When I told the vet I was only planning on feeding wet food they pooh poohed it - saying that if the cat was vulnerable to crystals the food wouldn't make much difference. Then I wondered why it's now standard procedure for vets to ask about it if you call because your cat isn't feeling well. And I can't recall one vet ever posing that question prior to 2000. Dry food was certainly around before that - so I think it does beg the question of what has changed as far as what they are putting in cat food.
Anyway I can't see myself making my own raw cat food, but I do wonder why there's not more discussion about the freeze dried raw. I bring it up because I've been sprinkling it on their food and they love it. I got some Stella and Chewy's turkey when my cat was first diagnosed with IBD. It's impossible to get now, but Chewy sent me a bag of primal freeze dried raw turkey for free when they stopped selling S & C's.
I'm thinking about transitioning him to at least one raw meal a day (he gets 3) of the freeze dried turkey. While he's 100% better than he was, there's still small specks of red blood on his stool. He gets 1/2 tab of pred a day and slippery elm bark mixed into the other two meals.
Anyway I can't see myself making my own raw cat food, but I do wonder why there's not more discussion about the freeze dried raw. I bring it up because I've been sprinkling it on their food and they love it. I got some Stella and Chewy's turkey when my cat was first diagnosed with IBD. It's impossible to get now, but Chewy sent me a bag of primal freeze dried raw turkey for free when they stopped selling S & C's.
I'm thinking about transitioning him to at least one raw meal a day (he gets 3) of the freeze dried turkey. While he's 100% better than he was, there's still small specks of red blood on his stool. He gets 1/2 tab of pred a day and slippery elm bark mixed into the other two meals.
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