Expert Advice on Cat Health, Nutrition and Lifestyle.
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Feeding your cat a species-appropriate diet is the most important thing you can do for her lifelong health. You can’t control your cat’s genetics, but you can control what you feed. While cat food manufacturers would have you believe that different feline lifestages require different diets, the truth is that a cat’s dietary needs don’t change all that much over the course of her life.Continue Reading
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A raw diet is one of the best ways to fulfill cats’ nutritional requirements. There are numerous benefits from feeding a raw diet, including improved digestion, reduced stool odor and volume, increased energy, ability to maintain ideal weight, better dental health, and better urinary tract health.Continue Reading
Veterinary diets, also known as therapeutic diets or prescription diets, are formulated to address specific health issues in cats, such as obesity, kidney disease, or food allergies. Unfortunately, the way these diets are marketed are often misleading, and they may be a poor nutritional choice for your cat.Continue Reading
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If you’ve followed us for a while, you already know that we’re big fans of Darwin’s raw food. It’s Allegra’s favorite, and we like everything about this food. Today, I’d like to introduce you to a unique offering in the raw food market: Darwin’s Intelligent Design™, a raw diet for cats with kidney disease.Continue Reading
A raw diet is one of the best ways to fulfill cats’ nutritional requirements. There are numerous benefits from feeding a raw diet, including improved digestion, reduced stool odor and volume, increased energy, ability to maintain ideal weight, better dental health, and better urinary tract health.Continue Reading
There aren’t many things that are more worrisome for cat parents than a cat who won’t eat. Whether it’s because they’re sick or simply finicky eaters, inappetence in cats can become a potentially life-threatening problem if not addressed sooner rather than later.Continue Reading
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Taurine plays a crucial role in cats’ overall health and well-being. As obligate carnivores, cats rely on taurine-rich diets to meet their nutritional needs. Adequate taurine intake is essential for maintaining a healthy heart, good vision, and a robust immune system.Continue Reading
Mealtime for your cat should be a happy, relaxed experience. Making mealtime peaceful can be challenging in multicat households, especially if cats eat at different speeds or require different diets. Continue Reading
People adopt a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle for any number of reasons, some of them health related, others as a conscious choice to help the planet, or because of a genuine concern about animal rights. This lifestyle choice may present an ethical dilemma for cat parents who believe that their cats’ diet should reflect their human beliefs about the treatment of animals and an environmentally sustainable lifestyle. However, putting cats on a vegan diet is an irresponsible and potentially dangerous choice that puts their health at risk.Continue Reading
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I recently had a chance to e-chat with Michelle Hoffman, the founder and president of Milo’s Sanctuary, a non-profit 501(c)(3) founded on the belief that all cats deserve a second chance at life, especially those that have physical disabilities, are seniors, have a terminal illness, or have been abused and need someone to care for, love, and understand them. I was intrigued when Michelle told me that they feed raw at the sanctuary, and wanted to learn more.Continue Reading
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When it comes to feeding your cats, the less processed their food is, the better it is for their health. A raw diet is the least processed of all feline diets, and raw feeding is becoming more and more mainstream as cat parents look for alternatives to highly processed pet foods. I’ve been feeding raw for more than ten years, and have seen my cats thrive on it.Continue Reading