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Lunaandme  produces raw pet food and pet treats for both dogs and cats. Out of their range of meals I chose Springtime Lamb & mint patties .  Let's delve into its features to see if the product is really safe and actually worth your investment Springtime Lamb & mint patty is meant for adult cats. It is by appearance a patty, a not-so-common form of pet food that I have personally come across Ingredient list: Tender lamb steak, liver, heart and kidney, lamb bone, salmon oil, wheat germ oil, taurine, nutritional yeast, spirulina, chia seeds, bilberry, mint and kelp The patty is made of wholesome ingredients and is designed to be fed raw. This makes the food more nutritious than any processed food I love the addition of a variety of wholesome ingredients from uncommon herbs such as mint and bilberry and their oils to ingredients such as salmon oil as well as the addition of taurine. Good job!  I have independently analyzed the nutrients and I realize tha...

I purposely chose veterinary medicine over human medicine to study at local university (University of Peradeniya). Only a few choose it that way here in LK It's my (almost) 7th year in practice and each year my love for the art of practicing medicine has grown. Reading a blood test report takes me even longer now as, the more I know science, the more time it takes to carefully interpret and I'm still learning My loyal clients tell me that they love my approach to patients Thinking back, I have been able to help many pets with different types of chronic diseases in the most safe way without any medicine or sometimes with minimal use of medicine. It has been self rewarding too. To maintain pets' privacy I choose not to share recovery posts of pets on social media (unless shared by the pet owner itself) but here are some of such conditions that I have been able to help my veterinary patients with, through non medical or minimal medical approaches 1. Acute diarr...

Only one week left for Easter and let's make this Easter a pet-safe one 1. Avoid lighting fire crackers The dawn of a festive season or a festival day could be celebrated in a more quiet manner rather than by lighting fire crackers. Pets are sensitive, as you know, and among them there are certain pets that go into a shock with the high frequency sounds 2. Avoid feeding oily food in large quantities   Acute Pancreatitis is known to be a disease of festivals. Consuming a high fatty meal can lead to acute pancreatitis in both dogs and cats. Pancreatitis is a deadly disease that affects the pancreas. These food could be anything from oily meat to even oily sweets. The most common meat products are pork and pork derived products such as bacon, lamb, mutton and beef fat (tallow) that contain high amounts of fat 3. Be cautious when giving sweetened drinks and food  Xylitol is a common sweeter in human food products, that is toxic to dogs and cats and can end up with sy...

This time, I chose cats 💜 and India 🇮🇳 Barf India  produces pet food and pet treats for both dogs and cats. Out of their range of maintenance meals I chose Premium Grain-Free Gently Cooked Rabbit and Quail Cat Food .  Let's delve into its features to see if the product is really safe and actually worth your investment Rabbit and Quail Cat Food by Barf   India is a complete and balanced diet which suggests that this meal contains all the essential nutrients that a cat needs every day  Ingredient list: Rabbit, quail, pork liver, ground quail bones, mussels, omega 3 fish oil (Sardines, mackerel, anchovy), eggs, green beans, carrots, organic sprouted dried sunflower seeds, organic dried kelp This is a multi protein diet - contains  multiple sources of animal based proteins.  What interests me is the organically sourced plant based ingredients  The food does not include synthetic vitamins and mineral powders which lets the i...

Protein is an essential nutrient for dogs and cats but has been highly commercialized and diversified that it has truly become confusing to pet owners as to which protein source suits your pet. Let me solve it for you Terms to be familiar with: Amino acids - the structural unit of proteins  Essential amino acids - amino acids that are essential to the body but cannot be synthesized by the body on its own. There are 10 essential amino acids required by dogs and 11 essential amino acids required by cats  There are two forms of protein sources mainly; plant based proteins and animal based proteins Plant based protein sources are derived  from seeds, nuts, grain, barks, leaves, roots, pseudo roots or any part of a plant, tree or algae. Examples include lentils, chick peas, mung beans, chia seeds, quinoa, tofu, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds, peanuts. These protein sources are either consumed raw, cooked or processed upto different extents Animal based protein sourc...