If you’re reading this blog you probably don’t need to be convinced about the virtues of natural health. You already know that eating healthy, drinking filtered water, taking supplements, and avoiding toxic habits can make a big difference in your health and quality of life.
But what about your pets?
When you think about some of the awful things they put in human food like:
- Preservatives
- Hormones and Antibiotics (from animals)
- Pesticides
You can only imagine what goes into pet food. Then think about the quality. There are numerous cases of human food being contaminated with viruses and bacteria because the manufacturer dropped the ball. Of course when people get sick it’s easy to trace their steps back to the source, whether it’s tainted spinach or spoiled meat the guilty party is usually found out and held responsible.
It’s much harder to do that with pets.
I’m guessing a lot of pets lives are being severely cut short because of the food they’re eating. In some cases the food can be deadly, like this tragic case that took the lives of dozens of dogs.
So I would like to ask all of you for your thoughts on natural health for pets. Is it something you believe in, and do you have any tips for keeping pets healthy?
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I'm certainly no professional, but have had a few cats and dogs. But my best advice would be; Don't feed them pet food. Or at least, that should not be the main source of nutrition. I do give my cat som pellets to nibble on, but high quality organic such. The reminder of her diet consists of natural protein. Fish, sea food, lamb, game. Ocasionally she has some pork/chicken/beef. But usally she avoids protein sources that have been produced in too high volumes, such as beef or pork or chicken which is not organic, or farmed salmon ie.
Only once during her 8 years has she had a stomach bug so that she didn't wanna eat, but that was cured by a few nice cuts of tuna steak... Except that she has been well and healthy.
My thinking is that cats living in the wild are not consuming any amounts of grains, so why should they just because they are domesticated? As far as dogs are concerned, they better able to have a more varied diet, including grains. When I had dogs, they were fed food left over, completely banned by today's comission earning vets selling branded pet food...
They were served a variety of foods, fish filets, pork chops from the weekend, steamed carrots, oat meal left overs, grilled chicken, boiled potatoes. Just make sure the left overs are not too fatty, and never give dogs chicken with bones in it, as dogs don't have the teeth system to handle it but may get internal cuts from the bones.
Cats can chew chicken with bones on the other hand. But if feeding your pets fish such as tuna or swordfish, make sure it's not too often as such fish can be very high in mercury.
I always let my pets have some good pellets to nibble on, for good teeth health.