Natural Pet Health

* Create emergency traction for automobiles. Keep a bag of Tidy Cats in your car trunk in case you get stuck in the ice or snow. When poured under the tire, it provides excellent traction.
* Soak up car oil and transmission fluid. Tidy Cats works as an absorbent to pick up transmission leaks from garage floors. Pour a thick layer of unused Tidy Cats over the puddle, wait 24 hours, and sweep up with a broom. Scrub clean with a solution of detergent and hot water.
* Deodorize a garbage can. Cover bottom of garbage can with one inch of unused Tidy Cats to absorb grease and moisture.
* Prevent mildew in bathtub. Pour unused Tidy Cats in a flat box and place in your bathtub when you leave your house for a long time to prevent mildew. (Keep the bathroom door closed if you have cats so they don’t use it.)
* Deodorize a stale refrigerator. Pour unused Tidy Cats in a flat box, place it on the middle shelf, and shut the door for five days.
* Provide traction on snow-covered driveways and sidewalks. Sprinkle unused Tidy Cats on the snow-covered walk.
* Prevent musty, damp odors in a closed summer house. Fill shallow boxes with unused Tidy Cats. Place one in each room before closing up the house to soak up musty, lingering odors.
* Deodorize sneakers. Fill the feet of knee high hose with unused Tidy Cats, tie the ends, and place inside sneakers overnight.
* Prevent grease fires in barbecue grills. Cover bottom of grill with a three-quarter inch layer of unused Tidy Cats to reduce fires.

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Although the treatment of pet Aggression may involve practically similar procedures, there are basic differences between dog Aggression and feline Aggression. One of the most common forms of feline aggressions is actually termed as play aggression. It is seen mostly in younger cats up to two years.

Cats learn feline behaviors during the weaning period. The mother cat and other older members of the litter play an important role in this natural learning process. It is during this period that they understand to play, stalk, kill prey and most of all, explore and investigate new objects.

This is also the time that they learn that they should not Bite hard enough to hurt. Cats that have not had the opportunity to socialize enough during the early period are most likely to become more Nervous and indulge in aggressive behaviors, much to the annoyance of the owners.

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While you may not mind a bi-monthly or quarterly visit to the veterinarian for check ups, the matter does not end there if the symptoms of Diabetes in cats and dogs have been confirmed and the pet shows high Blood Sugar Levels.

Treating Diabetes is a long process that sometimes may last a life time. If your pet has been diagnosed for Diabetes, there is a strong possibility that you will be required to take care of the pet at home. Home care of a diabetic pet involves monitoring Blood Sugar Levels and injecting insulin on a daily basis. This necessitates the need for some expertise in checking blood sugar and injecting insulin.

Diet modifications can help manage Blood Sugar Levels in many cases. However, administering insulin is almost a key aspect of the treatment of diabetes in cats and dogs. While you learn the process of injecting insulin from your veterinarian make sure to ask about the type of syringe that should be used for the injection.

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Prognosis of liver disease primarily depends upon the following factors:

* The type of liver disease - hepatitis, Cancer, liver shunt, drug induced or others.
* Primary or secondary - whether the disease originated in the liver or the liver is affected as a fall out of disease elsewhere in the body.
* The time factor - the stage to which the disease has advanced at the time of detection.

A close look at different types of liver diseases is necessary to understand the prognosis of each type.

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Tips to help with grieving

While society openly recognizes the hardships surrounding the death of a human family member, rarely does the loss of a pet receive the same consideration. However, for most pet owners, their furry friends are a very important part of the family!

When losing a pet, the daily routine is often severely disrupted for the family they left behind– in addition to the missing joy, affection, and companionship that pet brought.

Sometimes pet owners must even be the initiator of this stressful event, in the case of euthanasia following a period of prolonged suffering from a severe illness or injury after an accident. While it may be the only humane solution for a pet’s suffering, that notion alone often cannot provide enough solace to alleviate the difficulty of the decision.

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Male cats are more susceptible to Diabetes and so are obese cats of either gender. Genetic predisposition is usually suspected to be behind this condition but steroids and other clinical conditions like a Pancreas disease and steroidal drugs used for treating other diseases are also known to cause Diabetes. An increased incidence has also been observed in neutered cats above six years old.

Diabetes is a metabolic disease where insufficient Insulin Production causes the Blood Sugar Levels to rise. As the disease develops within the cat’s body, sugar is revealed in the urine as well. It is a complex disease and symptoms of diabetes in cats can remain concealed for a long time. Many times the disease is discovered when the cat’s blood is checked for another evident disease.

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Maintaining your pet’s dental health is a very important part of caring for your pet, yet nearly half of all pets suffer from gum disease, calculus, and dental problems.

Since dental health is linked with overall wellness, when proper care is not given to our pets’ gums and teeth, the risk of disease and illness greatly increases. Problems can include liver, kidney, heart Inflammation, and infection.

Also consider the many uses of your pet’s teeth! Dogs and cats make much fuller use of their teeth than humans do - using them in ways we usually use our hands—which is just another reason why it is so important to help maintain and promote health.

There are many Natural Remedies and approaches you can take to help promote oral health. The PetAlive line offers four proven products that promote good oral health. As with other health issues, preventative care is best!

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Over time dogs have learnt to live with humans. Most of the times, they are docile and lend themselves to petting. They also obey commands, if trained well. There are instances where dogs have served well as companions to senior citizens and handicapped individuals.

A well-trained dog can even run errands for you. At the same time, dogs can be unpredictable too. Although dog Aggression is considered as one of the abnormal behaviors in domesticated dogs, an animal is after all an animal. Dogs evolved from wolves and retain some of their aggressive traits.

They are bound to respond to their genes and behave in accordance to them at times. However, the aggressive trait is manageable in most cases and if proper care is taken you can totally eliminate the possibility of Aggression in your dog.

Aggressive dog behavior is mostly caused by the following factors:

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When you have a question, you can always Ask Our Experts on our website. We have experts from many fields available to review your questions and provide professional advice, including our clinical psychologist, Michele.

QUESTION

“I am interested in any product that will help with my dog’s change in behavior. She was once very friendly to both humans as well as other dogs. Now she just barks at all humans, won’t go near them and will not play with other dogs at all. I’m quite concerned. Do you have a product that will help her get back to what she once was? Thanks”
-Burt

ANSWER

Hi Burt,

You will be pleased to know that we do have a remedy in our range for what your pet seems to be experiencing. It has many successful customers and we can only hope that you will have the same success with your dog.

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