I meant them sincerely. I did start researching and came up with a couple directly related to cats and even the differences between them and dogs. I found the info about the Taurine and other vitamins involved and the need to have vitamins and bone minerals mixes in to the meat as well and the specific measurements for recipes with links…
I meant them sincerely. I did start researching and came up with a couple directly related to cats and even the differences between them and dogs. I found the info about the Taurine and other vitamins involved and the need to have vitamins and bone minerals mixes in to the meat as well and the specific measurements for recipes with links to some product ideas. Interesting that cats shouldn't get egg whites, where I think dogs can too.
So I have found some resources on food, but anything you have on pet health like the milk thistle etc, I found Zeolite not sure yet if the products are different for humans vs pets on that, but names of trusted books, vet's, or product suggestions would still be appreciated when you have some time. Thank you!
Help for dogs and cats. I think this is a good starting point. If you have any questions, please ask. Also, my apologizes for typos. BTW: Anything coming out of purina is pure garbage. It should be illegal for them to label it as "food". Another thing, It's important to look at what company owns the company who's product you purchase. Nestle owns purina and Nestle is one of the most evil companies on earth (there are so many).
1) For understanding, commercial dog or cat “food” has many, many negative issues with it. First, if it's kibble that's being given there is absolutely NO high quality kibble and no nutritional value. Kibble is so processed that the nutrients are depleted from it. Vitamins and enzymes can not withstand processing or much heat for that matter (this goes for human processed food as well). So, manufacturers of these “foods” throw in synthetic supplements that mostly come from china. Second, you really do not know what you're getting when you purchase most commercial foods. 1) They are not organic so they have glyphosate in them. Glyphosate is an extremely dangerous substance that chelates (binds to and removes minerals from the body), causes leaky gut which in turn causes a lack of nutrients to be used by the body and for toxins to get to places they shouldn't be in the body, it's a known carcinigen because of these reasons and others, it it sprayed on wheat to kill it so they can harvest it before it's really ready to be harvested (Side note: Cheerios is one of the worst foods in the world because it has a very high amount of glyphosate in it due to this), it kills off good bacteria in the gut (if you think about it, glyphosate is a pesticide so it's main purpose is to kill bacteria. Well it does the same killing inside the body as it does outside in the fields). 2) Many of the brands use all kinds of dead animal parts in the commercial food (you can research that yourself. It's just too disgusting for me to write about). 3) The wet food is very processed too (so no nutritional value and synthetic supplements there too) and it's also cooked in the can that has a lining of either BPA or some other plastic.
That's a little bit about the “pet” “food” industry. There are many, many blogs posts about all of this. And, other websites that speak to just another disgusting greedy industry.
2) There are a few supplement companies for dogs and cats that I trust. These are companies that use whole food supplements for the most part.
a) https://www.wellpetdispensary.com/ Dr. Robert Silver was instrumental in giving our previous dog 2 more months of life. If we had known to speak with him sooner, I know that would have been extended. Some of the products that Dr. Silver has do have some fillers as inactive ingredients, which I don't like, but overall, his products are good.
b) https://www.pethealthandnutritioncenter.com/ They have wonderful products. The owners are an herbalist and a pet nutritionist. You can email them for help if your dog or cat has a specific issue or multiple issues and they will respond with helpful supplements.
c) fourleafrover.com They have whole food supplements for dogs. You can call and ask if the supplements can be given to cats but I'd try the first two companies to start with.
3) Regarding zeolite and dosing: zeolitedosing.com gives dosing amounts for humans, dogs, and cats.
My husband and I and our dog have been taking the maximum dosage for a while now with no negative effects and we've had our hair tested to see if any minerals have been affected and it doesn't seem like any have been. The zeolite pure from zeohealth dot com is what we use and our dog uses. It's pure zeolite so since there are no fillers it's good for humans, dogs, cats. Just different doses.
4) Not only is it important to feed whole food to your dog or cat for breakfast and dinner but also for treats. It's important to know where the meats/fish are sourced. Only wild fish is safe. Farm fish is very bad for everyone. Two issues with farm raised fish are: they use dyes to make salmon pink for instance and processed “food” to feed them the fish.
