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post #1 of 15
1/28/12 at 2:35pm
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General Feline Nutrition and Raw Feeding Resources

 

Feline Nutrition Education Society: Extensive feline health and nutrition information from a collection of veterinarians, feline nutritionists, and other experts and advocates. Includes legislative and outreach efforts. Good for information on ground diet recipes and how-to guides as well as some commercial raw product information.

 

CatCentric.org: A raw feeding, feline nutrition, health and general cat care blog, article and resource site created by Tracy Dion. Includes special features, scientific studies and publications. Good for detailed information on frankenprey and whole prey diets as well as both commercial raw and canned products.

 

CatInfo.org: Detailed information on the relationship between diet and health from veterinarian Dr. Lisa Pierson, with a special focus on urinary tract health. Includes an easy to follow how-to guide and several recipes for ground raw diets.

 

RawFedCats.org: A highly informative feline raw feeding site by Linda Zurich. Focused primarily on frankenprey and whole prey diets.

 

LittleBigCat.com: Holistic feline health, nutrition, and behavior information from veterinarian Dr. Jean Hofve and feline behavior expert Jackson Galaxy. Covers a wide range of information.

 

YourDiabeticCat.com: Created by Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins, this is an in-depth resource for diabetic cat owners.

 

IBDKitties.net: An exceptional collection of resources for owners of cats suffering from irritable bowel disease (IBD) and similar symptoms, pancreatitis, and fatter liver disease assembled by Lisa Provost. Includes case studies, food product reviews and research. Currently working with the UCD School of Veterinary Medicine in a study of IBD and small cell gastrointestinal lymphoma (GILSA).

 

Truthaboutpetfood.com: Written and maintained by Susan Thixton who, together with Dr. Hofve, are members of a newly formed task force headed up by AAFCO to work on pet food ingredient definitions. TAPF contains all of the research Thixton has done into the pet food industry, its manufacturing processes, and ingredient sourcing and labeling policies and practices. In addition, the site publishes pet food recalls and maintains a list of manufacturers who participate in the Pet Food Recall First Alert program.

 

Specific Articles

 

Why Feed a Raw Diet?

The Carnivore Connection to Nutrition in Cats

Your Cat's Nutritional Needs: The Basics

Raw feeding your house-cat: What’s all the fuss about?

Feeding Raw: A Veterinarian's View

 

Why Not More “Standard” Commercial Diets?

Carnivore Digestion and Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Diet, Kidney Disease and the Urinary Tract

Diabetes and Obesity: Preventable Epidemics

Feline Urinary Tract Health

My Cat is Doing Just "Fine" on Dry Food

Homemade vs. Commercial Food for Cats (and Dogs!)

 

TCS threads: Best diet for cats? / "Nutritionally Complete" assurances for our pet food? / Questions about commercial raw / Commercial Raw vs Homemade Raw

 

What about Pathogenic and Parasitic Concerns?

Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria, oh my!

Spooked By Salmonella: Raw Food!!!

 

Transition Guides

How to Transition Your Cat to a Raw Diet

A Practical Guide: Transitioning Your Cat to a Raw Diet

Transitioning Dry Food Addicts to Canned Food

 

TCS Member Transitions: Carolina’s / LDG’s / Feralvr’s / Auntie Crazy's

TCS Member Menus: What does your menu look like?

 

Additional Resources: Books and Videos

Nutrient Requirements of Dogs and Cats by the National Research Council (U.S.) Ad Hoc Committee on Dog and Cat Nutrition

Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life by Elizabeth Hodgkins, DVM

Buyer Beware: The crimes, lies and truth about pet food by Susan Thixton

Raw Meat Diet for Dogs and Cats by Karen Becker, DVM

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post #2 of 15
1/28/12 at 2:37pm
Thread Starter 

Here you go, my TCS friends! I tried to make this list of resources comprehensive while staying focused, and I hope you find it helpful.

 

Best regards!

 

AC

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post #3 of 15
1/28/12 at 3:07pm
AC, thank you so much for this! hugs.gif

IMO, there's one more TCS thread that's instructive. It's in the IMO forum. I think new members (and guests) can see it, but I think you have to have a post count of 100 before being able to post anything to the thread (which hasn't been active for a while anyway).

