Can Dogs Have Sweet Potatoes? Though most of our favorite fruits make us think of endless summer days (pineapples, mangoes, peaches, kiwis, etc), many of our favorite vegetables scream fall—especially the orange ones. When the days grow colder and the leaves begin to change color, we break out the orange
Can Cats Have Cookies? As adults, some of us pride ourselves in our sophisticated dessert tastes—we reach for custard-filled eclairs, decadent fruit pies, and tiramisu whenever we find ourselves at a dessert buffet, we order the most complicated-sounding ice cream flavor every time we set foot inside of an ice
Can Cats Have Chili? When the weather turns cold and rainy as the seasons change, we find ourselves reaching for warm, gooey comfort foods instead of the crisp cold meals of summer. For many of us, this means foods like soups, stews, hot cereals, and, of course, big bowls of
Can Cats Have Catnip? When we search for ways to treat our furry friends, we often go for their favorite foods—dogs love peanut butter, apples, and carrots, hamsters and rabbits love any sweet, juicy fruits we can offer them, and rats love anything even slightly edible. For cats, however, there
Can Rabbits Have Rhubarb? When most of us think of our favorite pies, we picture pastries filled with fruits: blackberries, blueberries, strawberries (or a mix of all three!), apples, peaches, lemons and limes, bananas, cherries, and, yes, even pumpkins. Other common pie fillings that don’t even make us bat an
Can Rabbits Have Red Peppers? Medical professionals, personal trainers, health teachers, and fitness magazines are constantly telling us to eat the rainbow. Because we have such sweet teeth, many of us use fruit as a way to consume as many colors as possible—after all, you can knock out three or
Can Rabbits Have Potato Peels? Well-off Americans live in the land of plenty, and that means that we have a lot of options when we shop for food. When you talk to your friends and extended family about the dishes they eat on a regular basis, you find a huge
Can Hamsters Have Fish? Back in the 1950s, a hamburger patty with sides of cottage cheese and cherry jell-o was considered the healthy, diet-conscious option. For years, beef was an acceptable staple of American cuisine—it was loaded with the protein we believed we needed to build strong, healthy bodies, fuel
Can Hamsters Have Eggs? As far as nutrition is concerned, few foods seem complete on their own—even our simplest, heartiest, most wholesome meal ideas usually involve at least two ingredients: beans and rice, peanut butter on whole grain toast (or on apples or bananas!), vegetables and hummus, dried fruit and
Can Hamsters Have Dandelions? The easiest domesticated animals to feed are probably dogs—the further away you get from the canine family, the more difficult it is to figure out exactly what we should feed our pets using intuition alone. Dogs are omnivores like us, so they can eat many of