Sentences with phrase «consumed by your cat»

In order to reduce the amount of carbohydrates and fat consumed by cats, I recommend feeding a combination of canned and dry food.

Our cat health treats are cold formed which ensures more nutrients will be available when consumed by your cat.

Proteins consumed by the cat are broken down and converted into urea nitrogen, which is then excreted by the kidneys, along with other waste products.

They typically contain cationic detergents and essential oils that, if consumed by a cat, can cause severe chemical burns in the mouth, fever, difficulty breathing and tremors.

Not exact matches

Like its human counterpart, the cat bitter taste receptor Tas2r43 was activated by bitter compounds aloin (found in the aloe plant) and denatonium (used to deter children and pets from consuming chemicals such as antifreeze) but responded differently to the compounds.

He found that the nation's dogs and cats eat about 19 percent as many calories as the nation's people, on par with all the calories consumed by the population of France in a year.

Cooking the vegetables slightly will help to break them down, which makes sense, considering that most plant matter cats would consume in the wild would have been partially digested by their prey already.

In cats, an addition of 5 percent BA to drinking water for 20 weeks has been shown to deplete taurine and result in damage to the brain; however, taurine is an essential amino acid for cats but not for humans and it is unknown if the smaller dosages consumed by humans could result in similar effects [156].

Cats by nature, in the wild, are meat eaters that consume small quantities of grain.

All of their nutrient needs, including calcium, should be met by consuming high - quality cat food.

More serious is flea anaemia brought on by too many fleas consuming your cat's blood faster than it can replace it.

Coccidia spread when oocysts are shed in the stool of infected pets and then the oocysts are consumed later by another susceptible dog or cat.

Cats can be exposed to marijuana by orally consuming their owner's stash or inhaling the smoke.

Help prevent stones and crystals by encouraging your cat to consume more fluids.

Fish meal: Typically includes the portions of fish not consumed by humans that is ground into a fine powder and added to cat and dog foods.

By the third generation, the cats consuming cooked foods suffered from allergies, behavior problems, parasites, musculoskeletal problems, organ disease, and immune problems.

If your cat goes outside, he will get exposed to a wide variety of parasites through contact with parasite eggs in the environment or by hunting and consuming wildlife.

By contrast, other dogs and cats overeat, consume excessive calories, and become obese.

As the intestine is compromised, only a portion of food your cat is consuming will be absorbed by the body and the feline will begin to lose weight and become lethargic.

If your cat doesn't consume enough water, the dehydration caused by the diarrhea may even lead to constipation.

Unfortunately, pet emergency rooms across the country see a healthy number of dogs and cats with tummy troubles — or worse — caused by consuming things that should be off - limits.

Cats become infected by roundworms by consuming raw prey like birds and rodents that have consumed beetles and worms that are infested.

Indeed, in 1985 cats passed dogs as the most popular American pets, and according to a survey by the Pet Industry Advisory Council, there were 54.2 million pet dogs in the country last year and 63 million cats, enough to consume $ 600 million to $ 700 million worth of clay - based cat box litter, perhaps a third of it Kitty Litter and subsidiary brands created by Mr. Lowe.

Some cats consume many different processed food proteins and colorings, which may be changed by their digestive systems into foreign material that gets attacked by the immune system.

Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease that can be transmitted to humans (and other animals) by ingesting infected cat feces, consuming raw or undercooked infected meat, or ingesting contaminated water.

These nasty organisms are transmitted when a form of the parasite called the cyst is shed in one animal's stool and consumed by another dog or cat.

Certain human medications can be deadly to dogs and cats if consumed by mistake.

This problem can usually be managed by clipping long - haired cats, increasing the amount of fiber in their diets and the amount of water that they consume.

The key word here is «consume,» since cats don't need to get their water just by drinking.

It features a combination of muscle meat and organs without using animal by - products, ensuring that your cat only consumes highly - digestible protein.

How long the trays last will depend on how many cats use it and how much food and water your cat consumes by day.

Kittens and senior cats are likely to be affected more by persin toxicity, so be sure to give your veterinarian a call if you think your cat has consumed any.

While some cats are more sensitive to the detrimental effects of carbohydrates than others, the bottom line is that cats are obligate carnivores and are not designed by nature to consume a high carbohydrate diet or one that is water - depleted (dry kibble).

If, by any chance, there's a tapeworm larva inside the rodent's body and your cat consumes the liver of that mouse, kitty will have tapeworms too.

Swap your pet's canned food for dry and your dog or cat will need to replace the water previously consumed in food by drinking more.

You would not consume a turkey by - product dinner on Thanksgiving, and neither should your cat.

The pH of cat's urine is largely controlled by the food and water consumed.

Overweight cats do not only overconsume calories, they also consume more minerals than required by their bodies for normal metabolism.

Nevertheless, advises Dr. McEntee, owners might possibly reduce the risk of oral tumors by preventing a cat's exposure to tobacco smoke, by consulting a veterinarian about the use of flea collars and the type of food it routinely consumes, and by paying careful attention to a cat's oral hygiene.

To complete their life - cycle, all tapeworms require an intermediate host to first eat the eggs from the environment, and then the cat will turn into infected by consuming the intermediate host.

After getting spayed or neutered, a cat's energy requirements drop by up to 30 %, while at the same time, a cat may consume up to 20 % more food.

Well, flea bites can cause anemia in very young or small cats because just one female flea can consume 15 times her body weight in blood and multiply that by 10 or more fleas and we have a problem.

Increase the amount of fluids your cat consumes by adding water to her daily kibble.

Even in the wilderness, where we practice cat - sanitation, we often find our holes dug up by coyotes and the contents consumed.

Among the many vitally important roles performed by the feline liver is its contribution to the digestion of the food that a cat routinely consumes.