Last week I gave you the “Top Dog Dehydrated Food Brands.” This week, I continue bringing you my pet-food lists and it is “Top Freeze-Dried Cat Food Brands.” As a certified pet nutritionist, I know that the best diet you can give your pets is a balanced fresh raw diet, however I also know that is not always possible for everyone’s lifestyle, budget, etc. etc. A quality freeze-dried cat food can be a nice option because it is super Read more…
LiLNudists Cattery will now be testing all adult cats and any offspring considered for the breeding program for the newly discovered HCM DNA gene. Sphynx cat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) usually does not show up until they are an adult although the genetic mutation is present at birth. The age of presentation of disease is variable with many cats developing the disease between 2-3 years of age and some developing it much older (8 -10 years Read more…
Welcome to the hairless-cat approved breeders map! As a group, we can personally only vouch for LiLNudists Cattery as that is our network and know everyone to be amazing breeders and raise beautiful healthy quality kittens. You can view all the available babies @ www.LiLNudists.com. However, we do also have an approved breeder map we have created, to help other breeders promote their catteries, and to help future adoptive-families to find kittens available in the Read more…
HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE FREEZE DRIED PET TREATS! A couple weekends ago, I decided it was time I venture into making my own pet treats since I have already been making my own homemade pet food for several years. I found it to be surprisingly VERY simply and fun, and best part is my dog and cat both loved the treats! I will definitely be making again! What you will need: 1. Container of chicken Read more…
How to Help your Pet Over-Come Car-Anxiety! This week is an off-week in between starting my new series, but I didn’t want to leave you hanging, so this week I posted a “quick-tip” showing how I help my pets with building Car-Confidence! (don’t miss any weekly pet Read more…
As a certified pet nutritionist, I do not typically recommend a canned only diet as best nutrition for your cats. However, if you can’t currently feed your cats a fresh cooked or raw diet, choosing a quality brand of canned food can certainly be adequate to allow your cat to live a life free of preventive diet-related illness. So, let’s get right into it: These brands were chosen based on the following guidelines: – Free of Read more…
THE DOWN-FALLS OF CANNED PET FOOD ONLY DIETS! While I actually do recommend a diet of a high-protein, quality canned pet food to help keep your pets healthy; unfortunately, even the best canned foods on the market are lacking in quality nutrition to give your pets a life of thriving. Canned foods are still cooked foods which are very processed and the healthy meat, vegetable, starch, and fruit ingredients lose a lot of nutrients through this rendering, cooking, Read more…
2020 CANNED CAT FOOD RECALLS! Each year’s pet food recalls can be seen on the FDA website @ fda.gov/animal-veterinary/safety-health/recalls-withdrawals. Each year, the same common offenders can be seen and these are often the low-cost, low-quality pet foods which are owned by huge corporate conglomerates, and mass produce tons of food daily in multiple massive warehouse facilities. However, despite best efforts, some of the better-made, well-trusted, pet food companies do have incidents as well. It is a good idea Read more…
HOW MUCH PROTEIN IS IN YOUR PETS CANNED FOOD? It is a sad reality in the current pet food market, that very few of the pet canned food manufactures actually include the ideal amount of protein for our pets in their canned food formulas… and forget about dry foods, none even come close! However, due to the labeling laws on pet foods, figuring out just how much protein actually is in your pets food can Read more…
WHY YOU SHOULD AVOID CARRAGEENAN IN YOUR PET’S FOOD! We are now in week 7 of this series, “All About Canned Cat Food,” and we have 5 additional weeks remaining, so be sure to keep watching your inbox! (all weekly pet-tips can be found on my youtube channel) Read more…