A note of gratitude to all of you who are helping me and spurring me on to keep this website alive and kicking.  When I started the website over ten years ago, it was out of exasperation.  I see now, looking back, that exasperation has slowly morphed into inspiration - a much more joy-affirming motivator.   The brief history:  Shortly after I was celebrating the success of curing my cat's IBD in 2002 with a home-prepared raw diet I'd learned about thanks to a Yahoo e-group, Natascha Wille, Michelle Bernard, Lee Ellis, and my own panic-stricken desperation ..read more

More than a decade of running this crazy little website has brought in thousands of questions and comments from many smart, concerned, and discerning site visitors.  Since I began using social media as another way of getting the word out, however, the volume of questions has skyrocketed. I can often refer folks to an exist FAQ or page on the website. But I'm seeing that even that sometimes doesn't get at the real heart of the matter or answer the more fundamental questions that underpin the messages filling up my inbox each day.  As the speed of information-sharing moves into overd ..read more

I think I must have the most generous website visitors on the planet.  Eunyoung Lee and Eunsoo Lee, who have been translating so many pages of this website, just finished a full translation into Korean of the page on periodontal disease.  A big heaping plate of thanks to them both for making more and more of this website accessible worldwide.   ..read more

Curses! No more Halo treats? Halo is now putting carrageenan in their Liv'a Little treats - the product that was the "bribe of choice" I'd recommended to site visitors for years.  It was a tasty, simple, unadulterated treat that cats loved - it helped persuade a lot of reluctant cats to dive into healthier food.  I don't know when they started adding this ingredient to their treats; clearly, I've been lazy about following my own advice to always read labels for any foods or treats. I focused on this the other day when a website visitor emailed me to let me know that when she lo ..read more

Big thanks to Melike Uzun for translating the first main recipe on the website into Turkish!  What a great thing to share.  Much appreciated, Melike.  Quick link to the translation is here, and also on the recipe page at the bottom with other translations.  My deep gratitude to all the many generous folks who have translated portions of the website into other languages so that others can have access to more information to help make wise decisions on what's best for cats.   ..read more