Category: Nutrition for Pets

  • Cow Mau, Indy and Cleo

    I have not updated about our Super Seniors for quite long now, but all is well, as well as can be. Cow Mau is back to 100% raw. He has to eat many small meals throughout the day, but the good thing is, when hungry, he will ask for food. When I offer food to…

  • Sakura is now officially “Hiro”, an attempt to catch Misty

    I texted my vet “Sakura’s” photo to ask if she/he is male. She says the photos are not clear, but I’m really quite sure he is male. So whether male or female, Sakura is now officially Hiro. Hiro is a gender-neutral name. Hiro (ひろ, ヒロ) is primarily a Japanese given name with multiple meanings, dependent…

  • Teaching Gerald and Misty to eat raw food

    Gerald and Misty are adults who have probably been eating all sorts of food but raw food. So I have to “teach” them to eat raw food now. I placed a small amount in their bowl of homecooked food. That’s my very own homecooked chicken recipe. They avoided the raw portion and ate around it.…

  • Duck as a novel protein for the kittens

    Today, I introduced Cubgrub’s Duck to the kittens. Samantha loved it, though! The kittens…maybe they weren’t so hungry. They ate a bit of it.  Or they were too busy playing. They took to Cubgrub’s Rabbit instantly. Maybe because that’s a very natural food to them. This spoonful is after the main meal to see if…

  • The ongoing debate on what to feed your cat

    This article offers a fair view on both sides of the divide: https://cats.com/vegan-cat-food I think the entire article is summed up in its conclusion: You only have two options. One is to disrespect your cat’s needs and desires by feeding him a diet that’s morally meaningful to you and perhaps other animals, but utterly unnatural to…

  • A new protein for the kittens and Sam!

    The kittens ate raw chicken and cooked sardines today! This is Coco&Joe’s Chicken & Fish recipe. Just as a gentle reminder, cats absolutely CANNOT eat raw fish. So no sushi for cats, please. Raw fish contains thiaminase which destroys the thiamine (vit B) in their body and this can be fatal. Please see below for…

  • Of biologically-appropriate food and evolution

    Some weeks back, an old friend contacted me to ask if I knew where to buy vegetarian food for dogs and cats. I immediately told him that dogs are omnivores, so while some dogs are known to be able to live on a vegetarian diet (provided it is nutritionally balanced), cats are obligate carnivores and…

  • Sam and her kittens eating 100% raw food

    I’m switching Samantha from Primal Freeze-Dried to Coco&Joe’s. Seeing her kittens eat, she is also following now. And for the first time today, Indra can finally pick up raw meat from a plate!! It’s an achievement for little Indra! This is Coco&Joe’s for Samantha. Her kittens are also eating it already. Healing well. Indra eats…

  • The kittens teach Samantha how to eat raw food!

    On 6th March, Kai was the one who started to eat raw chicken breast meat. She was the first. Then, Akira followed closely. Indra was the last, being the youngest. In the very next meal, Kai was already able to pick up the meat from the small plate all by herself. (It is so strange…

  • Updates from Amy Kok’s Kennel in Kota Bharu

    Today, Amy fed the dogs, both outdoors and indoors in her kennel with the food we provided. Here are some photos and videos: We were discussing nutrition and I told Amy about the benefits of bones and raw food (BARF). So, Amy was game to try it on her dogs. Here’s raw chicken meat and…

  • Cow’s eye and eating problems

    Once we age, old age and sickness are sure to set in. No one escapes this. Cow Mau was having massive eye discharge for more than a week. While Maximus Ophtal worked wonders for Bunny, it does not work for Cow at all. But Nicol eyedrops work, thankfully! So after a week’s application of Nicol…

  • Good morning, Sam and kitties!

    I wasn’t feeling well last night (must be due to some sambal I ate at an eatery) so I could not get up to feed the kittens at 10pm. But I’m okay this morning. So, Kai and Akira lost weight in the 4am weighing session this morning. But it isn’t too alarming. Indra gained weight…

  • Kai eats another chicken meal!

    So far, only Kai knows how to eat chicken on his own. For Akira and Indra, I am still only putting a very small amount into their mouths. They chew and swallow. But both are still not able to pick up minced chicken on their own from the plate yet. In fact, the amount was…

  • Kai eats another raw meal and an update on the kittens

    I was hoping Akira and Indra would eat the raw chicken on their own too, but they aren’t ready yet. Only Kai is. I’m rather worried about Akira and Indra. They are both active, but have not been putting on weight since Samantha stopped breastfeeding. I’ve been feeding them, but they aren’t drinking more than…

  • Kai achieves a first (raw food on his own)!

    I thought Kai had become slow in everything, but no. Just now, he achieved a first – he ate raw meat on his own! Since yesterday, I had been giving the kittens very small amounts of minced chicken breast meat. I do it by placing the small amount into their mouths. Both Akira and Indra…