Category: Pets News

Best wet cat food for kittens, seniors and pets with sensitive stomachs

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Cat food is one of the most important needs for your pet. Yet there are so many options to choose from today, it can seem like a daunting task to find the best one. The two most popular types of cat food are dry food, commonly called kibble, and wet or canned cat food. There are benefits to both types of food, but if you have a picky eater, wet cat food might be the way to go. “Wet cat food is often more appealing to cats than dry kibble because of its taste and texture,” said Dr. Nicole Savageau,…
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All in Advent Window 20! – Be That Dog!

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All In Adventist December 20 and time to look far, open your circle and be someone’s star. There are many who may never hear from a friendso today’s window solves that in a way that is penned. There are many people for whom a pen pal would be a very special and lasting kindness. Loneliness is a terrible thing for someone to suffer and sometimes it goes completely unnoticed, but for this very special Advent window you can do something about that. You can search for a pen pal organization to join, or you can start with some of our…
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Buy Zoetis Stock. Shares Could Rise 30% as People Spend More on Pets.

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Zoetis, essentially the only pure-play animal-health company, is nearly equally divided between its pet and livestock businesses. dreamtime text size The lives of a pampered pet puppy and a factory-farmed piglet couldn’t be more different. Yet they are both likely to receive significantly more healthcare in their lifetimes than they would have just a few years ago. The winner in both cases is Zoetis . Zoetis (ticker: ZTS), the world’s only pure-play global animal-health company, was spun out of Pfizer (PFE) nearly a decade ago. In that time, profits have marched relentlessly higher, helped by rising spending on domestic animals.…
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Honey Boo Boo star Mama June breaks silence after her 28-year-old daughter’s heartbreaking cancer diagnosis

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Mama June has shared the heartbreaking news that her 28-year-old daughter Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell has been diagnosed with stage four adrenal carcinoma, which is a tumor – of any size – that has spread to other parts of the body. The TLC star of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo took to Instagram to share a link to the TMZ story, which first broke the news. Anna, who is Mama June’s eldest daughter, was diagnosed in January, and cancer has been discovered in her liver, kidney and lung. Honey Boo Boo confirms sister Anna’s diagnosis Honey Boo Boo – real name…
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Taking care of your pets’ teeth – Our Communities

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Our pets have teeth. Sometimes we know this for the wrong reason. Regardless, dental health is a large part of our pets’ well-being and can be a large part of the expense of owning pets. Most people think dental care involves brushing their pet’s teeth, and if the pet won’t sit still for it, they say, “Oh well, I guess there’s nothing we can do.” for many of those people, they can end up with pets which require extensive and expensive dental procedures Unfortunately that cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars — potentially even the loss of most or…
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All in Advent Window 21! – Be That Dog!

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All In Adventist December 21, and only four daysthis window’s about helping in so many ways. Too many dogs, cats, and other pets too, have to spend Christmas only waiting for you. But there are many ways to help, do not despairif you can’t give a home you can simply just share. So many dogs and cats are spending Christmas in rescue and sadly this time of year many more get abandoned. But some wonderful people work hard to help those less fortunate dogs and other pets find new homes. Rescue dogs are just like everyone else, you probably can’t…
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Having a pet may take a toll on your sleep, study suggests

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Your beloved pet may be hurting your sleep, research published Thursday finds. Although pets can have many positive effects on health, pet ownership is linked to poorer sleep, according to a study published in the journal Human-Animal Interactions. The researchers looked at data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which asked questions on a variety of health topics. They adjusted for factors that could affect sleep, including race and income, as well as age, gender and BMI, and focused on whether a person had a sleep disorder and whether a person had a cat or a dog. Sleep…
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Coyote mauls toddler in front of mum on driveway before attacking second child

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The young boy was left with bite marks on his arm after the attack (Picture: Facebook) A toddler miraculously escaped after being mauled by a coyote before it ran away and attacked another child nearby. Police are still hunting for the wild animal after it attacked a 21-month-old boy in Scottsdale, north of Phoenix last week. Kelly Pirozzi, the mom of the toddler, told ABC News she was standing on the driveway of her home when the animal attacked her son. The beast bit down on his arm before she was able to tear him free. He was left with…
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