Not sure where it would fit on that list, but no matter. It's the Scientific Studies Supporting Raw Food Diet thread.
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post #4 of 15
1/28/12 at 7:43pm
Auntie- All I can say is...... THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and that doesn't seem enough for some reason. laughing02.gif You can be assured that I will be spending many hours going over these great resources you have posted. What a great idea - A Raw Resource Thread..... worship.gif and hugs.gif and heartpump.gif and dance.gif......... wave2.gif
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post #5 of 15
1/29/12 at 5:54am

Excellent thread - thank you, I'm sure it will bet getting a lot of pageviews!

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post #6 of 15
1/29/12 at 7:29am
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Those sites have been SO valuable for me in my transition to raw - they have helped us a LOT - I have referred back to them in different situations for recipes, ideas, and things like constipation, schedule, enticement, transitioning to schedule feeding..... There is a TON of information in there.....
Thank you for putting this page together..... immensely helpful.....

Thank you for all your help..... hugs.gif
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post #7 of 15
1/29/12 at 10:21am

Many thanks, AC!  Now, is this going to be a sticky (I've already saved as a bookmark so can easily find it, but figured it would be a sticky)

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post #8 of 15
1/29/12 at 7:38pm
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Originally Posted by mrsgreenjeens View Post

Many thanks, AC!  Now, is this going to be a sticky (I've already saved as a bookmark so can easily find it, but figured it would be a sticky)


Sally, that is a great idea, and I vote for that too biggthumpup.gif Very easy to find then agree.gif
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post #9 of 15
1/29/12 at 8:30pm
Actually, it was Anne's suggestion that a resource thread be created and stickied. smile.gif. It was in discussion about the forum in Sally's thread! http://www.thecatsite.com/t/240653/random-thought-about-this-raw-forum#post_3167584

I suggested AC kick it off, but of course others can add to it whenever a useful site or important, relevant information is located. agree.gif
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post #10 of 15
1/31/12 at 8:05am
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Originally Posted by LDG View Post

Actually, it was Anne's suggestion that a resource thread be created and stickied. smile.gif. It was in discussion about the forum in Sally's thread! http://www.thecatsite.com/t/240653/random-thought-about-this-raw-forum#post_3167584
I suggested AC kick it off, but of course others can add to it whenever a useful site or important, relevant information is located. agree.gif

headscratch.gifyeah.gif It makes it hard to refer people over here all the time.... I just did it last night..... Would be easier if it was a stickie for sure biggthumpup.gif
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post #11 of 15
1/31/12 at 8:11am
It might also be worth stickying the Best Diet for Cats thread (even though it's in the resource list). agree.gif
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post #12 of 15
1/31/12 at 8:12am
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Originally Posted by LDG View Post

Actually, it was Anne's suggestion that a resource thread be created and stickied. smile.gif. It was in discussion about the forum in Sally's thread! http://www.thecatsite.com/t/240653/random-thought-about-this-raw-forum#post_3167584
I suggested AC kick it off, but of course others can add to it whenever a useful site or important, relevant information is located. agree.gif

 

I will sticky the thread, and yes, like Laurie said, I'd like this to be a community effort.

 

AC doesn't have to be in charge of keeping it current/whole - if you want, the mods can edit it for you guys, to keep the links current in the first post in this thread. Hopefully, this would be ok with AC.

 

I rely on you, the active members in the raw feeding forums, to make sure this list reflects what you'd like to show people who are new to raw feeding. If you feel that other resources need to be added, or that some links need to be edited out, I suggest you discuss it here and we can have the thread edited accordingly.

 


 

 

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post #13 of 15
1/31/12 at 8:19am
Excellent, thanks Anne!

When you have time, you might want to take a look to see if you think the Best Diet for Cats thread merits its own sticky, even though it's in the resource links above. It was a pretty thorough discussion. smile.gif
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post #14 of 15
1/31/12 at 10:11am
Thank You, Anne for the sticky and the suggestion in the first place, to compile a Raw Feeding Resource Thread. This will be extememly helpful to people new to raw feeding and I am finding it incredibly informative for my own raw beginning! biggthumpup.gifclap.gif
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post #15 of 15
2/3/12 at 1:41am

Wow AC, this is a very helpful list.  So much stuff to read.  I gave them home-made raw  for dinner lately, and they were crazy for it.   I was very surprised.  I'm not completely confident about adding organs though.   

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