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  • Daylight Savings…

    How do I adjust my pet’s insulin injections at the beginning and end of daylight saving time? For most diabetic dogs and cats, the safest approach for the beginning of daylight saving is that one insulin injection is missed. The clocks are turned forward 1 hour and (except for the missed injection) all injections are …

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  • How Feeding Zucchini to My Cat Changed My Life

    Burmese cats are gorgeous. Everybody who’s ever met one knows this. They’re affectionate, playful, intelligent, cheeky, gregarious and very beautiful. So 5 years ago, when I brought my bundle of joy home, I managed to conveniently forget that other adjective often associated with Burmese cats – hungry. Withnail (as he was named) settled into his …

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  • Bello Loves His Insulin Injections

    …because they signal that a meal is coming It is usually easy to tell if your dog is going to eat and so the most practical approach for most dogs is to feed the meal as a reward after the insulin injection. It is recommended that the meal is prepared in front of the dog. If …

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