For meals:
a) Home cooked organic/wild meals or organic/wild raw meals are the best foods that dogs and cats can eat. A dog or cat would not go into the wild and look for kibble or canned food. They wouldn't look for cooked either but some just won't eat raw food. Our dog will only eat raw organic grass fed tripe but won't eat any other raw meat. Don't know why. You'd have to ask him. Anyway, we buy organic grass fed meats from the supermarket. It's human grade. Be aware that if you buy organic chicken it is not organic if the feed is not organic. Many will say vegetarian feed but not organic. So just watch for that. Also, the vegetables are all organic. We portion everything out based on Dr. Jean Dodds calculations. I don't know if the calculations work for cats (I would think so). You need to take into consideration the activity level of your dog or cat and current weight when figuring out how much food to give them.
With that said, one must really understand the nutritional needs of their dog or cat. As an example, taurine (as I mentioned prior) is necessary for everyone to have. Humans and dogs can make taurine in their bodies but cats can't so they need it supplemented by the foods they eat or sometimes by an actual supplement. Also, each individual, human, dog or cat, have different nutritional needs. For instance, one person might need more zinc or magnesium then someone else. So, things can get very tricky. If you're interested in more info on that, let me know.
This is a great company especially if you don't want to deal with some raw companies that offer parts of animals. Everything they offer is organic. The food from Answers is ground up so it's easy to work with. They have fermented raw milk, fermented bone broths (fish and chicken), and fermented cheeses. These fermented products are helpful to the microbiome especially since they are whole real foods.
c) There are many raw grass fed organic meat companies online. Our dog gets raw, green, grass fed, tripe every morning. Raw green grass fed organic tripe is an amazing food (not the white bleached tripe you see in stores for humans or the processed tripe in a can at the pet store). It offers enzymes and other nutrients that the body needs. These companies have products for dogs and cats that you order online and get shipped. You can talk with them about what to start with since raw is new to your dog or cat. There are several online raw food companies that will ship to you.
This is a dehydrated or frozen raw food that we supplement with when we don't have time to cook or run out of raw. It's 99% organic whole food. The only issue I have is that they put organic coconut oil in the food. Organic coconut oil might be detrimental the gut of dogs. I'm thinking it could be problematic for all of us. I haven't researched that well enough to say. https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/the-health-benefits-of-coconut-oil/ . You'll notice that in their cat food they put taurine.
Treats:
a) Some of the raw grass fed food companies have treats as well. Freeze dried or dehydrated liver, heart, lung, etc.
b) Our dog absolutely loves dehydrated fish skins. We do check to be sure where the fish was sourced from which is important not only for fish but for all meats.
5) Regarding vets: I don't know many that work with cats. So I would say Dr. Karen Becker might be a place to start ( https://www.mercolamarket.com/pages/about-dr-becker ). She's on Mercola's website and “writes” the articles for dogs/cats but I wouldn't stop there. The articles are helpful but I don't think all the products they sell on the mercola website for humans, dogs, or cats are pure enough sometimes. They have fillers that aren't necessary or even healthy (most fillers aren't). I would keep searching and reading because you'll start picking up info here and there and start coming to your own conclusions of what might work and what won't. I prefer purchasing supplements from those companies I mentioned above (#2) because I've purchased safe essential oil flea and collar for our dog on the mercola website and they really work so I buy an essential oil spray from Dr. Peter Dobias (in Canada) instead. He's a holistic vet. Bottom line is, it just takes time to figure out what works for cat.
Thank you so much and I'll be looking into it all. Funny you bring up toxins as I watched a docuseries by Zonia several weeks back and followed up with some testing. One of the bad unexpected readings is for Ochratoxin A where I'm 3.26 over the max reference mark. It apparently relates to water damage/mold and can have a serious affect on animals as well. So this is a must to start with now as I believe it's an area my cats frequent more than me but truly affects us all. I will gladly follow up with any questions or for more suggestions. Thank you again!!
