Posts by jewelsmcblah

Or you could just buy a can of Tripett and mix it in with his kibbles.  That'll get 'em to eat.

Your car insurance is going to be significantly more than $10.  You'll have to have full coverage, and if you're going to get the insurance in your name (instead of having a policy through your parents) it's gonna be high as heck the first year.  So you might as well get your own policy now instead of waiting until later.  By next year, provided you have no claims, the insurance will go down and you'll have that big leap into "adulthood suckiness" out of the way for good.  You'll have to get insurance in your name and pay the ridiculous amount for the first year someday so you might as well do it when your cost of living is low.  My first year of my own insurance was like $1000 on state minimum liability.  After two years it was $212 a year.  Once I turned 25 it was basically zilch.

You can get online quotes to see which insurance company will give you the best deal.  Shop around!

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Flour is definitely high in carbohydrates.  The truly low carb homemade recipes are jerky, or oven dried, meats and (most) organs.  Directions for homemade liver treats can be found on the fishy fudge link.  You can use any meat (or organ) as a substitution.  Works well with chicken hearts.

But if you wanted to bake some fishy fudge you could substitute regular flour for bean flour as it has a bit less carbohydrates.

Bob's Red Mill Garbonzo Bean Flour has 72g of carbohydrates per cup (has a good amount of protein too).  Regular all purpose white flour has 95.4g of carbohydrates per cup.  So a bit less.

The fishy fudge recipe makes a LOT of treats so each treat would only be a few grams of carbohydrates (even if you used regular flour).  As long as you didn't let him eat the whole thing in one sitting, it'll be fine.

Glad to hear he's still doing well!  Tell those vets to shove it!

You're in my thoughts Claire.  Get well.

Original Post by santonacci:

Or maybe I'm just paranoid.

You and me both.

Scary.

None of the later seasons have the magic that the first season had, but I'm still digging it.  Lithgow is awesome.

That's uber nice of you Pvstks!

Original Post by jannid:

Recently started doing doing a daily facial massage with olive oil and a touch of caster oil (warm wet washcloths to remove the oil by dabbing). Haven't needed further moisturizer.

Ditto

Civil disobedience rocks my socks off.

Seasonal flu shot.  Seasonal.  She came down with this condition 10 days after getting a seasonal flu shot at a grocery store. I think that's the real moral of the story here.  Don't get friggin vaccinations at the corner market.  Get thee to a medical clinic.

Dystonia isn't a condition you carry around with you.  It usually happens after poisoning or head trauma.  Something happens to you that causes it.  In this case it was the seasonal flu shot.  Doesn't matter if she's had flu shots before.  Something can always go wrong.  Especially if you're letting Joe the Butcher stick ya with it.

Original Post by pvstks:

About 2 years ago I remember reading a post on a forum that I belong to on shorthairs.net and the subject of feeding/food/nutrition came up.  I don't remember the veterinarian's name at Diamond, however, when she was contacted, she provided us with a lot of useful information including a press release that announced the removal of "E" from their fish and fish meal preservation process.  I can't access the forum @ work, so I'll try to find it tonight and post it tomorrow if it still exists (not sure how far back the posts are archived).  I remember that she provided a full "data sheet" describing their preservation, testing and "cooking" process.  It was very insightful.  I had always avoided Diamond due to some issues that I had with some of their other foods, however, I truly believe that TOTW is a very high quality food.

Oh, I hope you can find it!  I still recommend TOTW but I just avoid the PS formula as the others only have a small amount of fish meal in them.  It would be great to find out for sure if their suppliers use "Evil E."

Kate, I just give my dog raw meat from the grocery store.  No need to do the premade stuff if you're well versed in the prey model process. 

Slo, loads better.

If anyone is interested in trying Nature's Variety here's a coupon for buy a bag get a small bag free.  They e-mail it to you.

Kbella, if you have Excel I have a spreadsheet that has the nutrient requirements for dogs from the National Research Council's 2006 Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats.  It's "The Word" on nutrient needs.

For pet owners who do not wish to cook but would like to provide whole foods there are products like The Honest Kitchen which is basically a homecooked meal dehydrated.

Sparky, Kirkland isn't bad for as cheap as it is.  Some other pretty good quality cheap foods are Healthwise (made by Natura - Innova, California Natural, Evo) and Whole Earth Farms (made by Merrick).  But Cal. Nat. is very reasonably priced too.

Adolphs, I think part of the reason NR ranks so low is the use of synthetic Vitamin K. 

Naturist, I love Orijen for a puppy food.  If that's not quite in your price range or hard to find try Innova, Nature's Variety Prairie, or Canidae ALS (not the ALS grain free formula).  They will all grow a puppy right.

It's a myth that puppies need a lower level of protein and fat.  They need a lower level of calcium and they need to not be overfed.  A puppy should be fed a food that provides 2 to 4.5 grams of calcium per 1000 calories.  Anymore than 4.5 and you're pushing your luck in regards to growth problems.

SLO, Royal Canin is better than a lot of stuff of the market, but deary you are overpaying.  You can get something better for the cat and your pocketbook.  Look for the Felidae Grain Free formulas.  Not at all expensive, good quality, and a great value.

Taste of the Wild uses fish preserved with ethoxyquin.  Just thought I'd throw that out there.

My dog almost died on Iams but she thrived on other brands.  Glad you've had good luck with it so far, but it's definitely not the be all end all of kibble.  Not anywhere close.  If you're familiar at all with the AAFCO, the NRC, and manufacturing processes you'd understand why.  However, Iams is a lot better than some of the options available next to it on the shelf.