Category: Nutrition for Pets

  • Aixia cat canned food (for 15yo and kidney disease)

    A friend gave me some cans of Aixia cat canned food for 15yo and above and kidney cats. Tabs, Cow Mau and Indy loved it! So I went to several pet stores here in Subang Jaya and none of them carry it. But I found it online at Lazada for a very affordable price! I…

  • Meat broth for the cats

    This morning, I cooked another batch of meat broth for the cats. This is not meant to replace their diet as it isn’t a balanced meal, it is only meant to increase their water intake. This time I changed the recipe. I only used one portion of chicken (just for taste), added water, carrots and…

  • The Blondies’ breakfast today

    Indra eats! Samantha eats! Akira eats! But did you notice they are eating at totally different places? Kai doesn’t want to eat. After changing Coco&Joe’s to Cubgrub’s Rabbit, Kai eats! A double helping too. So, it’s all about figuring out what they want to eat for that meal. Sometimes, they totally walk away from one…

  • Gerald’s fur and about spot-on products

    Gerald has had three rounds of Advocate spot-on now to address the balding of his flanks. It was slightly more than two months ago that I noticed Gerald’s fur “turning white” at his flanks. I was really worried as I thought that might be indicative of a life-threatening illness. So I quickly took him to…

  • Can cats and dogs be vegetarians?

    The short answer; While some dogs do well on a vegetarian diet, cats do not. Here’s why. These are articles written by veterinarians: Dr Justine A. Lee: https://www.pethealthnetwork.com/cat-health/cat-diet-nutrition/it-possible-or-safe-make-your-pet-a-vegetarian Excerpts: About 15 years ago, I treated a young, 15 month-old cat for a severe, rare type of heart disease called dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) – thankfully, we hardly see…

  • A small but significant success with Samantha!!

    As you know, Samantha is an untouchable cat. I cannot even touch her, let alone catch her or pill her. So far, the only supplement I could ever give her was Vetri DMG laced in her food when her daughters had mild flu. Samantha too was sneezing, but Vetri DMG took care of that very…

  • Indra drinks soup!

    I got Indra to lick soup from my soupy food yesterday! Slow and steady…. I’m on a quest to get all our cats to drink more water. So I’ve started making soupy homemade food for them as a snack at mid-day. It isn’t easy to entice them to eat/drink the soupy food as cats by…

  • Feeding our clan Adored Beast’s Healthy Gut pre+probiotic

    I was previously using Adored Beast’s Love Bugs pre+probiotic. This company has a variety of probiotics for different needs, but Love Bugs is the most basic and its formula also forms the basis of all their other probiotics. So, Healthy Gut is the Love Bugs with added digestive enzymes. I decided to try this, rotating…

  • Dorami and Mina drink soup – a success story!!

    Today is only Day 2 and Ming-Yi has successfully enticed Dorami and Mina to drink the homemade chicken soup!! Mina is probably saying, “I need coffee, I need coffee!!” Mina finished drinking her soup and is now showing her butt out of protest and trying to sniff coffee. Dorami is still drinking. Eh, Day 2…

  • Dorami and Mina try soup!

    Ming-Yi decided to try to make chicken soup for her cats, Dorami and Mina. Here’s how it went: While the photo shows promise, Dorami only licked a little bit while Mina didn’t care much for it. Instead, Mina went to sniff at coffee…haha. Like, as Ming-Yi says, how perfume shops give you coffee beans to…

  • Avant Pet’s Vegepet Functional Dog Food and reflections about a vegetarian diet for pets

    As you all know, Avant Pet and its sister company, Ecopet, have been supporting our work for many years now and we are very thankful to them. Avant Pet sells Vegepet Functional Dog Food. Read all about it here: http://www.vegepet.com.tw/english/about.html Now, yes, I know, feeding dogs vegetarian food is a point of contention for a…

  • The day after the stem cell therapy

    Indy, Ginger and Tabs went for the stem cell therapy yesterday. The vet said it is normal for them to feel tired and sleep a lot for the next few days. Well, Indy was still busy scolding the Monsters at 3am this morning and woke everyone up. He did not seem to be slowing down…

  • Another batch of soupy water-rich homemade meat broth for our cats!

    Here’s my new batch of soupy water-rich homemade cat food for today! Today’s meat broth is made with the following ingredients: Chicken breast meat Chicken liver Water (of course!) Slices of pumpkin Two kampung eggs Supplements added in after the food is ready: Taurine powder Vitamin E powder Nutritional Yeast flakes (for Vitamin B) Once…

  • Soupy food for everyone!

    Sure sapu habis for the Monsters and Ginger! Good news! Kai and Indra are also eating the soupy food! Next target is Samantha and Akira….patience, be near me still. Haha… This is part of my quest to get all our cats to drink more water. I’m adding homemade soupy food (water-rich meals) to their mid-day…

  • Cow Mau and Indy eat/drink soupy food

    Here’s Cow Mau and Indy sharing a plate of soupy homemade food. That is Samantha looking on. I’m giving everyone soupy food every day to increase their water intake. The ones who drink the most are, of course, the Monsters! I haven’t succeeded with Samantha and the Blondies yet. But there’s time…