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Can Cats Be Vegan? What Science Says

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBuckle up. The answer to the question, “Can Cats Be Vegan?” is long, detailed, and scientific. “Should Cats Be Vegan?” is an entirely different question and is likely to create a passionate debate based on personal opinion. Let’s suspend our personal opinions and focus on science. Omnivore Versus Obligate Carnivore Explained Nature is efficient. To […]

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Are Cats Picky Eaters? Here’s the Scoop

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Reading Time: 3 minutesNature is pretty smart. To survive, creatures are designed to crave the food and behavior that they need to be healthy. For example, humans are a social species, and we are omnivores. We evolved to eat a variety of foods served three times a day with the company of others. Humans sometimes have a hard […]

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Feeding Tubes: A Fear Free Path to Recovery

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Reading Time: 5 minutesHave you ever developed a food aversion? To this day I avoid artificially flavored grape candy because that was the flavor of the cough syrup I had to choke down when I was sick as a kid. The same thing can happen to pets when they don’t feel well. Several months ago, my dog Dorie […]

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Senior Pet Nutrition: What to Know

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Reading Time: 3 minutesA nutritionally balanced diet is one of the keys to good health and longevity for our pets. A good diet is important at every stage of life, including the senior years. Issues plaguing aging senior pets mirror the same issues that plague humans: both physically and mentally, things just don’t work like they used to! […]