Comments on: Non-peer-reviewed tick update: Soy sauce edition

By: Barbara Malkin

Barbara Malkin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:41:41 +0000

I have a cat who will be 17 in February. He lost six or seven pounds with the contaminated pet food but pulled through. I would like some ideas of what to feed him. He has never regained the weight and is extremely thin. He has always preferred dry food but recently wants to try whatever I am eating. I worry about giving too much protein because old kidneys aren’t as efficient as they once were, but know that cats need a lot of protein. Currently the dry food is Avoderm indoor formula. He ate Avoderm canned food in the tiny cans until the company changed the formula. For months he only would eat Kirkland tuna but then I worry about the salt. He does eat kitty junk food but he needs better nutrition than that. I need to find palatable food for him. Help!

By: Janeen

Janeen — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:15:46 +0000

Soy sauce - love it!

I wonder if osmotic shock was the kicker?

Someday I may need to blog on 101 ways to kill a tick. Will be sure to link to this ;-)

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:47:17 +0000

:::slapping forehead:::

You’re SO right!!

WHAT was I thinking??!!! I forgot to nuke it!!

By: Cate

Cate — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:42:46 +0000

About the tick - you forgot to microwave it before you smashed and flushed it.

By: JenniferJ

JenniferJ — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:57:19 +0000

As for food, my guys are currently getting kibble, which I have shipped in from a small company in Colorado, mixed with whatever is fresh and affordable at the local co-op.

Coats are great, skin issues few. We did lose a seven year old to liver cancer this year but most of the bulldogs have beaten the expected 8-9 year life span by 3-4 years so knock on wood, we seem to be in good shape. Cloud’s cancer was the first run in with the big C in 15 years and no family history of liver cancer.

So sorry to hear about the GP. They are fabulous little animals. It is so very easy for mishandling or storage of foods or ingredients
to cause real problems and heartbreak to pets and owners. When my kids get older and want their “own” pet, cavies will be high on the list because I am fully aware that as mom, any pet my kids get will be mine too!

By: JenniferJ

JenniferJ — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:45:29 +0000

Blech, ticks! I came in from feeding our gigantic potbelly lookalike (potbelly/american domestic cross) and sat down at the computer. I looked down at my arm and eek! tick. This brought on the “tick dance” whereby the tick was launched and I could not find it.

So I sat at the computer figuring it would find me again. Within 2 minutes it was on my foot.

Tick (flattened) now sleeps with da fishes or whatever is equivilant in our septic tank.

By: nancy freedman-smith

nancy freedman-smith — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:01:51 +0000

no it wasn’t oxbow or kay-tee. Not a major brand….

By: slt

slt — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:59:46 +0000

“how do i test the food myself?”

Find your state’s Dept of Ag here:
http://www.aafco.org/SummaryOf.....fault.aspx

Other possibilities for testing:
http://www.expertox.com/pg_poison.html

http://www.microbac.com/servic.....lamine.php

By: Megan

Megan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:50:13 +0000

Dr. Patty- Kaytee is okay stuff, but oh, Oxbow smells so tasty and fresh in comparison… nom nom nom (says my bunny).

By: Gina Spadafori

Gina Spadafori — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:13:54 +0000

LOVE the tick story. I will say that even though we seem to be having a bad summer here in Sacramento, tick-wise, I have never seen the entire load of bugs so bad as when I lived in Florida.

I liked North Florida, very much, but I could not live there forever. There is not enough DEET in the world …