Reviewed (See Kitty Cornered in the Memoirs post.) Unreviewed Four Paws, Five Directions: A Guide to Chinese Medicine for Cats and Dogs by Cheryl Schwartz and Mark Ed. Schwartz Natural Healing for Dogs & Cats from A to Z by Cheryl Schwartz Natural Healing for Dogs and Cats by Diane Stein Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide…
Category: Companion Animals
Pet Expenditures
From a summary of the 2012 US Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook at the August 2012 convention of the AVMA (American Veterinary Association) in a 2012 September 6 article in PetfoodIndustry.com: “This survey of nearly 50,000 US households found that US pet ownership decreased by 2.4 percent from 2006-11, while pet spending increased. The average expenditure…
AVMA approves policy discouraging raw petfood diets
AVMA approves policy discouraging raw petfood diets. – 2012 September 6 PetfoodIndustry.com I feel that if the AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) were truly concerned over the potential hazards associated with the consumption of raw food by companion animals then they would emphasize keeping animals from unintended prey feeding. For example, cats allowed to catch…
AVMA’s new reason for not feeding pets raw food
AVMA discourages pet owners from feeding raw petfood diets. The basic premise of the new resolution passed by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) is that raw food feeding exposes pet owners to salmonella and other nasty bacteria. Oh please – so far as I know there have been a lot more documented instances of…
Toxoplasmosis
Toxoplasma gondii – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20120702/cat-litter-parasite-may-raise-suicide-risk – WebMD – 2012 July 3 Recent findings of a correlation between human suicide and toxoplasmosis (infection with the parasite Toxoplasma gondii) coupled with past findings linking toxoplasmosis to schizophrenia and fetal damage raises a number of questions. How do we keep cats from getting infected? Do…
Feline Dementia
Old cats get Alzheimer’s too | COSMOS magazine. – 2006 December 6 From the Chelation Medical Center’s article on Alzheimers Aluminosilicates are found in talcum powder, asbestos, cat litter and cigarette smoke”. If you believe that aluminum is a cause of and/or exacerbates Alzheimers in felines (and humans!), then you’ve got one more reason to…
Pet Parties
Pet Parties – Yahoo! Voices – voices.yahoo.com. In addition to pet birthday parties, there are parties akin to Tupperware parties devoted to various lines of pet products.