This is a TikTok video which shows a cat repeatedly becoming super-excited, almost frantic, to get to the automatic cat feeder which I presume is making a sound as it opens to alert the cat to the fact that food is available.  @couvieandkitty Beano: "Restraint? Never heard of it." #hungryeyes #catsoftiktok #cattok #beano #petsoftiktok #foodlover ♬ Hungry Eyes (From "Dirty Dancing" Soundtrack) - Eric Carmen Note : This is an embedded video from another website. Sometimes they are deleted at source or the video is turned into a link which stops it working here. I have no control over this. The cat finds this incredibly exciting, and as you can see in the video, races towards the feeder for that precious food.  The video gives me the impression that the cat is being starved 😃. Why else would a cat be so desperate to get to that food which is protected normally by the automatic feeder and which opens at a programmed time. That's my interpretation.  Perh...

This is look at pet food recalls of 2007 and 2009- a wider perspective on melamine and our food chain. I happened upon a fascinating Book Salon discussion at Firedoglake with Marion Nestle about her book "What to Eat". Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health andProfessor of Sociology at New York University. Her degrees include a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition, both from the University of California, Berkeley. It's well worth reading the whole discussion, but from the perspective of a pet owner, her comment here particularly struck me: I’m writing a book about pet food, What Pets Eat, with my partner, Dr. Malden Nesheim. This will be a combination of Food Politics and What to Eat, but for cats and dogs. Like What to Eat, it’s not really about what you should feed your pet, but instead how to think about what to feed cats and dogs. Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua ...

This is just a quick post, without news links. Many of you are aware that foods containing peanut paste are being recalled, because they contain Salmonella- which has led to several deaths across the US (the Salmonella, not the recall). I've learned that various pet products are also being recalled. The information I have so far is from the FDA site, here. Go to the link and then scroll down to Pet Food Product Recalls. I've also captured the pages, as the list stands now: UHOH- well, I see that the list above is not exactly readable, without super-duper extra special glasses. Nonetheless, I'm going to leave the graphic up, because it gives you at least a bleary glance as to how these products are listed at the FDA. (Not to mention that I spent some time making it!!! LOL) HUGE P.S. As of late in the eve 2/02 - Blue Gal left a very helpful tip in the comments- "People just need to click on the image to be taken to the full size version, which is clear. Thanks!...