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Can’t eat, won’t eat? Why your pet may be off its food

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Posted on January 12, 2012 by Petplan
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Julie Hunt reports on what steps to take when your beloved pet starts refusing its food. From the Petpeople magazine archive You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink, goes the old saying. But how … Read more >

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Debate: should dogs only eat raw meat? Part 2

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Posted on November 7, 2011 by Petplan
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Last week, Dr Ian Billinghurst told us about his view that dogs should only eat a Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (BARF) diet. Now here’s the other side of the argument, from vet Brian Faulkner

“The BARF diet is based on the assumption that dogs are the same as their ancestors: wolves. But they are a domesticated species with different DNA to wolves; a distinction going back many thousands of years.

Furthermore, all dogs are not the same. A Great Dane or a St Bernard may grow more in one week than a Yorkshire Terrier will grow in its whole life. The nutritional requirement of these dogs is significantly different. Read more >

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Cat retching white froth – is it serious?

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Posted on December 4, 2010 by Petplan

Q: Our cat retches repeatedly, bringing up white froth. He’s a usually healthy outdoor cat, but has also stopped purring.

A: It sounds like a grass blade is lodged in your cat’s pharynx, the opening between the oral and nasal cavity. Eating grass is normal in cats, but it sometimes gets caught between the two cavities, Read more >

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