<!--QuoteBegin-CForrester+Oct 7 2004, 05:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CForrester @ Oct 7 2004, 05:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Redford+Oct 7 2004, 05:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Redford @ Oct 7 2004, 05:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Why they would knowingly eat somthing that is bad for them or that they don't like is really beyond me however... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Humans do the exact thing that you just described, and look at our health. Tons of diseases, illnesses and obesity. Other animal don't <i>know</i> that it's unhealthy for them. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I believe he was being facetious.
Note: Humans are mostly unhealthy because they eat far too many sugars and don't get enough exercise for their intake.
Animal foods contain very limited sugars and animals should be getting plenty of exercise anyway.
Human diseases come the same way animal diseases come. You'll get nothing except diabetes from eating too much sugar (and animals will get diabetes from eating too much sugar also). They'll get various bacteriological infections like e-coli or salmonela - just like animals.
Animal obesity depends wholy on how much you play with your pet and how much you feed it - and has almost nothing to do with what you feed it.
Besides: Corn + potato diet rocks. Especially with milk. I can live on that crap for weeks...especially with some roast-beef.
[corn on the cob = meals around here]
On that note: My last dog (before dieing of arthritis (would not be helped by raw food because there would still be a lack of calcium) and cancer (would not be helped by raw food because it's a genetic mutation) had a few peculiarities with food:
He loved: beef steak grapes potatoes corn peanut butter
He hated: shrimp beans brocolli carrots (you know, pretty much most vegetables that weren't corn or tomato, as far as I remember).
He even got calcium supplements for his arthritis, the vet even said, "you shouldn't give him human arthritis medicine, this is much higher quality." When my mom asked if her medicine would work (which convienetly enough, had the same chemical name <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> ).
And remember: chocolate (which you shouldn't be giving to any pets anyway) is very bad for dogs (and not too good for cats, but not nearly as bad). human milk is mostly unhealthy, although cats will like it (it's not healthy enough) Asprin/Tylenol is poisonous to cats.
My Dalmatian got a kidney problem (very common among 'em).
No choice but science diet, said the vet. Tried to give him normal food before, made me almost cry everytime the vet had to insert the tube into the unmentionable area and my Bingo cried in pain.
<!--QuoteBegin-EEK+Oct 8 2004, 06:26 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (EEK @ Oct 8 2004, 06:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Chocolate harms dogs because of an allergy, but some dogs don't have it. Ours didn't. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Uh... No. That's not right at all. Chocolate is a poison to dogs because of the theobromine. It's poison in different amounts depending on the strength of the chocolate and the weight of the dog. (A square of milk chocolate won't hurt a really big dog, but a square of baking chocolate would be enough to kill a big dog) The half-life of theobromine in a dog is about 17 and a half hours.
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Humans do the exact thing that you just described, and look at our health. Tons of diseases, illnesses and obesity. Other animal don't <i>know</i> that it's unhealthy for them. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I believe he was being facetious.
Note: Humans are mostly unhealthy because they eat far too many sugars and don't get enough exercise for their intake.
Animal foods contain very limited sugars and animals should be getting plenty of exercise anyway.
Human diseases come the same way animal diseases come. You'll get nothing except diabetes from eating too much sugar (and animals will get diabetes from eating too much sugar also). They'll get various bacteriological infections like e-coli or salmonela - just like animals.
Animal obesity depends wholy on how much you play with your pet and how much you feed it - and has almost nothing to do with what you feed it.
Besides:
Corn + potato diet rocks. Especially with milk. I can live on that crap for weeks...especially with some roast-beef.
[corn on the cob = meals around here]
On that note: My last dog (before dieing of arthritis (would not be helped by raw food because there would still be a lack of calcium) and cancer (would not be helped by raw food because it's a genetic mutation) had a few peculiarities with food:
He loved:
beef
steak
grapes
potatoes
corn
peanut butter
He hated:
shrimp
beans
brocolli
carrots (you know, pretty much most vegetables that weren't corn or tomato, as far as I remember).
He even got calcium supplements for his arthritis, the vet even said, "you shouldn't give him human arthritis medicine, this is much higher quality." When my mom asked if her medicine would work (which convienetly enough, had the same chemical name <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> ).
And remember:
chocolate (which you shouldn't be giving to any pets anyway) is very bad for dogs (and not too good for cats, but not nearly as bad).
human milk is mostly unhealthy, although cats will like it (it's not healthy enough)
Asprin/Tylenol is poisonous to cats.
I think I'll totally alter my pet's diet without even consulting a vet, it will be so awesome.
No choice but science diet, said the vet. Tried to give him normal food before, made me almost cry everytime the vet had to insert the tube into the unmentionable area and my Bingo cried in pain.
I'm not taking chances again.
Uh... No. That's not right at all. Chocolate is a poison to dogs because of the theobromine. It's poison in different amounts depending on the strength of the chocolate and the weight of the dog. (A square of milk chocolate won't hurt a really big dog, but a square of baking chocolate would be enough to kill a big dog) The half-life of theobromine in a dog is about 17 and a half hours.
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