Five Common Nutrition Mistakes We Make For Our Cats
We all want to feed our cats as nutritiously as possible, but many owners’ earnest efforts are misguided. Even with the best of intentions,...
When Two (Or More) Pets Require Different Diets
One of your cats has heart disease and needs a low-sodium diet. The other is overweight and requires less food than the one with...
Dry Food or Wet for Better Health?
People often want to know whether they should be feeding their cat wet food instead of dry or vice versa. For cats with lower...
How Many Times a Day Should You Feed Your Cat?
Conduct an online search for how often a cat should be fed, and it will yield a surprising array of answers. While most sites...
Cat Nutrition Slipping
More people are feeding their pets homemade diets today than a decade ago even though homemade meal plans for cats are often rife with...
Yes, But Are You Following the Recipe?
Perhaps you would feel more comfortable feeding your cat a diet you cooked up yourself rather than one you bought at the store. But...
Kittens Fed Poor Diets May Be More Likely to Suffer GI Problems As Adult...
Kittens fed sub-optimal diets that do not meet the recommendations of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (wsava.org) are more likely to be taken...
Decoding the Guaranteed Analysis on Cat Food Labels
Every cat food label contains a Guaranteed Analysis, a series of nutrient values listed as percentages or “milligrams per kilogram” with no instructions explaining...
Why It’s Important to Switch to a New Food Gradually
Our cat has to go on a weight management diet, or a prescribed diet to cut down on the risk for kidney stones, or...
A Labeling Loophole That Allows Foods to Sound More Healthful Than They Are
Only a couple of health claims are allowed on cat food labels, including one for urinary health and one for hairballs. All other health...
Safer to Buy the Cat Food Than Prepare It Yourself
Of 114 recipes for homemade cat food found on the Internet and in books, 40 percent did not provide any feeding instructions whatsoever (including how much to give), say researchers reporting in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
When Your Cats Insistence on Being Fed Ruins Your Day
Dogs might desperately plead with their owners for food, but cats tend to insist on it. And they insist often. Just google cats beg for food, and multiple entries will come up.
