I wish my first post would be under better circumstances however I am writing here today with some questions about Nature's variety frozen, whole carcess raw food's after a very bad month. Max and Mitten, are brother and sister and are both altered 10 year old cats who have been eating Wellness wet and dry cat food for the last 4 years after we became more enlightened pet owners and switched them from Iams. Max then developed crystals and had to be put on extremely shitty anti-crystal hills vet food. He was then switched off of it and put on the royal canine matinance something diet along with a bit of wellness mixed in. Last month this food was recalled and his sister and him both began displaying signs of illness. Mitten the female who ate primarily Wellness wet and dry but also had a bit of Max's mixed in ( they are now feed seperatly) began vomitting daily and had severe diherea, she was diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrom and has also been switched onto a crappy medi-cal hypo allergenic diet. Max is schedualed for an x-ray tommorow after he began urinating blood 3 weeks ago and was diagnosed with another crystal and as such put back on royal canines anti-crystal food.
Long story short, after several thousand dollars and having to feed both cats multiple pills daily and having to feed them disgusting vet food I am looking for another alternative especially with the recent recalls which I doubt will end anytime soon.
I have been considering raw for ages but do not yet feel confident yet to prepare it myself however I found a Canadian company called Nature's variety which sells frozen, whole carcess raw diets for cats and dogs.
http://www.naturesvariety.com/conten...90FCwWQ3059DEB
For the female due to her inability to digest some foods I have heard lamb is usually the best choice so I was considering putting her on there lamb diet and continue her on her meds and moniter how she does. For the male, who has crystals right now and is prone to them i am unsure if I can safely feed him raw or If i will risk the problem getting worse. I have heard some reports on how the higher acidic content of raw foods makes it harder for crystals to grow however I am unsure of how true this is. I am calling my vet tommorow (even though I know they don't know very much about pet nutrition) to see if it would be ok to put the male on a raw diet, continue him on his meds and keep a close eye on them ( he's schedualed for an x-ray tommorow).
Thanks
Kayla
Long story short, after several thousand dollars and having to feed both cats multiple pills daily and having to feed them disgusting vet food I am looking for another alternative especially with the recent recalls which I doubt will end anytime soon.
I have been considering raw for ages but do not yet feel confident yet to prepare it myself however I found a Canadian company called Nature's variety which sells frozen, whole carcess raw diets for cats and dogs.
http://www.naturesvariety.com/conten...90FCwWQ3059DEB
For the female due to her inability to digest some foods I have heard lamb is usually the best choice so I was considering putting her on there lamb diet and continue her on her meds and moniter how she does. For the male, who has crystals right now and is prone to them i am unsure if I can safely feed him raw or If i will risk the problem getting worse. I have heard some reports on how the higher acidic content of raw foods makes it harder for crystals to grow however I am unsure of how true this is. I am calling my vet tommorow (even though I know they don't know very much about pet nutrition) to see if it would be ok to put the male on a raw diet, continue him on his meds and keep a close eye on them ( he's schedualed for an x-ray tommorow).
Thanks
Kayla