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Should you scrap the table scraps for your pet’s plate? As winter break comes to a close, numerous stulems as diarrhea or in severe cases of the owner with the responsibility for dents find themselves back at home with a fridge pancreatitis,” Zoran said. “The addimeeting their pet’s proper nutritional full of leftovers. For many pet owners, tional calories found in average needs, which are different for dogs Generally highthis means fewer trips to the store for table foods can also lead to and cats. Chicken is an excellent and fat things are pet food. obesity problems in your frequently used meat source to feed pet if not controlled.” pets, with the fat removed for dogs potentially very While sharing lunch with your fourand left in place for cats. problematic for legged friend is possible, owners should These problems arise not realize that your pet has particular from the food itself, as whole “Generally high-fat things are dogs, while dietary restrictions it must follow to guarfoods such as meat and potapotentially very problematic for cats don’t need antee that it stays happy and healthy. toes are nutritious and well dogs, while cats don’t need carbs in carbs in their digested, but from the many their diets at all,” Zoran said. “People enjoy sharing food with their diets at all. spices added and the food not “Spices and seasonings, especially pets; it is part of the bonding process,” being in the proper balance for onions, capsaicin and other addi— Deb Zoran said Deb Zoran, doctor of veterinary the pet. tives are all potentially problematic medicine, and associate professor at in your pet food as well.” Texas A&M College of Veterinary “The food itself is perfectly good for our Medicine & Biomedical Sciences. pets,” Zoran said. “If owners want to feed Pet Talk is a service of the College of Veterinary “But proper control of the types and ‘human food’, and are willing to follow preMedicine & Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M Univeramounts of food pets are served is scribed recipes set up by a nutritionist, then sity. More information is available at crucial for its safety. it is an excellent way to meet their nutrihttp://tamunews.tamu.edu. This column is distribtional needs.” uted by CNHI News Service. CNHI is parent com“For example, a diet consisting too high of fats can pany to The Land. ❖ be very dangerous for dogs, even causing such probChoosing to feed your pet in this fashion also leaves
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