Pet Nutrition Thread: I see no problem with my cat's vegan diet.

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Dixville: Nov 4, 2008; I don't think!; Ham Wrangler

Alexithymia posted:

Pet Nutrition thread, I seek your wisdom.

I suspect my dog has a bit of acidity going on, nothing major (very small grunting noises that sound like burping) . The food I have him in (Acana Small Breed) is pretty much the best I've found (Kibble size, ingredients are met with approval and resulting poop is ideal).
He's not a fan of sweet potatoes or pumpkin, but he is fine with chicken which I know helps, but are there other foods I could give him as treats to help?

Add a probiotic maybe? Couldn't hurt anything.

Johnny Truant posted:

Got a question for you, pet nutrition thread!

My two cats' birthdays are tomorrow, and I'm tryna make them little cat cakes I've seen a few recipes that use about 1.5TBSP of AP flour, so I'm assuming it's okay, but then some random YouTuber said it's bad and to only use coconut flour, do now I'm confused. Is AP flour alright for my furbutts?

Knowing them they'll probably sniff the cake, meow at me loudly and unapprovingly, then go try to eat my Bluetooth headphones case, but I still wanna try!

Just a one time thing probably not gonna be harmful. This is adorable that you're doing this. If it was me I'd probably try icing it with a little teeny layer of some kinda squeeze cheese product, cats usually love that poo poo.

Cheesus posted:

One of my cats just had her second dental cleaning and this time, a tooth removed.

I had been feeding her Blue Buffalo Blue Wilderness Adult Salmon Recipe Dry Cat Food for most of her life. The vet thinks that because the kibble is so small, it's been sticking to her teeth hence the tarter built up. I switched to the bigger kibble of Hill's Science Diet Adult Oral Care Dry Cat Food, but then read the third ingredient is corn gluten meal.

The kibble is about a 1/4, grazing supplement outside of her primary wet (grain free) food.

Does anyone have a recommendation for healthier cat kibble that helps keep their teeth clean?

Theres Hills t/d which is a prescription diet. Also as others mentioned, training them to let you actually brush their teeth. The key with this is to go really slow and not try to hold them down/force it or they'll just fight you more the next time. This guide looks pretty good

https://consciouscat.net/2018/02/12/brushing-cats-teeth-training-program/

Charles posted:

My personal recommendation is to only feed grain-free if your pet has a grain allergy.

I have an idea. Instead of a hopelessly out of date OP let's add a list of pet stores that sell high quality food.

For example: Seattle: Mud Bay, Petapoluza

Bay Area: Pet Food Express

I wonder if someone should make a new thread. The op is a bit outdated especially with the whole grain free thing going on.

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