Anyone feed raw ?

mattde · 31-03-2009, 08:09 PM

Some liver / kidney maybe

Elaine · 31-03-2009, 08:15 PM

Liver, kidney, heart etc.
http://www.celestialpets.com/cat_dog_recipe.shtml
http://www.animalsnaturally.co.uk/nu...ion_intro.html

Elaine · 31-03-2009, 08:29 PM

http://www.asurequality.com/resource...etscriptv2.pdf
http://www.petplace.com/dogs/raw-mea...dog/page1.aspx

There are risks to feeding a raw food diet too, I am still uncertain in which direction to go with this to be honest.

smokytopaz · 31-03-2009, 09:25 PM

My goodness these cats eat better than me. I thought there was a credit crunch!

dandysmom · 31-03-2009, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by smokytopaz

My goodness these cats eat better than me. I thought there was a credit crunch!

smudgley · 01-04-2009, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Elaine

There are risks to feeding a raw food diet too, I am still uncertain in which direction to go with this to be honest.

Read about Neospora, nasty horrible condition.

Elaine · 01-04-2009, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by smudgley

Read about Neospora, nasty horrible condition.

Haven't heard of that Smudgley but thanx, am off to find out more right now.

Elaine · 01-04-2009, 04:21 PM

http://www.naturalholistic.com/handouts/neospora.htm

Thanx again Kelly.

farthing · 01-04-2009, 09:15 PM

I don't think I would give a raw food diet to my cats. Having a cat with toxoplasmosis and seeing how it has affected him, I certainly wouldn't want to increase the risk of my cats catching Toxo, Neospora ( which is similar to toxo) and salmonella by feeding raw.
I know they can get some of these things from eating mice, but I still wouldn't want to increase the risk.

I would also be interested to know if these diets have been properly tested. Cats are now living to over 20, this must be partly due to a better diet as well as vet treatment. I would be interested to hear if there is any real scientific evidence that these diets are better long term?

smudgley · 01-04-2009, 10:57 PM

Neospora is thought to be mainly caught through raw meat, however I've seen puppies with it that have never had any meat, nor their dam has had any meat.

It's a horrible, nasty thing to see.

We titre test all our breeding bitches for Neospora & anyone with a hgh titre count isn't bred from.

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