Recent Content by jonereb

LDG, Sebastian is an indoor/outdoor kitty.  He eats mice regularly and birds occasionally.  I'm supplementing his diet with raw.  As we go forward, I'll probably purchase premixed vitamins from the site mentioned in the article you linked, especially during the winter.  I already have the...

Good news.  Sebastian had his first normal poop in months.  He has been on a raw diet for two weeks.  The first week - ground turkey.  2nd week - ground bison.  He loves bison.  To each meal, I'm adding probiotics, powdered egg shell and chicken livers with some salmon oil every other day. ...

I've read that raw diets should be changed occasionally.  How often?  In my case, I started Sebastian on a raw chicken diet.  He liked it, but didn't love it. After one week, I decided to try a novelty Bison diet.  He has never had Bison.  It's ground meat pre-packaged at the grocery store (no...

Thanks for all the great info.  I'll definitely add ingredients, especially calcium and taurine.  Right now, my goal is get Sebastian off commercial cat food and go completely raw and see if this helps his chronic diarrhea.  Because he is an indoor/outdoor kitty, I'm supplementing his diet.  He...

Sebastian has IBD, we think -- diarrhea and loose stool.  Normal BM's are very rare, almost non-existent.  As posted in another thread, I treated him for parasites including giardia.  Changed his diet a year ago to canned Instinct (grain-free, gluten-free).  He doesn't show signs of an allergy...

Here's a comparison of By Nature Organics Chicken vs Nature's Variety Raw Chicken.  Anything standout as good, bad: By Nature ingredients: Organic Chicken, Organic Chicken Livers, Water, Organic Pea Flour, Organic Guar Gum, Organic Locust Bean Gum, Dicalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride...

What would be the concerns about "how ground turkey or beef is handled"?  Contamination with other meats?  Shelf life?  I would probably buy it, break it down into small portions, freeze it, and thaw it as needed.  Just curious....how does one go about getting fresh horse meat?  

I tried raw chicken one time. Our meat grinder was broken, so we cut it into tiny pieces.  After a few sniffs, he turned away and never came back.  I guess I should have put some feathers on it and stood it in the yard near the bird bath. Could I try raw, ground turkey from the grocery store? I...

I just read thru Feline Food Allergy Elimination Diet Procedures.  One note: my cat doesn't scratch, have hair loss, skin irritation or show other outward signs of an allergy.

I actually tried Natural Balance Limited Duck & Peas (Dry formula). No help.  Is there a 100% protein (or close to 100%) commercial cat food?  I am considering Nature's Variety frozen medallions - Venison.  But the ingredients include: Venison, Lamb Heart, Lamb Liver, Ground Lamb Bone, Apples...

I tried raw diet once.  He wouldn't touch it. Testing for parasites was done at an outside lab a year ago.  10 days ago, I used my local vet who can now do this in-house.  I don't know exactly what they did.  I took them 3 consecutive days of samples. They said he was negative on parasites...

Sebastian has had chronic diarrhea (flatulence and runny stool) since we brought him home from the shelter two years ago.  He had parasites including giardia, which were eliminated using antibiotics.  I had him retested 10 days ago.  No parasites were found, but he still has runny stool and...