What affects us affects cats
The domestic cat’s digestive organs quite closely resemble those of humans. Working backwards they are the rectum, large intestine (colon), small intestine, duodenum, stomach, oesophagus and the mouth. One difference between humans and cats with respect to their digestive systems is that food stays in the mouth of a cat for a much shorter …
I think that some of the advice on the Internet may be less than wise. I have doubts whether it is sensible for domestic cats to eat the sort of bones that are commonly available to cat owners. We have to go back to the wild to answer the question. In the wild, the …
Yes, you can feed your cat homemade food but you must do your homework to ensure that the food is balanced and contains the required nutrients that cats demand as strict carnivores. You should, really, consult your veterinarian, although I can see the reluctance to do it. This is the weakness of preparing homemade …
When you read about feline IBD it almost seems like an enigma wrapped in a riddle for its complexity. It is often idiopathic – the cause is unknown. If the cause is unknown the cause can’t be removed. The cat has to receive immune-suppressive drugs with side effects. This is a second best solution. …
The cause of thiamin (or thiamine) deficiency in cats is a lack of sufficient quantities of thiamin in a domestic cat’s diet. Why is there a lack of thiamin? That’s the real question. Thiamin is labile “Labile” means liable to change; easily altered. In other words, although thiamin is present in both animal and …
I am not referring to my cat but a statement made by people using the Google search engine when looking for reasons why it happens. There are two ways of looking at this, one is positive and the other is negative. Positive If your cat always wants to eat your food one reason must …
In truth this is a non-news story because it is stating the obvious. There is nothing special about the flesh of a dead human over that of animals because we are animals anatomically speaking. Metro.co.uk reports that researchers at the Colorado Mesa University’s Forensic Investigation Research Station put the bodies of 40 deceased individuals …
If you want to know what to feed captive wild cats you can do a lot worse than reading Big Cat Rescue’s articles on this subject. They have become experts through trial and error over many years. Whether you like BCR or not – and I like them – they are very impressive in …
