Articles
Transitioning Dry Food Addicts to Canned Food - Pt 2
For 'resistant-to-change' cats, you will need to use the normal sensation of hunger to help with the transition. For this reason, it is very important to stop free-feeding dry food.
Lisa A. Pierson, DVM
May 18, 2015
Transitioning Dry Food Addicts to Canned Food - Pt 1
This is the hard part. Cats, like children, often resist what is best for them. The two most frequent comments that I hear from people when trying to convince them to feed their cats a healthier diet are "my cat won't eat canned food"...
Lisa A. Pierson, DVM
May 18, 2015
Dental Disease
Long-standing claims that cats have less dental disease when they are fed dry food versus canned food are grossly overrated, inaccurate, and are not supported by studies.
Lisa A. Pierson, DVM
May 18, 2015
Hairballs
The frequent vomiting of hairballs can be a symptom of IBD. "Frequent" is hard to define, in this case, but if your cat is vomiting hairballs on a weekly basis do not just assume that this is simply normal feline behavior.
Lisa A. Pierson, DVM
May 18, 2015
Cystitis (bladder inflammation), Urethral Blockage, Bladder/Kidney Stones - Pt 3
Unfortunately, many veterinarians overlook pain medications as a very important part of the treatment of this common feline problem.
Lisa A. Pierson, DVM
May 18, 2015
Cystitis (bladder inflammation), Urethral Blockage, Bladder/Kidney Stones - Pt 2
This is what happened to Opie above. His 'driveway' (urethra) got blocked and he was unable to pass any urine resulting in a tremendous amount of suffering and a life threatening situation.
Lisa A. Pierson, DVM
May 18, 2015