or wet but ultimately, it’s meat-based or fish-based. It is rarely plant-based although today there are commercially-prepared cat food products which are …
What would you do if your veterinarian called Animal Control to your home because of the food you were feeding your cats? This is the story of a woman in a small town on the west coast (unnamed for privacy concerns) who took her goat into her regular veterinarian for treatment and ended up …
There has been an increasing emphasis on the importance of feeding cats a well-balanced species appropriate diet. As a result, many kitty guardians have discovered the majority of the popular well-known brands of commercially prepared cat food are falling short of meeting their cats’ essential nutritional needs. In part these nutritional discrepancies are caused …
This page explains what is wrong with a raw, cat food diet, which is growing in popularity. There are many potential benefits for a cat on a raw diet, but this page deals with the problems and detriments. Note: raw meat diets are usually raw meat, bones, some vegetable material and supplements such as …
The modern consensus is that commercially produced cat food is alright but not ideal and the rise in convenient dry cat food is generally considered to be a step in the wrong direction from a strictly cat health viewpoint. Dr. Elizabeth M Hodgkins DVM, a vet and cat food expert, spells out some of …
by Sylvia Ann (Washington State USA) Last October little Ethel tested positive for FeLV, but has been in good health since her five-week illness two years ago. She’s exuberantly playful, has a rumbling purr, and a fur coat a film star would envy. Not until August has she been listless. Each of her two …
