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Is it ok to feed a cat raw chicken liver? My cat is anemic as well as CRF in early stages.
 

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Originally Posted by Dusty's Mom

Is it ok to feed a cat raw chicken liver? My cat is anemic as well as CRF in early stages.
Yes but the "experts " cant agree on how much ... some say 100 grams a week( roughly 3 oz ) ... up to 200 grams a week or as LOW as 30 grams a week.... My vet says 100-200 is fine and that is what I did with my RB crf girl
 
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Originally Posted by sharky

Yes but the "experts " cant agree on how much ... some say 100 grams a week( roughly 3 oz ) ... up to 200 grams a week or as LOW as 30 grams a week.... My vet says 100-200 is fine and that is what I did with my RB crf girl
Right now I'm having trouble getting her to eat anything. Usually she loves FF but I don't think she's eaten much in the past 2 or 3 days. Won't touch the K/D. Yikes!

I'm going to buy some livers.
 

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have you tried clams , tuna juice ,bonito flakes??
 
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Originally Posted by sharky

have you tried clams , tuna juice ,bonito flakes??
Yes, she did have some tuna juice a few days ago. Haven't tried clams or bonito flakes. What/where do I get bonito flakes? Never heard of that.
 

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Good luck with the livers, my boys love their raw but hate liver! We are still in the stages of slightly cooking it before they'll eat it.

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Mine all love liver, chicken liver is easy too since you don't need to cut it up.
 
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Dusty loves raw chicken liver. I worry about giving her too much though. She has early CRF.
 
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