Your Growing Kitten Is Hungry — and Then Not So Much
At 10 weeks of age, your growing kitten might require about 90 calories per pound of body weight each day, says the American Animal...
Potential Changes On Cat Food Labels Should Make Them Easier to Interpret
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t looks like reading nutrition information on cat food labels may get easier. After years of discussion and input from different sources, the Association...
6 Cat Facts That Aren’t
There’s a lot of cat lore out
there that people accept as the truth because it gets repeated so often. But frequently, what’s assumed to...
Some Cats With Diabetes Can Stop Taking Insulin
Diabetes is an expensive disease, with insulin injections for some cats easily reaching $100 a month. It’s also a terribly inconvenient one. Shots of...
Healthy Weight Loss Goes Slowly
Your cat weighs 20 pounds and should weigh 15. You put him on a weight-management plan that you worked out with the vet, but...
Should You Choose Food That’s Preservative-Free?
You’re trying to decide between two different brands of canned cat food. The clincher is that one is advertised online as preservative-free, so you...
Why That Statement of Nutritional Adequacy is So Important
Several months ago a Siberian kitten was brought to the Emergency and Critical Care Unit of Tufts’s small animal hospital. It was meowing from...
More Cats Now Prone to Painful Tooth Complication
A frequently painful condition in cats called tooth resorption has become much more common over the last 50 years, affecting anywhere from 20 to...
Ash In Your Cat’s Diet?
Sometimes in the “Guaranteed Analysis” box on a cat food label, you’ll see ash as an ingredient. What’s going on? Are burnt embers some...
When Choosing Cat Food, Don’t Fall Prey to Premiumization
Pound for pound, cat food is typically more expensive than dog food because it tends to contain higher amounts of protein and fat —...
Freeze-Dried Cat Food: Think Twice
Freeze-dried treats for cats have a nice long shelf life because the moisture has been removed from them. Some cat kibble is also coated...
Fruits and Vegetables for Your Carnivorous Cat?
Cats do not need fruits and vegetables in their diets. In fact, because they are obligate carnivores, some of the nutrients they require can...
