I respect your choice to free-feed, but I'm not sure I agree with the approach, and the inconsistency of amounts eaten at various times, the majority of food eaten late hours of the night - just humor me and put yourself in that situation - you know how you feel if you're home for a weekend relaxing but eating sporadically, too much at this point, too little at that point, your digestive system and bowel habits change considerably in just 24 hours.
I did not say sub-q fluids cause sarcoma - I said not to worry about a sarcoma, the theory is that other injections besides vaccines could be potential research, there is some evidence that other injections can cause inflammatory response at an injection site (injections with other substances) - it has yet to be studied extensively.
I respectfully ask, why do you think a frozen steel needle is comfortable for a cat? Would you be comfortable if your physician set you up for an IV by using a frozen needle?
Probiotics are being studied extensively in human and veterinary medicine - the effectiveness/necessity is being questioned in both. I'm not saying you can't use it, I'm saying it may be unnecessary and to ask the vet. It's one of those things like l-lysine, chondroitin, glucosamine - new research is discovering everything we thought had beneficial effects when in fact, we've been wrong. This isn't a bad thing, it teaches us to discard the old for newer, better, safer medicine.
I did not say sub-q fluids cause sarcoma - I said not to worry about a sarcoma, the theory is that other injections besides vaccines could be potential research, there is some evidence that other injections can cause inflammatory response at an injection site (injections with other substances) - it has yet to be studied extensively.
I respectfully ask, why do you think a frozen steel needle is comfortable for a cat? Would you be comfortable if your physician set you up for an IV by using a frozen needle?
Probiotics are being studied extensively in human and veterinary medicine - the effectiveness/necessity is being questioned in both. I'm not saying you can't use it, I'm saying it may be unnecessary and to ask the vet. It's one of those things like l-lysine, chondroitin, glucosamine - new research is discovering everything we thought had beneficial effects when in fact, we've been wrong. This isn't a bad thing, it teaches us to discard the old for newer, better, safer medicine.