I do not have money to spend because I have spent it all at the Vet's!
Vet bills are not fun. I'm happy that our beagle seems to have stopped ripping out claws.
Sooner or later, you're gonna want it. And the second — the second — that happens, you know I'll be there. I'll slip in, have myself a real good day.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
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Gudanov - Jun 10, 2009 9:53:27 am PDT #12481 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Trudy Booth - Jun 10, 2009 10:03:33 am PDT #12482 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The dog gets Pedigree. She's fifteen and going strong. I'm not changing a thing.
Vortex - Jun 10, 2009 10:16:02 am PDT #12483 of 30000
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Interesting --
Scientist claims that animals can tell right from wrong
(although that's a little misleading IMHO. The animals are exhibiting characteristics that comport with what western society thinks is right and wrong.)
Glamcookie - Jun 10, 2009 10:38:55 am PDT #12484 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
We use Wellness, but had to switch the kittens off of it as it was too rich for them (litterbox issues, ahem). Both are almost 1 so we may try it again and see what happens.
Steph L. - Jun 10, 2009 10:58:00 am PDT #12485 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Scientist claims that animals can tell right from wrong
...and then they go ahead and do what's wrong anyway. Or perhaps my pets are just in the Evil League of Pet Evil.
Also, I had *no* idea that Iams was crap. The vet always says the pets are robust, so I figure they're okay.
beth b - Jun 10, 2009 11:24:58 am PDT #12486 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
WS, I set you some questions about cat food -- I think I've got enough info to start.
And while I can't prove it -- I believe that one of the reason the cases of diabetes have grown in the world is the amount of refined grains we eat. and for cats, that are meant to almost pure carnivores too much grain is even more likely to be a real problem.
and there is lots of ma~~~ to send out, so I am .
Zenkitty - Jun 10, 2009 11:29:39 am PDT #12487 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
beth b - I agree with you, and I can produce, not proof, but epidemiological data that backs it up.
Now, where are my soda and chips?
Gudanov - Jun 10, 2009 11:34:00 am PDT #12488 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
I noticed that there is HFCS in my whole grain bread. WTF? I mean seriously, in my whole grain bread.
Polter-Cow - Jun 10, 2009 11:34:25 am PDT #12489 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Seriously!
WindSparrow - Jun 10, 2009 11:41:56 am PDT #12490 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Thanks a lot, cat people! Look at the psychic damage you've inflicted on me.We love you anyway, Hec. Sorry to have scarred you, especially when we don't see your font here so often.
He's healthier and happier than he's ever been.
Excellent news, Sean!
It is my understanding that most veterinary school nutrition classes are sponsored by either Hill's or Iams. The thing is, at this point I don't know if I ever saw actual documentation that this is a fact or if this is one of those "everybody says" factazoids. Well, here is a veterinarian who says he learned jack squat about nutrition at vet school: [link] and while he doesn't say his official nutrition classes, which were apparently non-existent, were sponsored by Hill's and Iams, he does say that those companies did sponsor "events" at his vet college. At this point I no longer take my veterinarians' word on food as gospel, just a starting point for my own research. I am a big advocate for reading labels for ourselves, for understanding what they really say, and making our own informed decisions.