Is your cat/dog/horse/rabbit overweight?
"The obesity epidemic is spreading to the animal world, with veterinary surgeons reporting an alarming increase in the number of overweight cats and dogs ...
"Obesity was one of a growing number of 'human style' illnesses highlighted in a survey of vets and pet owners. Others included hyperactivity, stress, diabetes, arthritis and depression."
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Good lord. Stress? And depression? And all caused by colourings, flavourings and preservatives, no doubt. My mother used to feed the cat with scraps she got free from the butcher. Including fish heads. But who sees fish being gutted in a butcher's any more? Even carrots come chopped into cute little 'sticks', and kids nowadays think they grow like that. [sigh] I'm off to bed, to dream of cheddar that left a tang in my mouth ...
"The obesity epidemic is spreading to the animal world, with veterinary surgeons reporting an alarming increase in the number of overweight cats and dogs ...
"Obesity was one of a growing number of 'human style' illnesses highlighted in a survey of vets and pet owners. Others included hyperactivity, stress, diabetes, arthritis and depression."
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Good lord. Stress? And depression? And all caused by colourings, flavourings and preservatives, no doubt. My mother used to feed the cat with scraps she got free from the butcher. Including fish heads. But who sees fish being gutted in a butcher's any more? Even carrots come chopped into cute little 'sticks', and kids nowadays think they grow like that. [sigh] I'm off to bed, to dream of cheddar that left a tang in my mouth ...
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