pet prescriptions special food--where do you buy.

Ack! 5th Ave. Cat Clinic.........please, please, please don't go there!

They may be cheap, they may be convenient, but I have the ashes of my dead cat and a story of horrendous attitude to back up my convictions.

What is the name of the prescription? Have you done a search on it?

please don't use 1-800-petmeds, whatever you do. i don't want to go into too many details cuz those people hand out lawsuits and cease-and-desist orders like candy to any vet professional who disparages them publicly (and i am NOT kidding). what i can say is that there are a number of pending class action suits against them in other states, as well as suits brought on by other companies. the alleged reasons are numerous but serious, such as allegedly repackaging expired drugs or allegedly acquiring them from disreputable out-of-country sources. and the public doesn't really hear about these things because the vet professionals who know about it don't want to be the company's next target.

scary stuff.

what brand and type of prescription food do you have her on?


(EDIT: just to clarify, the lawsuits i am personally aware of were active as of two years ago. they may or may not have resolved since then.)

You can order the food online and get it delivered.

http://www.petsmart.com/global/search/search_results.jsp?In=Cat&N=2025543+4294966563&Ne=374

Wow. $40? That's so expensive!
Don't forget that cats are obligate carnivores, so raw meaty bones are great way to go. Since I've had my two dogs, I've been feeding them using this method. They don't have any of the allergy/weight/disease problems that my childhood dogs had. A lot of people talk about how their dogs/cats had really bad allergies until they started feeding them prey model style. Check out www.rawmeatybones.com and the yahoo group rawfeeding.

acme's delivery is fantastic. I used to use that before nat. heights opened up b/c I was too lazy to carry 20 lbs of cat food up 4 flights of stairs.

in terms of meds, can you get the prescriptions written in a way that you can take them to a human pharmacy?

caaahyoko wrote: [quote=Carnivore]
Obligate carnivores, you say? :shock:


Mmmm...... Raw meaty bones....

Yes, just like your disciples Hey, now you have a name if you ever start a hockey team!

If your cat or dog will let you :shock: , pry open that mouth of theirs and you won't see a single plant-grinding tooth in there. :P
I've actually filed all of my teeth into points as well. :twisted:

BTW, I think Obligate Carnivores would be a better band name than sports team.

shishkab wrote: true, but only felines are obligate carnivores. canine digestive systems have "evolved" (not sure if i'd called it evolution, really. the word "adapted" would be better) into omnivorous tummies.

yah, sorry I should have been clearer. Cats are indeed obligates while dogs are just carnivores, but both have lovely saw-like teeth. However, I don't think that dogs are true omnivores. They can stand eating things other than meat to survive, but given plentiful furry bunnies, they will choose the bunnies. But as far as I know they do not get much nutritional value from plant material. But, please, if you've found a book with more info, pass it on I've been looking, but have only found one good one...

erikka wrote: Isn't it messy? And where do you find said raw meaty bones. Knowing her I'd come home and find she had drug one into my bed and was happily chomping down on a big bloody bone on my white comforter.

WELL, if you don't have your comforter covered with a duvet, you deserve to have a bloody bone chomped on it!