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Ingredients Cats Cannot Eat
New owners often ask what cats can eat. The answer: human food is best avoided, and even some dog-safe foods aren't cat-safe. Here are the absolute no-nos.
What Color Is a Cat’s Eye Discharge?
As a good owner, learn to judge your cat's health by eye-discharge color! Here's what each color means.
What Causes Abnormal Bleeding in Cats
Abnormal bleeding in cats is also called feline coagulopathy, occurring when normal bleeding happens due to a clotting disorder. This article explains why cats bleed abnormally.
A Cat’s Nutritional Needs and Feeding Standards
A cat's nutrients are the same six classes as other animals: water, protein, carbohydrate, fat, vitamins, minerals. But cats are obligate carnivores needing high-protein food; low protein kills appetite. Active cats may need more animal fat for energy. Cats also need taurine, vital to vision—deficiency badly hurts night vision.
Can Humans Eat Dog Food?
Can people eat dog food? Some say yes, some no. Today we look at whether humans can eat kibble.
Causes of Bad Breath in Cats and Dogs
When being close with your pet, have you found their mouth smells quite strong, even giving you a strong nausea at times?
Symptoms of Anemia in Cats
Many owners are puzzled to find anemia at a routine checkup—'same feeding as others, how did this happen?' They worry and pile on supplements, often with little effect. Long-term anemia disrupts body function and triggers other diseases; finding the root cause is the only real cure.
Symptoms of Rickets in Dogs
Canine rickets is a metabolic disease in puppies from lack of vitamin D and calcium, showing bone deformity, odd gait, and swollen joints; most common at 1-3 months. Sun, diet, and calcium/vitamin D supplements prevent and treat it.
Can Dogs Eat Sweet Potatoes?
Sweet potatoes are cheap and nutritious. In any DIY dog-food recipe you'll see them - boiled or dried, they're essential. Most commercial foods contain them too, as an important carb source.
Everything About Calcium Supplementation for Dogs
Before supplementing, study whether your dog needs it. Calcium is only needed when deficient, not the more the better. In the body's balance, calcium, phosphorus, zinc, iron and other trace elements have a subtle equilibrium. About calcium - read on.