Lilies are poisonous for cats [news]
If you did not know this already then do read this article in the UK Daily Telegraph, something we should all be aware of.
Link to news item: Did Simon Cowell ban lilies because they are toxic to cats?
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Melamine in pet food, wheat gluten from China. [news]
This is a worring story on Reuters yesterday, that Melamine has been found in pet food, made with contaminated wheat gluten imported from China. 14 animals have died, mostly cats. Full story is here: Melamine in pet food, wheat gluten from China: FDA The implication is it only affects food made in Canada and sold in the USA. We are keeping a eye on the European press for any mention of problems with food sold in (...)
No Chicken bones [news]
A friend of ours feeds street cats, she told us some well meaning but ignorent people had left chicken bones for the cats. She could not believe it. Someone once offered us fish bones for one of our cats, she had removed them from her husbands fish "in case he choked on them" we pointed out to her, "if you thought your husband would choke on them, can you imagine what it would do to our cat", I'm not really sure she understood, I would have thought it was obvious.
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