I meant them sincerely. I did start researching and came up with a couple directly related to cats and even the differences between them and dogs. I found the info about the Taurine and other vitamins involved and the need to have vitamins and bone minerals mixes in to the meat as well and the specific measurements for recipes with links to some product ideas. Interesting that cats shouldn't get egg whites, where I think dogs can too.
So I have found some resources on food, but anything you have on pet health like the milk thistle etc, I found Zeolite not sure yet if the products are different for humans vs pets on that, but names of trusted books, vet's, or product suggestions would still be appreciated when you have some time. Thank you!
Help for dogs and cats. I think this is a good starting point. If you have any questions, please ask. Also, my apologizes for typos. BTW: Anything coming out of purina is pure garbage. It should be illegal for them to label it as "food". Another thing, It's important to look at what company owns the company who's product you purchase. Nestle owns purina and Nestle is one of the most evil companies on earth (there are so many).
1) For understanding, commercial dog or cat “food” has many, many negative issues with it. First, if it's kibble that's being given there is absolutely NO high quality kibble and no nutritional value. Kibble is so processed that the nutrients are depleted from it. Vitamins and enzymes can not withstand processing or much heat for that matter (this goes for human processed food as well). So, manufacturers of these “foods” throw in synthetic supplements that mostly come from china. Second, you really do not know what you're getting when you purchase most commercial foods. 1) They are not organic so they have glyphosate in them. Glyphosate is an extremely dangerous substance that chelates (binds to and removes minerals from the body), causes leaky gut which in turn causes a lack of nutrients to be used by the body and for toxins to get to places they shouldn't be in the body, it's a known carcinigen because of these reasons and others, it it sprayed on wheat to kill it so they can harvest it before it's really ready to be harvested (Side note: Cheerios is one of the worst foods in the world because it has a very high amount of glyphosate in it due to this), it kills off good bacteria in the gut (if you think about it, glyphosate is a pesticide so it's main purpose is to kill bacteria. Well it does the same killing inside the body as it does outside in the fields). 2) Many of the brands use all kinds of dead animal parts in the commercial food (you can research that yourself. It's just too disgusting for me to write about). 3) The wet food is very processed too (so no nutritional value and synthetic supplements there too) and it's also cooked in the can that has a lining of either BPA or some other plastic.
That's a little bit about the “pet” “food” industry. There are many, many blogs posts about all of this. And, other websites that speak to just another disgusting greedy industry.
2) There are a few supplement companies for dogs and cats that I trust. These are companies that use whole food supplements for the most part.
a) https://www.wellpetdispensary.com/ Dr. Robert Silver was instrumental in giving our previous dog 2 more months of life. If we had known to speak with him sooner, I know that would have been extended. Some of the products that Dr. Silver has do have some fillers as inactive ingredients, which I don't like, but overall, his products are good.
b) https://www.pethealthandnutritioncenter.com/ They have wonderful products. The owners are an herbalist and a pet nutritionist. You can email them for help if your dog or cat has a specific issue or multiple issues and they will respond with helpful supplements.
c) fourleafrover.com They have whole food supplements for dogs. You can call and ask if the supplements can be given to cats but I'd try the first two companies to start with.
3) Regarding zeolite and dosing: zeolitedosing.com gives dosing amounts for humans, dogs, and cats.
My husband and I and our dog have been taking the maximum dosage for a while now with no negative effects and we've had our hair tested to see if any minerals have been affected and it doesn't seem like any have been. The zeolite pure from zeohealth dot com is what we use and our dog uses. It's pure zeolite so since there are no fillers it's good for humans, dogs, cats. Just different doses.
4) Not only is it important to feed whole food to your dog or cat for breakfast and dinner but also for treats. It's important to know where the meats/fish are sourced. Only wild fish is safe. Farm fish is very bad for everyone. Two issues with farm raised fish are: they use dyes to make salmon pink for instance and processed “food” to feed them the fish.
