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[is-the-owl-video-cute]

Taking away your reblog privileges since none of you understand that my point is that proplan is overpriced and that other foods exist with comparable or better ingredients.

I never said grain free was good, I never said proplan kills dogs, I literally just said it was overpriced. Why is that a cardinal sin to some of you lol, corn is a very cheap ingredient and makes up a large chunk of the proplan recipes. It should not cost that much.

[gettingvetted]

My dog is allergic to salmon, chicken, lamb, turkey, duck, and fish mix. Also rice. It's so funny because every source I find says "beef is one of the more common foods that dogs form allergies to" but I guess she's just a trendsetter.

Anyways if you have any recommendations for beef food that doesn't have rice I'm all ears :)

That is highly unlikely. How was that diagnosed? Did you run a food trial that avoided each of those ingredients exclusively for 6 to 8 weeks and then put them back on a food containing those items and the symptoms returned? If not, know that's the only way that food allergies can be accurately diagnosed. Blood and hair tests are completely inaccurate.

Your best bet is a hydrolyzed protein diet if the pet is truly allergic to all of the above. Your vet will have told you this if you completed any testing with them.

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[ask-a-vetblr]

Is carrageenan in wet cat food actually a bad ingredient? I've frequently seen people say to not feed your cats food with it in it because it can cause inflammation or even serious health problems like cancer, but I can't find any actual sources. I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to ask!

Hi, @release-the-hound here.

There is a lot of debate about carageenan (red seaweed/irish moss). When processed with acids it degrades into a substance known as poligeenan. Poligeenan has been proven to cause gastrointestinal lesions in animals. It was previously known as degraded-carageenan (d-CGN) further muddling the waters.

There has been some amount of fear and discussion that food-grade carageenan could become poligeenan when exposed to stomach acid during digestion. This has never been proven. The negative effects of poligeenan have been proven, but poligeenan is not FDA approved for use in food, so you won't find it in your cat food.

Poligeenan is not carageenan. It is produced in laboratory settings by subjecting carageenan to acid hydrolysis at a low pH (0.9 to 1.3) at temperatures above 80 degrees Celsius for several hours. While cats do have a lower pH than human stomachs I've never seen one heat up to 80 degrees Celsius. If it did, you'd have more to worry about than stomach ulcers.

People have been fearmongering about carageenan for decades but have yet to provide any substantial evidence against this FDA approved substance. In my opinion I think it's unlikely that carageenan produces the symptoms you've listed, although poligeenan might. I also think it's unlikely that your cat's stomach is similar enough to the laboratory settings necessary to transform carigeenan into poligeenan. But that's just my opinion. Current research supports me, but I'm not omniscient so I can't guarantee that it is impossible for this substance to hurt your cat. Carageenan is not necessary for cat health, it's just a common emulsifier. If you are truly worried and want to switch to a carageenan-free diet, your cat won't suffer for it as long as the food is still formulated properly.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10408398.2018.1481822

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Cat Nutrition - An Off-Topic Post

I've worked in the pet food industry for the last 7 years and it always shocks me how little people know about the nutritional needs for their cats/ pets in general. A lot of people just follow what their parents did or whatever the vet or pet store recommends (often promoting their own brands). Here's a big blurb of everything you should know about feeding your fur beans. For those short on time here's the spark notes version: Kibble is really bad for cats and was really only made for human convenience and profit- it dehydrates them which is one of the main causes for kidney disease which affects 1 in 3 cats and is ridiculously high carb - 3-5x more than what they need. Even fancy feast or the lowest quality wet/canned food is better than the highest quality dry/kibble. While Raw can have it's downsides if fed improperly, there's lots of balanced brands that can make it easy and is really the best for them, it's what their bodies are made to eat! Picky cats: Add warm water to their food. Play with them before meal times. Find 4-5 different foods they like and rotate so they don't get bored. Do your own research! Find out what works best for you, don't blindly follow what vets tell you and what friends or family have been doing. Here's everything to know about Cat and their role in the Pet Food Industry:

