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formekj
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Posted: Tue Nov 7th, 2006 02:53 pm |
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| Share your pet health stories, solutions, problems here
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Posted: Thu Nov 9th, 2006 01:00 pm |
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Taking proper care of your pet throughout their life will save you a great deal of money and heartache. Diet, water and air quality, exercize, and attention to what you use to clean and treat your home (many cleaning agents are toxic, as are pesticides and insecticides) will go a very long way to helping your pet stay healthy. Do not give your pets unfiltered tap water. Also change their water 2 times a day.
According to the Royal Society of Medicine Great Britain "Fully 90% of all chronic disease is caused by an unhealthy intestinal system."
About the best that can be said for commercial pet foods is they are convenient. You definitely can't trust their labels!
Pets have been domesticated, but domestication does not change their diet. A good diet would consist of raw or slightly cooked high quality meat, fish, and chicken that are antibiotic, and hormone free. Better still if they are free-range, not eating commercial foods.
In addition to high quality protein, pets need digestive enzymes and microflora to aid in proper digestion. Wild cats and dogs supplement their diet by eating natural grasses and soil to get the digestive enzymes and microflora they require to aid digestion and keep their gut healthy. Domestic animals need these too!
Unfortunately, many pets are bought from stores, who buy from breeding farms. Breeding farms are money making operations. There is great risk that the puppy or kitten came from a mother who was weakened from too many litters. Plus, these animals are often weaned too soon, compromising their immune systems for life. Shelter animals can also be from sick mothers, or weaned too soon.
Health issues that develop later in life (without a seemingly indentifiable cause) can be traced to an underdeveloped immune system, and a GI tract that is toxic from low quality commercial pet foods.
Be careful were you get your pets, how you take care of them and you will enjoy watching them develop to their fullest potential. That's what pet ownership is all about.
Last edited on Thu Nov 9th, 2006 01:03 pm by DTTT2
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Posted: Fri Nov 10th, 2006 11:16 pm |
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Thank DTTT2 for sharing your information, it was extremely helpful. I of all people know about the puppy mills, have worked in the pet industry for years. But, I must admit I did give in and adopted a pomeranian puppy from a pet store....... My other dogs have been rescued....as well as my cats and birds 
I was lucky I gave in to tempation as she was so helpless and adorable at 3 months. Mia has now been with us for over 8 months, recently spayed (and not doing to well with that).....she'll get by.
I totally agree about the puppy mills, but sadly these poor animals never asked to be there.......I guess I'm on both sides.....fortunately I've had much love with my baby and she turned out great......
I don't want to open this as a debate, just wanted to share what I have seen, done....and pretty much that is it.
Tks,
Karen
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Posted: Sat Nov 11th, 2006 01:42 am |
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| It's great that you chose the pets you did. My point is only that all animals need better care than the average pet owner provides. Following the basic steps I outlined will minimize the potential for health issues to develop no matter where you got the animal.
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