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post #31 of 36
Well that's just it. With commercial raw you don't have control over the ingredients - only to the extent that you pick and chose which product you buy. agree.gif For some of us, there's a comfort level because of supplements, and for a very few of the commercial raws, there is the pathogen-free guaranteed aspect, because of the high pressure processing (Nature's Variety, Stella & Chewy's, and Primal's poultry products). But I think for most, the commercial raws are really used for the transition to raw. We don't really know what nutrients are lost in the processing, the freezing, etc., and you're absolutely right about not having the benefit of chewing chunks and some bones. agree.gif
post #32 of 36
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Originally Posted by Melesine View Post

I don't think that "homemade" raw is less safe than commercial at all. I've been feeding raw meat bought at the grocery store to my dogs for 5 years and they are all in great shape. I never fed commercial raw to the dogs. I have fed it to the cats. They were eating cut up pieces of meat but I tried rad cat last week as I'm not totally confident on taurine requirements with the chunks. The cats like the rad cat but I had some loose stool issues. My main complaint with commercial raw is it's usually ground food, which I don't think is an ideal full time diet long term. Whole foods are better for their teeth and jaws. My other issue is the add ins put into commercial raw. Natures Instinct puts fruits and vegetables even in their raw cat food formulas along with Montmorillonite Clay. Rad cat has psyllium husk.  


Yup. I calculated that over the last 3 years (for the first year I fed commercial raw) I have feed 2,190 lbs of homemade raw food made from non-organic easily obtained meats. None of my 4 cats has ever shown any sign of food related illness. That's an awful lot of "risky" food to have fed with no sign of a problem.

 

post #33 of 36

 

Originally Posted by mschauer

Yup. I calculated that over the last 3 years (for the first year I fed commercial raw) I have feed 2,190 lbs of homemade raw food made from non-organic easily obtained meats. None of my 4 cats has ever shown any sign of food related illness. That's an awful lot of "risky" food to have fed with no sign of a problem.

 


Hah! Mschauer, I am *not* in the best of moods at the moment and you just totally made me LOL. You calculated how many pounds of food you've fed over the last three years?!

 

Hmmm, I should be able to do the same thing... hold on.... in the last three years, I've fed six cats ~2,463 pounds (some of my meals vary in weight), with zero adverse affects.  biggthumpup.gif  That was fun!

 

And I recently had blood work done on the three oldest and they are in great shape!

 

Mschauer, how many kitties do you have?

 

AC

post #34 of 36
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Originally Posted by Auntie Crazy View Post

Mschauer, how many kitties do you have?

 

AC



4. Between them they eat ~1 lb a day. Oops. That's 1095 lbs. I hate it when I do that! 

post #35 of 36

 

Originally Posted by mschauer

Originally Posted by Auntie Crazy

Mschauer, how many kitties do you have?

 

AC


4. Between them they eat ~1 lb a day. Oops. That's 1095 lbs. I hate it when I do that! 


No worries! You still gave me a good, well-needed laugh, which totally broke me out of my mood. I'm still not happy, but I'm no longer.... glowering. laughing02.gif

 

AC

post #36 of 36
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I have a question about bone in meat diet, both home-made and commercial.  Normally this type of raw diet has higher phosphorus content than raw with calcium supplement.  Can senior cats tolerate high phorphorus?  Should I choose diets with lower phosphorus? or high phosphorus isn't an issue as long as calcium phosphorus ratio is right?

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