First off: I am not a certified expert on everything I may post here. I am sharing my experiences, and learning, and insights, most times I have backing on what I post and will post links for that backing with my post. You have the right to disagree with me, but please if you must say something to disagree, be polite. And please do not accuse me of being a spammer, it is not my intention. My intention is to share information and insights with you.
On my post the other night about foods to not feed your pets, someone took issues with it that I was fully of hooey. I am sorry, but I don't think so, I don't post stuff like that unless I have a way to back what I say from a reputable group like the AVMA or ASPCA or such. I gathered they didn't really read my post, because they said I contradicted myself about bones, I said don't feed cooked bones because of the splintering factor, and from experience, Lil'Shit had to have surgery many years ago to save him because of a blockage of bone splinters in his intestine, they removed that part of the intestine. And yes, while raw food has bones, it's raw bones, and raw bones crush and break up differently and have all the nutrients in them that cooked bones don't. The eggs is more about salmonella than anything else, and this person blah blah'd about how she/he feeds all this stuff and mushrooms just fine to their pet. I almost wept for their pet. At least another backed me about the fact that it's better to be safe than sorry. My intention only was to perhaps make some pet owner a bit more aware of things that could harm their pet and perhaps save a loved animal companion.
I have had many a discussion with a dear friend whose cat is diabetic. When our kitties were diagnosed with diabetes, we went on the fast track to learning about everything for our pet that could affect their possibility to go into remission and how could we support them and give the best care for them. We know better on some things, like foods, and insulin, etc because we live(d) it. We saw first hand the effects of the wrong foods etc. My kitty Scooter developed heinz body anemia, during her short life with diabetes (she's passed on), and the first thing the vet wanted to know was if I fed onions or garlic to her and gave me a veterinary article on it. I hadn't fed her any of that, but had given a "natural" supplement, Alpha Lipoic Acid, which helps people with diabetes. The vet took the time to do the research on all of it and found the link to this "natural" supplement and heinz body anemia in cats. And my friend and I (along with many others) have learned that vets in veterinary school, initially learn their nutritional stances from the pet food companies? We got wiser.
Since then I have learned so much about nutrition in general, and genetically modified foods, etc. even for people, as I go through my own issues with food intolerances and auto-immune disorders. And I worked to help educate my mother with her diabetes and food issues. We know that what might be ok for us isn't ok for our fur kids, I know that while we are all mammals we all aren't quite the same. For example, while we might have enzymes that allow us to digest and use garlic, our pets lack that enzyme. So, in my thinking it is better to NOT take the risk and don't feed it to them. And didn't the recalls on pet foods over 3 years ago teach anyone anything? Didn't the people really read the articles from veterinarians who perhaps did know nutrition because they took the time to learn it and the endocrine systems of animals?
I love my animals in my care with all of my heart, those beautiful souls who have chosen to share their life with me. They look to me to care for them to the best I possibly can, to have a healthy, happy, and loving life. Why should I be ignorant and selfish by feeding them stuff blindly that shortens that life, just so I can have a "pet" in my life?
A little clue here people, I don't make statements here or anywhere, unless I have something to back it with and I have learned as much as possible on it. I work with people who know anatomy and physiology, microbiology, animal sciences, nursing, pharmacology, etc. inside and out because they have been studying and teaching it for a very, very long time. And I can tell you that some things I have learned throughout my years, have taught them new things also. And I am NOT the only person like this out there, I can point you in the direction of a whole group of people.
So think a bit before you make an uninformed or hurtful remark to me. I grant you have the right to disagree, but don't call me a liar or a spammer because you CHOOSE to be uninformed on a topic. And I will state, I don't know it all, but I do CHOOSE to take the time to learn and be informed as much as possible not only on my own health and foods, but those for my animal companions also.
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