Do You Know What is in Your Pet Food?
Most people think that if they are feeding their pet Science Diet, Iams, Nutro, Eukanuba, Pedigree, Purina, Whiskas, 9-Lives, Kibbles n Bits, Pro Plan or Beneful, just to name a few, that you are feeding your pet a healthy meal. You, like most people are not aware of what is really in the food and rely on the brands to deliver what they claim. Most of the above foods advertise and package their foods to look appetizing and nutritious. Most of them also use rendered meat such as road kill including cats and dogs, euthanized pets from vets, and any mammal parts in their foods. The following list are actual ingredients found in the above mentioned brands.
-Chicken By-Products meal: consists of ground, rendered parts of the carcass of slaughtered chickens such as necks, feet, undeveloped egg, intestines, feathers and blood.
-BHT/BHA-A synthetic preservative: know to cause liver and kidney dysfunction also a cancer causing agent
-Ethoxyquin: This is a hazardous chemical by OSHA. This was originally used as a pesticide known to cause cancer in animals. This is used as a preservative in pet food.
-Soybean Meal: This contains large quantities of natural toxins or anti-nutrient. There are potent enzyme inhibitors that blocks the action of trypsin and other enzymes needed for protein digestions. They can produce serious gastric distress, reduced protein, digestion and chronic deficiencies in amino acid uptake. In test animals, diet high in trypsin cause enlargement and pathological conditions of the pancreas, including cancer.
-Meat By-Products: This is not necessarily meat. It can come form any animal source even may include road kill, which may include dogs, cats, and euthanized pets.
-Sucrose sugar additives: Cat food manufactures rely on sweeteners to help addict cats to dry foods. Added sugar can affect absorption of other nutrients.
True healthy and nutritious pet foods will have human grade source in the first few ingredients you read on the label. Life span of many breed now live less than half of what they once did two or three decades ago. Some of the food companies mentioned above have even gone to lengths such as cash kickbacks to vets.
Pet Grooming Supplies
Dogs and cats are probably the only two types of pets that get just as attached to their owners as their owners get to them. Domestic animals become additional members of the family, and as such, they demand the same level of attention and care. For their unconditional love and loyalty, pets deserve the best.
While other pet’s needs (such as: birds, fish, other reptiles and small mammals) are primarily a concern of being fed and having their living quarters cleaned on a regular basis, dogs and cats require the additional need of grooming. Professional grooming services can be costly however. From baths to fingernail clipping to teeth cleaning, the care that pets need is not affordable to everyone. Professional pet grooming locales charge to a varying degree based on several factors, including but not limited to: pet manageability, length of hair, and requested trim. Furthermore, additional services such as teeth brushing and adding accessories like cologne and bows are not included in initial quotes.
Arguably, those who cannot afford to pay for professional grooming services on a regular basis enjoy the experience of grooming their pets to a greater extent. As the pet owner, you experience the satisfaction of ensuring the health and comfort of your furry pal. Pet grooming, like playing, also serves as an opportunity to reinforce the mutual bond of friendship between owner and pet. Acquiring the necessary pet grooming supplies for an enjoyable experience is not difficult and can be an on-going process.
Caring For Dwarf Hamsters
Dwarf Hamsters have numerous diverse species that can be considered as magnificent pets. They may be smaller than Syrian hamsters but the amount of care specified for both of them is the same.
The natural characteristics of dwarf hamsters entice the owner to select them over any other species of hamsters. It is more flimsy, jumpy and more rapidly to find its way to escape. Its size serves as an advantage for it to hide into different cracks so secure enclosure to those spaces is necessary. Hamsters tunnel themselves in dirt and sand where they feel the security when dwelling in their native homelands. Plastic tubular habitats serve as their protection in home environment wherein you can purchase it in different pet supply store. Nowadays because of the popularity of hamster as pet in home, there are lots of tubular habitats that are made smaller exclusively for mice. It is now easier for the hamster to clamber and perform some tricks properly. These types of enclosed space are suitable for dwarf hamster. Having wire cage or 10-20gallon tank is also best option as cage for your dwarf hamster to perform well. Since hamsters are physically energetic creatures, placing of wheel inside its cage is considered necessary because for them running is extremely vital as part of their regular exercise. It has been studied that the average distance that the hamster run on its wheel is up to about 5 miles. Smaller wheel is made especially for dwarf hamsters.
The cage of the hamster should be filled with the dust free and porous materials such as wood shavings. Make sure that the shavings are not from pine or cedar based product because it may cause repertory problems. The substrate that you put in the hamster’s cage really gives satisfaction on their natural excavating instincts. This substrate that you put in its cage is good for about one week and need to be replaced to avoid having dirty and stinking cage. Most of the time, hamster loves to build nest out of the substrate in their cage. Owners are allowed to put also other nesting materials such as shredded paper, tissue, paper towels and cotton for their hamster’s convenience. Owners are also advised to put a small nesting box so that their hamster could construct nest inside because hamster is naturally shy and the box provides privacy that it sought.
It is not surprising that dwarf hamsters munch as much as Syrian hamsters knowing that it is larger in size, because dwarf hamsters have hasty metabolism. They feed on various types of fruits, vegetables, seeds and pellets. Hamsters have a tendency to store their food on their nest than to leave it on their crockery, but still regular supply of water and fresh foods is essential. Giving your hamsters wooden chewing toys is important because as hamsters grow its teeth continue to grow as well so they undergo the unvarying urges to nibble something around them. Chewing on plastic accessories could harm them when it became rough and wrecked. Instead to keep the hamsters busy give them squashy wooden toys to gnaw.
