Feline Nutrition
Feline Nutrition: Who Bears the Responsibility?
At this point in my investigative journey to decide what to feed my cats, the commercial, processed pet-food products were definitely not coming up roses — or even catnip. But let me state for the record that I don't think the manufacturers are purposely trying to harm our cats. I don't think there's a cigar-smoking executive sitting behind his desk (in a corner office with a big window) doing a Snidely Whiplash impression while chanting: "I'm going to hurt some kitties today," followed by evil laughter, of course.
Just What is Raw Feeding, Anyway?
Many of you may have never heard of raw feeding cats before. Not that long ago I hadn't either. At first I was very dubious. Isn't it dangerous to give them raw meat? I found out that, no, raw food isn't bad for cats, it's better for them. We want to show you why. All cats, small or large, are true carnivores, obligate carnivores. This means they must eat meat to survive. Cats cannot be vegetarians. Because they evolved to fill this top predator niche, their bodies are specifically
Adoption: What Should We Feed Our New Kitten?
What should we feed our new kitten? I hear this question many times during the course of a year. I am a volunteer foster mom for The Animal Center, a non-profit animal rescue group in Newtown, CT. One of my passions is finding great homes for socialized feral kittens and friendly strays. Each time a new family comes to meet my fosters, sooner or later they ask me what to feed them. I try to keep my answer short. They don't want a long lecture on nutrition
Easy Raw Feeding for the Busy Person
Fortunately, there are now many easy raw-feeding choices for the person on-the-go. You know, most of us! In stores and on the internet, you can purchase frozen complete diets, plain frozen ground meat/bones/organs and pre-mixed supplements that you just add to raw meat. Here are the pros and cons of the choices you have. There are a number of raw food producers making quality food for cats (and dogs). We list some here, but there are many
IBD: Fake Food and its Consequences
Just about eight years ago, I had a mighty sick cat on my hands. My gentle-tempered orange tabby had been unwell since he was a kitten. Six years into his life, I was thoroughly exasperated and struggling to understand why it was that this well-cared for, amply loved creature had relentless diarrhea and low energy. I'd lived with and loved cats before, and I had what I thought was a pretty impressive library of cat care books. I did everything my vet suggested, forking over whatever I had to for quality "prescription formula"
Rice Isn't Nice
I've been noticing something when I walk down the pet aisle at the supermarket — just to get kitty litter mind you, since I don't believe there is any real cat food there — a lot of those cans and bags are touting the fact that they contain rice. It seems rice is the new "in" filler. Wheat has gotten a bit of a bad reputation lately, mostly because it turns out some people have trouble with it, and pet owners are getting the message that corn is bad for cats. Pet food companies seem to be left with rice. A lot of people buy pet food based on how the name sounds to them. I don't make a
Diabetes and Obesity: Preventable Epidemics
Today, the cat is the favorite house pet in the United States, at least if your definition of "favorite" is "most numerous." The cat has outnumbered the dog, the previously "most numerous" pet species, for a decade or more and this trend shows no signs of reversing itself anytime soon. Those of us involved in any of the pet care industries or professions know very well that we are seeing more and more well-cared-for felines, belonging to people and families that are intensely bonded to their kitty family members.
Raw Feeding
Your Cat's Nutritional Needs: The Basics This article discusses the basic nutritional needs of your cat. Many nutrients have been studied individually in a clinical setting — in fact, they're examined more in... Read more Raw Feeding | Kymythy R. Schultze, C.N. | Tuesday, January 5 2010 |
Diet and Disease
Carnivore Digestion and Inflammatory Bowel Disease The digestive system of a carnivore is very simple. Unlike herbivores and omnivores, cats lack salivary amylase used to initiate digestion of dietary starches. Their jaws have... Read more Diet and Disease | Michelle T. Bernard | Monday, April 27 2009 |
The Blogs
Black Cats Are Not Unlucky At All One of the things that happens after you move to raw feeding is that you begin to question. For many years I fed inappropriate food to my cats because I had never questioned the status quo. It was a shock to realize how much I had taken for granted. I had never asked myself the "why" of what I was doing. I now realize I should have been asking myself a lot more basic... Read more The Blogs | Margaret Gates | Monday, January 4 2010 |
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Lynette Ackman – Advocate and co-founder of Feline Outreach
Michelle T. Bernard – Researcher, advocate and author
Lee Ellis – Advocate and founder of the FelineIBD forum
Michael W. Fox, BVetMed, PhD, DSC, MRCVS – Animal rights and welfare advocate, author and syndicated columnist
Margaret Gates – Advocate and founder of Feline Nutrition
Elizabeth Hodgkins, DVM, JD – Veterinarian researcher, advocate and author
Anne Jablonski – Pioneering advocate and creator of CatNutrition.org
Lisa A. Pierson, DVM – Pioneering veterinarian advocate and creator of CatInfo.org
Ashley Stephen Root – Science advocate and communications director of Feline Nutrition
Kymythy R. Schultze, C.N., C.N.C. – Clinical nutritionist, advocate and author
Andrea Tasi, VMD – Veterinarian advocate and lecturer
