Cat's Cookbook: A Lift-the-flap Story (Tales From Acorn Wood, 5)

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Your pet's pancreas is unable to secrete the enzyme needed to split cellulose into glucose molecules. Dogs' and cats' bodies just aren't efficient at digesting, assimilating and utilizing plant material and grains as high quality protein. Toys are another winning gift, so long as your pet is interested in them. Fox-Pitt’s go-to brand for robust, eco-friendly toys is Green and Wilds, which also makes toys for cats. “Cats love toys – try to choose something recyclable that won’t release toxins when it’s chewed,” she says. Veterinarians, myself included, have witnessed far too many casualties resulting from pet owners' good intentions.

The recipes generally include simple ingredients like egg yolk, cottage cheese, oatmeal, vegetables, and grains. And here's another thing… Corn is one of the most frequently genetically modified 'foods'. Not healthy for you… and not healthy for your precious pet. I've recognized that there is simply not enough accurate information out there to help pet owners like yourself prepare a nutritionally balanced, species-specific homemade diet.I have seen severe nutritional deficiencies, disease, and even irreversible organ damage due to unbalanced homemade diets.

With Big Business' marketing machine, it has become increasingly difficult to determine what's in that bag or can of pet food. If all those descriptions seem a bit much, it can be summarized as a comprehensive approach to keeping your pets happy and healthy, including how nutrition plays a significant role in the health of dogs and cats. The book also spends quite a bit of time discussing commercial foods and supplements and raw and cooked recipes for cat and dog food- so many options!

Today's commercial pet food is a far cry from your dog's or cat's ancestral diet – the diet their species has thrived upon for thousands of years. So it’s worth putting a little thought into giving your pet a gift they will truly appreciate. “There’s so much waste surrounding pet gifts,” says vet Alicia Fox-Pitt, “but you can try to reduce your pet’s paw print by choosing something sustainable.” There’s very little information to be found about the author. We assume he is neither a pet nutritionist nor veterinarian as there seems to be little thorough, scientific, peer-reviewed research behind this cookbook. The author, Rachel Rayner, is not a veterinarian, nor does the book mention a lot of research into the nutritional balance of the recipes. Therefore, it should primarily be considered a pleasant and tasty supplementing meal to spoil your cat now and then. Cats' and dogs' natural ancestral diets are full of high-quality protein, animal-sourced fatty acids, fiber, nutrients and variety – a far cry from today's processed pet foods.

Unfortunately, feeding this type of unnatural diet can cause chronic inflammation and illness, obesity and other metabolic consequences. Nonetheless, if you are ready to take on the challenge of homemade cat food (or just some treats and a few meals), some of these books are great places to start! Our favorites here at I Love Veterinary Medicine were: Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta. Here's the real truth about your pet's diet: Unless you prepare your pet's food yourself, you really don't know for sure what's in it. Who's Minding the Store? With lots of information on the appropriate levels of vegetables, fruits, and supplements, the book ensures that your furry friends stay full, as well as happy and healthy. Whether you’re planning on cooking all their food for them or just making them a nice treat, this book has you covered. This book is more aimed toward the dedicated all-inclusive meal planner.As the intense processing and extreme temperatures mostly destroy any nutrients that might have been present naturally, manufacturers must add vitamins and minerals to the food. The book also contains a chapter on diet as medicine for cats. Although this might be very useful, it can be very complicated to attempt to cook for a cat with known disease and should not be attempted without consulting a specialist. The author is not a veterinarian or pet nutritionist so, it is crucial to keep this in mind when reading.