Welcome!

[Pot Scrubber]

Welcome to the Critter Cafe! We have had a pet food category for years, and we finally decided to expand the forums to include a pet forum to complement our pet food category.

Although the primary focus here is to provide a source of information to keep your pets healthy and active with good nutrition, we welcome any pet related topics that interest you. Or bore you.

The Zaar Community has many animal lovers and we are thrilled to provide this space for us all to share stories, laughs, and tears. We will cheer for you when you get a new puppy, we will clap for you when your puppy is finally housebroken, and we will mourn with you when puppy has grown old and passed over the Rainbow Bridge.

Your hosts for this forum are Pot Scrubber , ~Leslie~, K9 Owned, and Saralaya

[K9 Owned]

Great forum! Kudo's to all who worked on it.

I have been a member of Zaar for several months and am embarassed to say that I have yet to post a recipe - I have however done a great deal of appreciating the results of those who do. At least one dress size and counting
Here is a place I can contribute without worrying about 'Gee how much of --- DO I put in that?' I've been a dog owner forever and have a gazilion recipes for homemade treats and dog food. I have been feeding a predominantly raw diet for 10 years and making all of their treats due to allergies, colitis and just plain concern over what may or may not be in commercial food.

Looking forward to boring you all from here on in [/img]

[Pot Scrubber]

K9 Owned wrote:
Great forum! Kudo's to all who worked on it.

I have been a member of Zaar for several months and am embarassed to say that I have yet to post a recipe - I have however done a great deal of appreciating the results of those who do. At least one dress size and counting
Here is a place I can contribute without worrying about 'Gee how much of --- DO I put in that?' I've been a dog owner forever and have a gazilion recipes for homemade treats and dog food. I have been feeding a predominantly raw diet for 10 years and making all of their treats due to allergies, colitis and just plain concern over what may or may not be in commercial food.

Looking forward to boring you all from here on in [/img]

You stopped by! That's great!

Yes... we are in dire need of pet recipes. We currently have less than 300 in the database so we can really use whatever you have.

As I mentioned in my zmail, we only opened the forum yesterday but in the upcoming weeks we hope to address more info about health issues such as colitis, canine diabetes, etc. Thank you so much for stopping by, nice lady.

[Cookgirl]

I have a sneaky suspicion that this forum is gonna knock the rest clear out of the water.

[~Nimz~]

Cookgirl wrote:
I have a sneaky suspicion that this forum is gonna knock the rest clear out of the water.

Do you think. What is more fun than our pets. I've got to get some updated photos of my girls to share. I also have a lot of questions about big dog health problems with their hips that I hope to explore.

[Cookin-jo]

Congratulations!!! I know this forum will be appreciated by the many pet owners on Zaar, including me, and I know it's going to be a huge success.

I've had many pets over the years, including the usual dogs and cats, but also some more unusual like a guinea pig and chickens. I'm looking forward to checking in often to this wonderful forum.

[Cookgirl]

If I may offer a suggestion?

You may want to rename this forum so that folks will know that it includes all things pet-related and not just food/recipes for pets.




A friendly suggestion. You don't have to respond. Just give it a thought.

[Zurie]

Congratulations in your new forum!!!

Do small wild animals, watched and observed, count as pets? We live in an area with lots of undisturbed veld, (i.e. natural, thick, low bush: actually, Nature Conservation Areas).

This supports a great many wild bird and small mammal species, and DH and I have lots of water bowls outside. All leftovers (none of these creatures eat cooked veggies, by the way!! ) such as bits of meat, cheese and old bread go outside, grated or crumbled, and are gratefully eaten up.

In the process (since retirement) we have learnt so much and we are constantly amazed at the real intelligence of these small creatures.

Therefore we do not keep a cat or a dog, much as we love them, because they will not mix well with the "wild things".

About "wild pet" food: we have found that ALL animals and birds love avocado!!!! And they ALL love cheese!! (But for the sake of baby birds old bits of cheese have to be grated, or it might choke the babies).

NOTHING wild will eat onions in any form, and neither will they eat any veggies.

So whatever our "wild pets" will not eat go into the compost bin...

[HouseDragon]

Does this mean we're hiding out from the Cats & Birthday thread haters?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I think this forum is a great idea. We can discuss our animals to our hearts content without complaints about hogging [sic] CC.

Perhaps it could be renamed "Pets, Pet Food & Treats"?

"We" should definitely occasionally invite newcomers in CC to come on over to where the critter people hang out.

Mahalo!!!

[Andi of Longmeadow Farm]

We are so incredibly glad you all like our spot on Zaar. Potsie really knew what he was doing when the thought of this forum popped into his head.

All suggestions have been noted and we hear you!

We thank you, and are glad to have you stop by with your support, stories, and questions.

Many hugs,
~A

[Kizzikate]

Woo Hoo! Great idea for a new forum! Thanks to our hosts, and looking forward to learning & sharing

[Kizzikate]

Oops, double post.

[kittycatmom]

Hello fellow animal lovers! I'm so excited about this forum! I have a dog that I cook for EVERYDAY! She has food allergies to well.... every dog food we've tried. Our vet finally said "Start Cooking!" I make her meals at the same time as ours and we now have a happy, healthy dog who isn't scratching herself to death.

We also have four baby kittys that we adore!!!! Lucky for us, they can eat anything!

[EmmyDuckie]

Oh! I can't believe I just found this! What a neat idea. I'm sure I'll be seeing you all around here often.

[katew]

I have never cooked anything special for my 3 dogs - 2 out of 3 will eat anything especially my 9 month old choc lab who ate one of my pearl earrings today !!!!!