FOOD & NUTRITION

Some Cats With Diabetes Can Stop Taking Insulin

Diabetes is an expensive disease, with insulin injections for some cats easily reaching $100 a month. It’s also a terribly inconvenient one. Shots of...

Healthy Weight Loss Goes Slowly

Your cat weighs 20 pounds and should weigh 15. You put him on a weight-management plan that you worked out with the vet, but...

Should You Choose Food That’s Preservative-Free?

You’re trying to decide between two different brands of canned cat food. The clincher is that one is advertised online as preservative-free, so you...

Why That Statement of Nutritional Adequacy is So Important

Several months ago a Siberian kitten was brought to the Emergency and Critical Care Unit of Tufts’s small animal hospital. It was meowing from...

More Cats Now Prone to Painful Tooth Complication

A frequently painful condition in cats called tooth resorption has become much more common over the last 50 years, affecting anywhere from 20 to...

Ash In Your Cat’s Diet?

Sometimes in the “Guaranteed Analysis” box on a cat food label, you’ll see ash as an ingredient. What’s going on? Are burnt embers some...

When Choosing Cat Food, Don’t Fall Prey to Premiumization

Pound for pound, cat food is typically more expensive than dog food because it tends to contain higher amounts of protein and fat —...

Freeze-Dried Cat Food: Think Twice

Freeze-dried treats for cats have a nice long shelf life because the moisture has been removed from them. Some cat kibble is also coated...

Fruits and Vegetables for Your Carnivorous Cat?

Cats do not need fruits and vegetables in their diets. In fact, because they are obligate carnivores, some of the nutrients they require can...

Dear Doctor: New diet not agreeing with cat

Q. We needed to switch our cat to a different diet to help manage her heart disease, but I can see after only a...

Which Is Better For Your Cat, Dry Food Or Wet?

Have you been feeding your cat dry food but wondering if she would be healthier with wet? Maybe you’ve stayed away from wet food...
Are picky feline eaters born that way or inadvertently taught by their owners to turn up their noses at food?

Once a Picky Eater, Always a Picky Eater?

Does it sometimes seem like your cat is such a finicky eater that she is taunting you by turning up her nose at what...