1. Cat are desert animals! This means that they are made to be getting 80-90% of their moisture from their food! Most cats will only drink water from a bowl when they are severely dehydrated. This is why feeding wet food (canned) or raw is so much more important. 2. Kibble is a new invention for Human Convenience! Kibble has only been around for 67 years! The first kibble was invented in 1956. Back in the 40s during WWII there were sanctions put on the use of cans and metals, essentially removing the option of canned pet foods. This pushed companies to find an alternative, working with by products (left overs) from cereal companies they created a high-profit cheap food they could sell to customers that had a better shelf life. -How is Kibble made? Almost all kibble goes through a process called extrusion where the initial ingredients, meats, by-products and additives are processed under intense heat and pressure 4-5 times before they're cut to shape and sprayed with flavors and oils. This process removes nutrients, vitamins and pretty much everything from the original ingredients. Try cooking a high grade steak at max output on your oven 4-5 times and see if anything is really worth eating at that point. -Veterinary Diets In the late 60s, a generation after the invention of kibble, there became an increase in kidney and liver failures, prompting a French vet to create his own trademarked food - Royal Canin with Hill's Science Diet being created later in the US. (Fun fact, Hill's has actually trademarked the term "prescription diet" so that no other pet food brand is allowed to use it in their packaging.) 3. Cats vs. Dogs - What's the difference? While dogs are much more flexible in what they can eat, Cats are obligate carnivores. A Carnivore (Dogs) does well on meat based diets, while Obligate Carnivores (Cats) need a meat based diet in order to survive. Broken down in food- dogs ideally need 30% protein, 63% fat and 7% carb from their food cats need 53% protein, 35% fat and 12%. 4. Why does this matter and what does it mean for their food? Dry foods are primarily carbohydrates. 35-50% on average. This is 3-5x more than a cat needs in addition to the lack of protein, which is what keeps a cat functioning. Grains - or carbs can be extremely detrimental to a cats body: Carbohydrates turn into sugar in the body, meaning the more carbs a cat consumes, the more sugar, which increases their chances of getting diabetes. In the wild, most cats choose to avoid eating the intestines of their prey, where most of the grains and fibre are kept, indicating cats also use very little to no fibre in their diets. On top of that, the lack of moisture in kibble actually dehydrates cats, one of the primary reasons for kidney problems down the line, affecting 1 in 3 cats. 5. What do I feed my Cat? Feed wet or raw! At the end of the day, if your cat only eats fancy feast or whiskas, or if that's the only wet(canned) food you can afford, it's a huge step forward for their diets. These brands are going to be better than any of the highest quality dry foods you can find because it means they're getting the moisture and protein they need without the extra carb and salt content. Raw foods have come a long way. They aren't all the frozen patties or having to home cook the meal with all these added supplements. There's lots of complete brands out there in different formats that make it easy for everyone. Freeze-dried is a form of raw that you rehydrate and feed. Air-dried (most expensive) is fed like kibble, and is kind of a jerky texture. If you're on raw, or with any food, make sure to wash your hands with soap before and after feeding and I recommend getting your cat dewormed twice a year for precautionary actions. -Treats the common ones like greenies, tempations are all kibble like treats, filled with carbs and salt, that make them irresistible but also horrible for them. Single 1 ingredient treats are the best out there. Even a scrab of unseasoned chicken from dinner or salmon sashimi from a sushi night is a great alternative.

