What to feed your pet for optimal health
Eggs are one of the most nutritionally complete foods you can safely share with your dog — complete protein, vitamins A, D, B12, and selenium. Learn correct portions, raw vs cooked risks, and safe serving methods.
Cats and fleas have coexisted for millennia, but that does not make the relationship any less dangerous. Unlike dogs, cats are uniquely vulnerable to several flea-related illnesses, and — critically — they are uniquely sensitive to a number of compounds that are completely safe for other species. Ge…
Raw bones occupy a peculiar place in dog ownership — championed enthusiastically by raw feeding advocates, cautioned against firmly by many veterinary…
By the time a dog shows obvious signs of kidney disease — increased thirst, weight loss, lethargy — up to 75 per cent of kidney function may already be…
Dental disease affects the majority of cats over three years of age, yet managing feline oral health at home is considerably more challenging than it…
Feline diabetes mellitus is a growing concern in cats across Europe, with prevalence estimated at between one in 50 and one in 200 cats, depending on…
Prescription veterinary diets occupy a premium tier of the pet food market, often costing two to three times the price of high-quality commercial…
Dogs eat grass. Almost all of them do it. And almost every dog owner has wondered at some point: is this normal? Should I stop it? Is something wrong?…
Phantom pregnancy, or pseudopregnancy, is not a rare quirk — it affects a significant proportion of intact female dogs after every season, with varying…
If you have ever sat down with a punnet of strawberries and caught your rabbit watching you with those enormous eyes, you have probably wondered…
A pot-bellied dog that drinks excessively, urinates through the night, eats as though starving, and has developed a thin coat and prominent skin veins…
Imagine looking at two dog foods side by side. The first is a dry kibble showing 28 percent crude protein on the label. The second is a wet food…
If you have ever watched your dog obsessively lick, scratch, or chew at one particular patch of skin until it becomes raw and weeping, you have likely…
Walk into any veterinary clinic and ask about diet for a cat with urinary problems, and you will almost certainly be told to switch to wet food. But…
The degu looks like a charming hybrid of a rat and a squirrel, and it behaves like one too — curious, social, and energetic. But degus carry a…
Roughly 10% of dog owners in the UK now feed their pets some form of raw diet, according to surveys by the Pet Food Manufacturers' Association. For…
Walk into any pet shop or browse an online retailer and you will find shelves of dog food marketed specifically at older dogs — products with names…
Elbow dysplasia is one of the most common causes of forelimb lameness in dogs, yet it remains widely misunderstood by owners who often assume any joint…
Around 1 in 100 cats will develop urinary stones at some point in their lives, and for many owners, the first sign is a cat straining painfully in the…
Veterinary parasitologists have long cited a striking figure: only around ten percent of a flea infestation lives on your pet at any one time. The…
Many dog flea treatments — including widely available spot-ons and shampoos — contain permethrin, a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide. While safe for…
Fats go rancid. It is a straightforward chemical process: oxygen reacts with fatty acids and breaks them down into compounds that not only smell…
Domestic cats evolved from desert-dwelling ancestors who obtained most of their moisture from prey. A mouse is approximately 70% water. Dry kibble is…
In 2018, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began investigating a potential link between certain dog diets and dilated cardiomyopathy…
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