Pet Nutrition Page

Pet Food, Supplements and General Nutrition...

Is itching and scratching a problem with your pet?

Sadly enough many people do not realize the importance of nutrition for their pets. Many people are misguided by TV ads claiming how nutritious their products are. We ask that you "look at the bag" and see what exactly you are putting in your pet.... If it starts with corn or wheat or some other fillers you are not giving them their proper diets. Cats and dogs do not digest corn and other carbs. They are carnivorous and must have a higher protein diet to function properly.

If you feed "big box" brands of food your pet could be suffering from malnutrition and you don't even know it. Many diseases, skin conditions, hair loss, allergies, weight gain/loss and tiredness are caused by poor nutrition.

We carry only the best of natural and holistic foods, no wheat, corn, soy, by-products, fillers or artificial flavorings or anything else your pets don't need.

Your pet will absorb more nutrition from our premium line of pet food. This means less waste, better health and cost savings.

We carry a variety of "grain free" dog and cat food. When you have allergies and/or digestive problems then these popular lines can bring some relief.

Your pet also needs fresh foods that are alive with enzymes. Click here to learn more about fresh food in your pets diet and the many benefits of doing so.

Do your own research or ask us how we can help determine the best product to feed your pet.

Considered by us and many others to be the best diet for your cat or dog. Total raw diet or a percentage of their diet will help keep them as healthy and happy as can be. We will be happy to discuss with you the benefits of raw foods and how you can make the transition.

What you need to know about raw food diets for cats

You may have come to the conclusion that there is no perfect commercial food for your cat. Indeed, because of the heat processing necessary to meet government standards, even the best of these cook out some of the nutrients. What is a concerned cat owner to do, then?

Why Consider a Raw Food Diet?

The simplest answer is, "Because it closely approximates the diet cats would get in the wild; the diet to which their physiology is naturally attuned." Cats eat a varied diet in the wild, including organs, brains, and occasionally, stomach and intestine contents:

mice and other rodents
small mammals
birds
fish
snakes and other reptiles
insects

However, for various reasons most feline caregivers do not have the resources, nor the time to offer live prey to their cats; others may feel squeamish at doing so (although frozen baby mice warmed to room temperature may afford a rare treat.) Enter the raw food diet, which most closely approximates the diet of felines in the wild.

An oft-cited study was done by Francis M.

Pottenger, which left little doubt to the importance of enzyme-rich raw foods for cats.

Pottenger's Cats

Toward the middle of the 20th century, Dr. Francis M. Pottenger, Jr., drawing on the experiments of Weston Price in his treatments of respiratory disease, conducted a study on the effects of heat-processed foods on cats. His study was prompted by the poor health of cats he was using for adrenal studies; cats who were fed cooked meat scraps. As neighbors to his clinic in Monrovia, CA, kept donating cats for his study, his supply of cooked meat dwindled, and he found a source for raw meat scraps from a local meat packing plant. Dr. Potter observed within a few months that the cats receiving the raw meat scraps were in noticeably better health; thus his feeding study was born.

The controlled feeding experiment took place over ten years, between 1932 and 1942, and over 900 cats were eventually included. The optimum diet consisted of 1/3 raw milk, cod liver oil, and 2/3 raw meat, with one group receiving cooked food instead of raw. The findings were astounding. Within a few generations, the cats receiving cooked food exhibited:

facial deformities: narrowed faces, crowded jaws, frail bones and weakened ligaments
an excess of parasites
all manners of disease
female cats became more aggressive while males became docile
difficulty with pregnancy and after three generations, pregnancy failed
kittens born of these pregnancies often did not survive to adulthood
kittens showed skeletal deformities and organ malfunctions

Clearly, there was a direct link between the cooking of meat and the resultant evidence of malnutrition in Pottenger's cats.

Pet Food, Supplements and General Nutrition...

Dogs and Cats Thrive On Raw Meat Based Diets

What you need to know about raw food diets for cats

Why Consider a Raw Food Diet?

Pottenger's Cats