6. Reading the Label Once you get into canned foods, there's hundreds of options. Here's a few things that help me decide what's worth it and what to avoid. Starting from worst to best with the wording: "Flavor" ie - "Beef flavor Dog food" it doesn't even need a certain percentage of beef, as long as it's technically detected in the food. "With" ie - "Dinner with beef" - beef only has to be minimum 3% of the food. 25% rule - If the food has 25% or more of the main protein, it can be labelled as "Beef entree" or "lamb Dinner". If there's more than 1, they can be labelled together but must add up to 25% and be labelled in the order of their percentage. - ie "Lamb & Lamb Liver Entree" 95% rule - At least 95% of the food must be of the listed protein. "Chicken dog food" Often - those with a 95% label will proudly show it, while the others you'll have to read to notice. 7. Kitten vs. Adult vs. Senior food There's really only 4 categories a food can be put into - Gestation/Lactation (for Mama cats) Growth Maintenance All Life Stages "Senior food" does not have a category as there is no clear definition on a change of nutritional needs as a cat ages. While "Growth" is typically attributed to kittens, most wet foods will have kitten portioning as they are all life stages. The biggest difference is that kitten food is fattier and has some added nutrients needed for growth. These can also be found in any other canned food with the appropriate portioning. 8. Urinary Food There's a lot of misconceptions about this. Brands will advertise Urinary dry food or the vet line - Kidney food. But if it's dry, as we now know, it dehydrates them, furthering the damage to the kidneys, making it extremely counter intuitive. Any wet food will be better than a dry "urinary" food to help treat this issue, ideally a low phosphorous brand. - Weruva is the most popular and has a low phosphorous line as well. 9. Fish Fish is not a naturally occurring food for cats! Cats only started eating fish when fishing became prominent in human civilizations. Fish is the most common occurring allergy in cats! - some symptoms are constant itchiness, rashes, immediately throwing up, or butt dragging after a poop. I personally recommend avoiding fish in cat foods, especially Tuna, if it's bad for us in large quantities due to the toxic build up of chemicals and things like mercury, imagine what it does to them. 10. Pickiness and Meal Time Cats are notoriously picky or fussy or spoiled. This is because they have 4 stages of food preference that need to be just right. 1 - smell 2 - taste 3 - texture / consistency 4 - how it sits in their stomach

It's hard to find exactly what they want and unfortunately there's no shortcut. It's really just trial and error.

Hot tips: -Add warm water to their food - it's gross but cats like their food at prey body temperature, if it's cold to the touch for us, it's likely not that appealing for them either.

-Just like dogs, keeping a routine is incredibly important for cats. they're actually a lot more meticulous about routine than dogs are and will let you know exactly when breakfast and dinner time is. Leaving the food out makes it less appealing for them. If they don't eat breakfast, take the food away and they have to wait for dinner. Over time they'll eat until they're done during meal time.

-Play with them before food! Cats are hunters, their goal for survival is catch, kill, eat, sleep etc. Play with them near meal time, get them real worked up until they're exhausted, then put down food, they'll be much more likely to eat now that they're gotten all the hunting out of the way.

-I recommend having at least 4 or 5 different flavors or brands that your cat likes, to rotate through so they don't get bored and you don't end up at square 1 when they decide that one they like isn't good enough anymore.

Keep in mind: Beef, Lamb & Duck are often high in fat and should be used as a once in a while protein. Chicken & Turkey are the best proteins. Even if your cat doesn't like chicken from one brand, they could go nuts for one from a different brand or even the same brand with a different texture. Try them out and see, don't eliminate a whole protein so easily because of a few that get turned down.

I think that's a wrap. Food really makes a world of a difference for these guys, their whole world revolves around it and getting it right can mean years of a difference. - For reference, the average life expectancy for indoor cats is 15-20 years old! For the devils' advocates - yes there are cats that have lived long lives on the worst quality dry foods, but they're really the exceptions, same as people. There's definitely people who have lived to their 90s or older surviving off McDonalds or the equivalent, but that's not really the kind of quality of life or food you want to be giving your pet who is entirely dependent on your choices at the pet store. If you stuck around to the end, I appreciate you, and I'm glad there are other people out there who care just as much about their furry friends as I do. I'm more than willing to discuss any questions, even it it's not directly about their nutrition! Side note - some of the canned food brands I'm a big fan of: Feline Natural Rawz Tiki Cat Nature's Logic Identity Weruva/BFF

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[gettingvetted]

Beef food dog anon here- we did a blood test :) I didn't know the blood test was unreliable! We'll try an elimination diet. Thx

Cool! Yeah, blood tests are very inconsistent and basically just demonstrate exposure to various allergens, rather than any allergies. Best of luck with the elimination trial!