For meals:
a) Home cooked organic/wild meals or organic/wild raw meals are the best foods that dogs and cats can eat. A dog or cat would not go into the wild and look for kibble or canned food. They wouldn't look for cooked either but some just won't eat raw food. Our dog will only eat raw organic grass fed tripe but won't eat any other raw meat. Don't know why. You'd have to ask him. Anyway, we buy organic grass fed meats from the supermarket. It's human grade. Be aware that if you buy organic chicken it is not organic if the feed is not organic. Many will say vegetarian feed but not organic. So just watch for that. Also, the vegetables are all organic. We portion everything out based on Dr. Jean Dodds calculations. I don't know if the calculations work for cats (I would think so). You need to take into consideration the activity level of your dog or cat and current weight when figuring out how much food to give them.
With that said, one must really understand the nutritional needs of their dog or cat. As an example, taurine (as I mentioned prior) is necessary for everyone to have. Humans and dogs can make taurine in their bodies but cats can't so they need it supplemented by the foods they eat or sometimes by an actual supplement. Also, each individual, human, dog or cat, have different nutritional needs. For instance, one person might need more zinc or magnesium then someone else. So, things can get very tricky. If you're interested in more info on that, let me know.
b) Answers: https://www.answerspetfood.com/
This is a great company especially if you don't want to deal with some raw companies that offer parts of animals. Everything they offer is organic. The food from Answers is ground up so it's easy to work with. They have fermented raw milk, fermented bone broths (fish and chicken), and fermented cheeses. These fermented products are helpful to the microbiome especially since they are whole real foods.
c) There are many raw grass fed organic meat companies online. Our dog gets raw, green, grass fed, tripe every morning. Raw green grass fed organic tripe is an amazing food (not the white bleached tripe you see in stores for humans or the processed tripe in a can at the pet store). It offers enzymes and other nutrients that the body needs. These companies have products for dogs and cats that you order online and get shipped. You can talk with them about what to start with since raw is new to your dog or cat. There are several online raw food companies that will ship to you.
d) Primal pet food: https://primalpetfoods.com/
This is a dehydrated or frozen raw food that we supplement with when we don't have time to cook or run out of raw. It's 99% organic whole food. The only issue I have is that they put organic coconut oil in the food. Organic coconut oil might be detrimental the gut of dogs. I'm thinking it could be problematic for all of us. I haven't researched that well enough to say. https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/the-health-benefits-of-coconut-oil/ . You'll notice that in their cat food they put taurine.
Treats:
a) Some of the raw grass fed food companies have treats as well. Freeze dried or dehydrated liver, heart, lung, etc.
b) Our dog absolutely loves dehydrated fish skins. We do check to be sure where the fish was sourced from which is important not only for fish but for all meats.
5) Regarding vets: I don't know many that work with cats. So I would say Dr. Karen Becker might be a place to start ( https://www.mercolamarket.com/pages/about-dr-becker ). She's on Mercola's website and “writes” the articles for dogs/cats but I wouldn't stop there. The articles are helpful but I don't think all the products they sell on the mercola website for humans, dogs, or cats are pure enough sometimes. They have fillers that aren't necessary or even healthy (most fillers aren't). I would keep searching and reading because you'll start picking up info here and there and start coming to your own conclusions of what might work and what won't. I prefer purchasing supplements from those companies I mentioned above (#2) because I've purchased safe essential oil flea and collar for our dog on the mercola website and they really work so I buy an essential oil spray from Dr. Peter Dobias (in Canada) instead. He's a holistic vet. Bottom line is, it just takes time to figure out what works for cat.
Thank you so much and I'll be looking into it all. Funny you bring up toxins as I watched a docuseries by Zonia several weeks back and followed up with some testing. One of the bad unexpected readings is for Ochratoxin A where I'm 3.26 over the max reference mark. It apparently relates to water damage/mold and can have a serious affect on animals as well. So this is a must to start with now as I believe it's an area my cats frequent more than me but truly affects us all. I will gladly follow up with any questions or for more suggestions. Thank you again!!
You're welcome. Hoping things are going well.