@modamensch: i'm also noticing a false dichotomy between raw diets and kibble diets: if you criticize the risks of a raw pet food diet, defenders will tell you kibble is worse, but kibble and raw aren't your only options. this is also not to say raw diets haven't ever helped an animal, but it IS to say that raw diet influencers have an incentive to downplay the risks involved and to overplay the benefits. #cattok #catfood #birdflu #h5n1 #rawfood #rawdiet #cats #psa #pets cat food, h5n1 and cats, raw diets
I'm a veterinarian. it's exhausting. imagine being told you're in it for the money when I could have been a human surgeon and made 5x more
2025-01-04 03:27:00
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Yi Guo :
i feel this about also the indoor/outdoor rhetoric. Saying indoor cats are inherently going to have a worse life - so should disabled cats die cus they can’t go outside??
2025-01-13 14:02:22
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liquoricegummibear :
My biggest issue is pet food studies are funded by the same companies that make it, it’s a conflict of interest
2025-01-03 09:43:30
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kelly :) :
people lose their minds when i tell them their pet can thrive on any diet as nutrition isn’t black and white
2025-01-03 14:10:32
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grace :
They go on about vets getting kickbacks but will suggest you only feed the food they get discounts from when you purchase
2025-01-03 13:56:07
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🐕🦺 Michele Forbes DVM 🐈⬛ :
As a DVM, I could not love every single word of this messsge more. Thank you!!
2025-01-04 13:29:13
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aceli0290 :
All I want to add to this is that there are vets that like raw (or alternative diets) and there are some that like kibble. Most vets don’t care as long as it’s balanced (in my own experience. 1/2
2025-01-03 07:23:40
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marths :
I agree but my cat suffered from UTIs due to his food and the vet put him on a special diet forever. I then found out what causes the UTI (veggies in cat food) and switched his diet once his pH was
2025-01-21 12:48:02
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Caitlin 🍉🍉🍉 :
Literally. I used to feed raw because I could prep months of meals at a time and it saved money (there’s a local raw feeding co-op that places bulk meat orders from local farmers). Then I and my
2025-01-05 12:24:23
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galactricretriever :
(1) i think its interesting when comparing processed human & pet food vs fresh food, & why those views clash. studies are important, but so is verifying who funds and the methods used to get results
2025-01-04 22:47:50
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Lil Rat :
The hills urinary/kidney prescription diet is actually what’s keeping our male cat from having another blockage and bladder/kidney stones. It’s literally keeping him alive.
2025-01-03 18:07:09
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Milan :
I always find these conversations interesting as someone studying pet food nutrition. A lot of the general public don’t even know we exist and yes while vets don’t get in depth nutrition training,
2025-01-05 13:34:43
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JuanPonaWompWomp :
I can absolutely see this being true but I feel like I’m on a different side? The distrust I’ve heard has come about the companies and their influence over veterinary education.
2025-01-07 18:08:39
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Katie :
My vet recently recommended a boutique brand (but not raw) and I immediately was like...uh....(I feed Hills).
2025-01-05 18:10:24
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Moon x Sun :
My vet is sponsored by hills yes but when they have tested the products if one of the hills ones don’t work aswell as a different brand they have the other brand in the store and is the one they rec-
2025-01-12 15:55:45
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Bo Joe Joe Joe :
Going to the vet is expensive. I most definitely know this firsthand because I follow my vet's medical advice. All my pets get regular checkups and are at the vet. The second anything is wrong.
2025-01-05 04:44:52
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le__voleur :
It’s also important, for pets and yourself, to reject perfection. I tried to get my cat on a wet food diet and couldn’t get her to consistently eat it (even though she loves it sometimes) and our vet
2025-01-03 15:01:03
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V ✌️ :
Yes. And this is why I recommend my clients go to board certified veterinary nutritionists to decide what to feed their dogs. Most of them do recommend raw food but they are the only ones who can-
2025-01-03 14:38:45
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five :
YES I’ve been thinking about that forever
2025-01-04 14:13:00
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LiliRowan51 :
It's even worse with any small animal/exotic pet communities bc access to bets is so much more restricted. You have to basically get your own degree in specialized care & hope the resources you're
2025-01-03 12:43:13
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Simone :
I actually feel so bad for vets who have to deal with this. I see so much of that exact rhetoric online and people eat it up
2025-01-11 18:42:20
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Lora Raycroft :
we see it in dog training too. it's exhausting.
2025-01-04 17:58:56
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ZebraDUCK :
I’m not anti kibble I just have trust issues. Feed what works for your pet and your family. But also why is royal so expensive there is no reason.
2025-01-07 13:07:36
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Emily Katherine :
We see this in dog training as well regarding trainers without education shaming force free training, and around the use of anxiety reducing medications for dogs.
2025-01-07 22:30:20
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magnus !! :
raw pet food people have thrown me off for a long time but I could never put a label on why, this is it for sure
2025-01-04 19:37:20
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