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Unlocking the Secrets of Pet Nutrition: A Guide to Keeping Your Furry Friend Healthy and Happy

In the realm of pet ownership, there's one aspect that often gets overlooked or underestimated: nutrition. Just like humans, our beloved pets require a balanced diet to thrive, yet deciphering the ins and outs of pet nutrition can feel like navigating a maze. In this comprehensive guide, we'll delve into the essentials of pet nutrition, uncovering the key components necessary for your furry friend's optimal health and well-being.

Understanding Pet Nutrition

Before delving into specifics, it's crucial to grasp the fundamentals of pet nutrition. Pets, whether they're cats, dogs, or any other companion animal, require a diet that provides essential nutrients such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals. These nutrients play vital roles in maintaining various bodily functions, from energy production to immune system support.

Tailoring the Diet to Your Pet's Needs

Just as every pet is unique, their nutritional needs can vary based on factors such as age, breed, size, activity level, and any underlying health conditions. For instance, a senior cat may require a diet rich in joint-supporting nutrients, while a high-energy dog may benefit from a protein-packed formula to fuel their active lifestyle.

The Role of Macronutrients

Macronutrients, namely proteins, carbohydrates, and fats, form the foundation of a pet's diet. Proteins are essential for muscle maintenance and repair, while carbohydrates provide a source of energy. Fats play a crucial role in maintaining healthy skin and coat, as well as supporting various bodily functions.

Choosing the Right Ingredients

When selecting pet food, it's essential to scrutinize the ingredients list. Look for whole food ingredients such as meat, fish, fruits, and vegetables, while avoiding artificial additives, fillers, and by-products. Opting for high-quality, natural ingredients can help ensure that your pet receives the nutrients they need without unnecessary additives or preservatives.

The Debate Over Raw Diets

In recent years, raw diets for pets have gained popularity, with proponents touting benefits such as improved coat health and digestion. However, the safety and nutritional adequacy of raw diets remain subjects of debate among veterinarians and pet nutrition experts. Raw diets can pose risks of bacterial contamination and nutritional imbalances, making it essential to weigh the potential benefits against the potential risks.

Special Considerations for Special Diets

Just like humans, some pets may have special dietary needs or food sensitivities that require special consideration. For example, pets with food allergies may benefit from hypoallergenic diets that exclude common allergens such as wheat, corn, and soy. Additionally, pets with certain medical conditions, such as diabetes or kidney disease, may require specialized diets formulated to support their unique health needs.

The Importance of Proper Hydration

In addition to food, proper hydration is essential for maintaining your pet's overall health and well-being. Always ensure that your pet has access to clean, fresh water at all times, especially during hot weather or periods of increased activity. Consider incorporating wet food or adding water to dry kibble to increase your pet's water intake, particularly for pets prone to urinary issues or dehydration.

Supplements: To Use or Not to Use?

While a balanced diet should theoretically provide all the nutrients your pet needs, certain circumstances may warrant the use of supplements. For example, pets with joint issues may benefit from glucosamine and chondroitin supplements to support joint health, while omega-3 fatty acids can help promote healthy skin and coat. However, it's essential to consult with your veterinarian before introducing any supplements, as excessive or unnecessary supplementation can do more harm than good.

Transitioning to a New Diet

If you're considering switching your pet's diet, it's essential to do so gradually to avoid digestive upset. Start by mixing a small amount of the new food with your pet's current food, gradually increasing the proportion of the new food over the course of several days to weeks until the transition is complete. Keep an eye out for any signs of digestive issues or food intolerance during the transition period, and adjust accordingly.

The Bottom Line: Prioritizing Your Pet's Nutrition

In conclusion, proper nutrition is essential for your pet's overall health and well-being. By understanding your pet's unique nutritional needs and providing them with a balanced diet consisting of high-quality ingredients, you can help ensure that they live a long, healthy, and happy life. Remember to consult with your veterinarian for personalized recommendations and guidance on optimizing your pet's nutrition. With the right approach, you can unlock the secrets of pet nutrition and give your furry friend the gift of optimal health.

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