Cats—unlike humans—are true carnivores: they must eat meat to survive because their bodies can't draw some essential ...

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Recently, there’s been a trend of people wanting to feed their pets a diet that follows their own dietary preferences — which often means a meat-free diet. Vets have long maintained that feeding cats ...

A new analysis estimates a variety of potential benefits for environmental sustainability -- for instance, reduced freshwater consumption and greenhouse gas emissions -- that could result from ...

Just like us humans, cats love their food—sometimes too much. Combine that with the life of leisure that many of our beloved house cats live (like sunbathing in their favorite chair for hours), and ...

Q: I plan to adopt a couple of kittens/young cats in a few months. I want them on a diet that is least likely to cause urinary crystal formation because my current cats are suffering. What can I do to ...

What is your opinion of a biologically appropriate raw food diet for pets? In particular, for a new puppy? -- K.B. Kensington There is a place for some raw food in dogs' and cats' diets. An all-raw ...

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One disease that is not mentioned very often that we see in cats is chronic diarrhea. It is probably not talked about because, well, no one wants to talk about it. It is gross and cannot be described ...