Trust Me, I'm a Vet

In this episode, Steve Leonard investigates the latest research into mineral content in pet food, and discovers that many fail to meet official guidelines. Steve finds out whether feeding these foods to your pet over the long term could lead to serious health problems and uncovers what pet owners can do about it. This episode comes from the Royal Veterinary College, near London.

Steve Leonard and his team of vets investigate the best way to help your pet lose weight, witness a pioneering operation to improve the life of a paralysed dachshund, decode the secret language of guinea-pigs and discover why, when it comes to keeping rabbits, it is time to ditch the hutch.

In the final episode, Judy Puddifoot investigates the warning signs dogs give out before becoming aggressive, and Steve Leonard looks into the latest research that suggests feeding your cat only fish-based pet foods over the long term could lead to health problems. Elsewhere, Alice Rhodes discovers that one in five cats in the UK lives in a state of long-term anxiety because they share a house with another cat, and she runs a series of unique experiments to test different stress-reducing methods. Last in the series.