Beware the internets...

I remember back in school my professors were laughing about how we would be entering the profession at a time where our clients could easily go online and find all sorts of crazy ideas to try. They seemed to think it would make our jobs a bit more difficult.

In so many ways, they were right. Just last week, to be nice, I read thru a website that an owner was raving about saying that she had found the cure for her cat's ailment. Wouldn't you know, it involved having the cat drink raspberry wine vinegar.

I have a potato salad recipe that uses raspberry wine vinegar. That tastes pretty good. But having my cat drink the stuff straight up?!? Maybe we should chase it with jagermeister?

There are some really good sites out there however. If you have a cat with asthma, I recommend www.fritzthebrave.com. It has some good video on how to use an inhaler, and even helps you get the right equipement. If they could only find a way to make flovent not cost so much...

While doing some online study today, I found that a respected colleague has a website with a lot of great cat nutrition information. Rather than re-invent the wheel, I suggest you visit www.catinfo.org. If you and I have talked nutrition before, a lot of it will sound familiar, but sometimes it helps to hear things in a different voice.