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I know I'm getting rather off topic, but....When I was considering pre-vet, I was told it was harder to get into vet school than med school due to there being more med schools in the nation. I guess they're more selective. I was told that you basically needed a 4.0, and since I couldn't hack...

Humans have been evolving for hundreds of thousand of years. Homo Sapians arrived on the evolutionary scene roughly 100,000 - 200,000 years ago. It make's a lot of sense that our diet would not be exactly that of our early ancestors, and that we would have vestigal organs. We've had plenty of...

I'm not sure how much (if any) they would consume on their own in the wild, but the animals they eat do consume them. It would be a very small amount, and since the grains/plants would be partially digested in the stomach of their prey, it would be much easier for the cat to digest the rest...

Yes, try for a humane trap. If that doesn't work, but you're able to get close enough, than you can use what's called a "cat catcher" or "rabies pole". It's a long hollow tube with a rope in it. At the end, it makes a loop, which you can loop around the cat's head. At the other end, the...

As other's have mentioned, it's certainly possible for indoor only cats to get fleas. Humans, and other animals, can bring them in. The possibility is small, though, especially if you aren't walking in an area where fleas, ticks, or other parasites can latch onto you. I don't treat either...

I don't think I've known a cat that didn't like it. It's called "kitty crack" for a reason. LOL. It's highly palatable and most cats throughly love it. Something about the aroma and taste. It's not a food I would generally recommend, except for one instance. In cat's who are sick or...

I also recommend wet over dry. And I don't recommend any cat food from a grocery store, and not many from pet stores. My cat's currently eat Innova, Innova Evo, and Wellness. They're available at my locally owned pet stores - small independent stores. You can probably find them, and any food...

Tried searching, but wasn't able to come up with much. http://www.koreaembassyusa.org/ Website for the Korean Embassy, though I couldn't find anything regarding pets. There is contact information, though. http://www.seoulsearching.com/livinginseoul/pets.html Seems to be a site for military...

No worries about dental health. Dry food cleaning the teeth is a myth. Since they chomp down once or twice, and then swallow the food, it really doesn't help. It doesn't stay in contact with the teeth long enough to actively clean it. In the wild, cat's chew on raw meat and cartilage, which...

He should recover just fine. My Noelle ripped a nail out over a year ago, and it grew back perfectly. I consider it like when human nails break far down the fingertip level. It hurts like crazy, and bleeds a lot, but it grows back. The only way I know to desensitize the process is to...

I dunno, you may want to call a vet anyway. All members of the lily family are highly toxic to cats. They can cause death within 72 hours due to calcium oxalate crystals forming in the kidneys, which causes them to shut down. Even eating just a small amount of the plant can be deadly. I...

I knew it was still around, but didn't know it was in the US. I think it's typically found in places like India, where sanitation is poor and the population is skyrocketed so coming into contact with someone who has it is likely. Isn't the Hanta Virus also out in the West? I believe that's...

I am looking to suppliment my cat's diet. They are currently on canned Innova and Innova Evo. They still like the occasional dry food, even though I hate feeding it, and are happy with less than 1/4 cup Innova Evo dry daily. Sometimes, they don't even eat it all. I also found recently that...

I would also suggest going to a higher quality wet food. FF tends to cost more because of the "gourmet" size. Try feeding from a 5.5 ounce or larger can. You can refridgerate the "left overs". My 2 cat's eat Innova, Innova Evo, and Wellness canned (occasionally). I get the larger 13 ounce...

Exactly. The idea that dry is better is pervasive through the industry. I have a degree in Animal Care and that's what we were taught as well. I'm not a vet, but our degree included an entire semester class on nutrition and the information was very lacking. They explain how the feline body...

I actually didn't find it all that unusual. Many companies now, regardless of what they produce, will rely on a 3rd party to manufacture the final product. It's a cost control measure. Instead of all of them having their own canning facilities, they outsource it to a 3rd party that...

Burt's Bees does that. Occasionally, their formulas change slightly because certain ingredients aren't available, or aren't up to their liking. They attach a small sticker over the top of the old ingredient list with the updated ingredients. In terms of pet food, I realize that they mass...

Not all Wellness canned has garlic. I bought a few cans today, to see if my cats would enjoy an occasional change - they normally eat Innova regular and Evo canned, with a few kibbles of Evo dry mixed in. The Beef and Salmon canned does not list garlic. The beef and chicken, as well as the...

You won't be satisfied unless there was an actual study done? So, if a study concluded that tuna is totally acceptable to feed exclusively, you'd still do it, despite the fact that all these other conditions and illness were reported in cat's fed tuna exclusively? Many companies still claim...