HeyJaredThe Natural Animal
Animal lover, animal advocate and animal naturopath Ruth Hatten shares thoughts and ideas about the nature of animals. Their preferences, their behaviours, their ways of being.
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"Complete and Balanced" - But Is That the Whole Story? (Ep 41) (opens the original)
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The words “complete and balanced” are often treated as the final word on whether a pet food is suitable - but do they really tell us everything we need to know? In this episode, I examine five recent papers exploring fresh food, kibble, processing, nutrient adequacy and contaminants in pet food. We look at what this research genuinely tells us, what it cannot prove and why short-term biological differences should not automatically be interpreted as evidence of better lifelong health. In this epi
Who Does My Animal Need Me To Be: Moving Beyond Caregiving into Companioning (Ep 40) (opens the original)
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When an animal becomes seriously unwell, it's easy to believe that healing depends on finding the next answer. The next test. The next supplement. The next medication. The next veterinary appointment. After my beautiful cat Elvy's recent medical emergency, I found myself caught in that cycle. I was doing everything I could to support his body, yet there was another lesson quietly unfolding beneath it all. This episode isn't about herbs or pharmaceuticals. It's about the often-overlooked role we
Natural or Conventional Pet Care? It's Time to Stop Choosing Sides (Ep. 39) (opens the original)
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What if one of the biggest divides in animal healthcare isn't between natural healing and veterinary medicine... ...but in the belief that we have to choose between them? In this deeply personal episode, I share the experience of caring for my beloved cat, Elvy, after he recently needed emergency, life-saving veterinary care. As a natural animal health practitioner, it was a week that challenged me emotionally, professionally and philosophically. It forced me to confront questions I'd never had
Looking Beyond Food: What Really Shapes an Animal’s Health (Ep 38) (opens the original)
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What if we’ve been looking at animal health through too narrow a lens? Welcome back to Season 4 of The Natural Animal Podcast. In this opening episode, I share a realisation that’s emerged through years of working with animals and their guardians. Not because my approach has changed, but because I’ve found new language to describe what has always connected my work. Nutrition, herbs, emotional wellbeing, environmental health and energetic healing have never felt like separate conversations to me.
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