This post has actually been a work-in-progress for some time, but a phone call today pushed me to try and finish it. That phone call took place with the internal medicine specialist treating Studley. The specialist has diagnosed Studley with pancreatitis and IBD, based on an ultrasound performed Tuesday. Today he got back the results [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cat nutrition’
Vets and pet food
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged cat food, cat nutrition, cats, dry food, feline nutrition, IBD, pancreatitis, raw food on December 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Latifah
Posted in Chi-Town Fur Gang, tagged cat food, cat nutrition, hyperthyroidism, IBD, Latifah, stomatitis on January 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Latifah, aka Tifah, aka Teefie, aka Teefah da Teethless… a sweet sad little princess who wishes she had a home she didn’t have to share with other cats, and who’s life-long ambition is to hold the world record for most diseases/ailments in a single cat.
Latifah was found wandering the streets and admitted to the shelter [...]
The Taurine Theory
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged cat food, cat nutrition, cats, feline nutrition, IBD on January 18, 2008 | 17 Comments »
In my spare time, I often research feline nutrition – yes, I’m THAT much of a super geeky crazy cat lady.
Every so often, I run into an item of information that doesn’t make sense to me. What I love about what I understand about feline nutrition is it makes sense – it’s logical! An obligate [...]
Six reasons not to feed dry cat food
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged cat food, cat nutrition, feeding cats, feline nutrition on January 11, 2008 | 43 Comments »
Since I spent some time over my lunch hour talking to a lady about feline nutrition, I thought I’d post an easy one:
Six reasons not to feed dry cat food:
Diabetes: High carbohydrate diets can lead to diabetes mellitus. Dry food, even “low-carb” dry food, is naturally higher in carbohydrates than most canned foods, as it [...]
It’s a Miracle – NOT!
Posted in Feline nutrition and health, tagged cat food, cat nutrition, cats, diabetes, diarrhea on December 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
One of my five bazillion pet peeves…. a caregiver is convinced to change their cat’s diet (usually because the cat is now very ill with diabetes or gastro-intesinal disorders – or is severely obese)… and after a week or less they respond with “It’s a Miracle! Fluffy’s diarrhea/diabetes/vomiting/whatever is GONE!”
IT IS NOT A MIRACLE. It’s [...]
