Pet Food News

I was told Canola oil is "One molecule away from ’some unhealthy’ oil formula. Is there somehting with extensive experience, that could help me with this ? ‘Solid Gold’ Natural pet food has this as a main ingredient.

Nope wrong info. Canola oil is fine & healthy. Solid Gold is a great brand. Here is a link showing good nutrients in dog foods which canola oil is one.

http://drydogfood.bravehost.com/bestingredients.htm

Canola oil is made from the rapeseed. It’s low in saturated fat yet is high in Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. Canola oil is also high in Vitamin E and Vitamin K. [REF]
9138 mg omega-3 fatty acids
18,645 mg omega-6 fatty acids

I have a cat and a dog, but for some reason I’m always catching them eating each others food. Is there a dry pet food out there that both of them can eat? I’ve tried to keep their food separate by putting it in different room or elevating the cat’s, but nothing seems to work…

i am not sure but it is absolutely fine for dogs to eat cat food and cats to eat dog food!

We are in great need of all sorts of donations all around! We especially need donations of pet food for cats and dogs. Ive been working there a month and with the economy being so bad we are getting more animals than we adopt on average. Are there any petfood or other companies that would be willing to help out our shelter to keep these animals feed and off of the streets? Most of our income is donations and the economy has decreased the number of donations that we are recieving.

any suggestions?

Contact your local feed stores, box stores, grocery stores or other places that sell dog and cat food. Many of these places get broken bags of food that they cannot sell. Often they will donate that food to an animal shelter. You cannot be picky as to the brand or type. We gave each store three big trash cans. One for dog food, one for cat food, and one for cat litter. We would pick them up whenever the store called us telling us that they were full. This food also helps many people in our community as our shelter also has a pet food bank.

My girlfriend is coming over tomorrow and I need to buy some things to feed her. I will be heading to the pet store and was wondering what is the best food at the pet store to get for a pet girlfriend?

They can survive on semen/sperm from your penis.

There’s enough protein. And she can just drink water from the tap.

what do guinea pigs eat other than guinea pig pet food? see, im getting a guinea pig for my friends bday and ya

vegetables! they love cabbage. they’re really vegetarian and they need veggies too!

i posted this site that tells you alot about taking care of them on the source i gave.

hope i helped!

My cat died of kidney failure early 2005 and was wondering if it had anything to do with the Chinese food adulteration scare that began on 2007.
Does anyone know when the earliest case of possible melamine contamination in pet food in North America was?
I understand that the recall began on 2007, but when is the earliest time a contamination was documented?

Recalls outside of China didn’t begin until 2007, but only after animals started dying. Since animal deaths are not tracked, or investigated as thoroughly as humans, when the actual contamination began is not entirely clear. However, melamine contaminated pet food was discovered in China in early 2006.

Initially, researchers thought that the contaminant was a form of rat poison. It wasn’t until 2007 that independent testing by a pet food maker revealed that it was melamine laced glutens that were poisoning pets.

While it is true that kidney failure was a common side-effect of melamine poisoning, melamine is not the only compound that causes renal failure. Renal failure occurs with many types of illness, and can be a side-effect from commonly used veterinary medicines. When your cat died in 2005, you would have needed a necropsy done to determine the exact cause of death.

I’ve googled a few, but would like to hear from someone who’s actually used the recipes and had good results as far as ease of use, and the pets eating it well. I would like both dog and cat food recipes.

Thanks to all in advance!

I was hoping my star would bring in more answers for you from my contacts, but no luck so far.

I just want to caution you about one thing - do NOT feed your cat a vegan or vegetarian diet. It’s a death sentence.

Although dogs are carnivores, they are not obligate carnivores, which means they can tolerate a vegetarian diet whereas cats really cannot.

Sorry I don’t have a better answer for you. I have seen cat food recipes but I haven’t used them myself. That’s why I didn’t answer. But since you’ve gotten so few responses, what the heck.

There’s a few at this site: http://www.catnutrition.org/foodmaking.php

Also, if you get a copy of Sandy Arora’s book, she has some as well. http://www.amazon.com/Whole-Health-Happy-Cats-Naturally/dp/1592532667

I own this book but I don’t follow recipes - I just feed meat and supplements.

It just came across CNN news that one of the big Company Officials of Pet foods sold his Stock Shares just before the PET FOOD RECALLS! doesn’t it sound like he knew about what was going to happen in the pet food poisoning?

Yeah, I just read about that the other day. I think the company is going to press charges against him. I hope that he loses ALL that money he made off of the poor animals that died when they knew months before they made the recall public!!!

Kamloops prices are almost half of Merritt. I will continue to go to Kamloops despite the drive. I have many cats (I am a breeder) and price of pet food is very important to me. I spend in excess of $150 per month on food, litter, beds, etc. for my cats. When it is kitten season I spend extra on high quality kitten food and cat carriers when I am shipping my kittens world wide. I would hope that all Walmarts would offer the same priceing but obviously not so which means I will take my business elsewhere to get the best value for my dollar. Pet stores in Kamloops charge less than Merritt’s Walmart for a higher quality food.

I thought that Wal-Mart used nationwide pricing too.

It’s stands to reason tis could happen as it is often rumoured poor people eat pet food sometimes. any stats would be of interest. Or any first hand information would be better.

Not around here they don’t