I know it's typical Pet Talk debating, but I'd like to try to keep this particular thread clean and serene (that rhymed!). I'm all for debate and differing opinions, which there doesn't appear to be debate, just the same opinion worded differently. Maybe I'm naive, but I get enough negativity in "real life", I'd like to keep this place pretty and like a big ray of sunshine. Please take the dark clouds to pm, if you don't mind.

All the actual information that has been supplied in this thread has been great, though, so thank you to those who have offered it!