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post #31 of 41
I'm a huge fan of raw food. I've raw fed my cats for 2 years now and they've never been better. No more vomiting, skinny OR fat cats. They are all very heathy and today they're all in their right weight class

Raw feeding turned out to be a huge success in this household.
post #32 of 41
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Originally Posted by Lndscpsam
Both my kitties and one dog get a raw diet supplemented with kibble. They all LOVE it and it has done wonders for their coats and litter box smell too!! I buy the Natures Variety Prairie brand. I don't have the time or ambition to make it myself, so I spend the extra to purchase this brand. I can't say enough about it!!!
One of my lacal stores is getting this brand dry kibble ... Have you tried it??
post #33 of 41
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Originally Posted by HUNTER
My one year old bengal kitty is being fed raw since he started eating solid, i give him 3 ozs. of raw and 1/2 cup of dry daily, he likes it.

may i suggest you take 12 hours between feeding raw and dry so the dry does not interfere with proper abosrption of the raw.
post #34 of 41
I don't think people should be worried they aren't knowledgeable enough to feed their cats a balanced raw diet, most people are able to feed themselves (ok, it's hard to deny yourself the cheeseburgers etc ) so with a little research it's possible to feed your cats. And if you are able to feed a preprepared food it should take no more time than taking it out of the freezer in time to defrost !

If I read all this we are being spoiled here in the Netherlands. I want to feed my cats homemade but am still in the process of finding the right suppliers, buying an extra freezer and a meatgrinder. Meanwhile I can buy raw frozen foods meant for dogs but - with the right supplements - suitable for cats at petstores and supermarkets. I can buy 4 kinds of superior preprepared complete raw foods through the supply channels of the manufacturers themselves. There is even a kind made from free range meat ! I feed Carnibest,a complete food, there are different varieties, my cats especially like chicken/lamb. It is ground really fine so the cats don't get to chew a lot, I give them something extra to chew everyday, chicken necks or wings, drumsticks, lambheart, whole chicks, that kind of thing. I've been feeding completely raw for a month, my eldest tom already loved raw meat, my kittens got fed partially raw by their breeder, so the guys loved the Carnibest instead of kibble right away. My usually picky female cat took 4 days to change her mind. The only problem was that she didn't understand how to chew chunks of meat and/or bone, but this week she suddenly ate chicken necks and chicks, so there's hope.
post #35 of 41
I'm also in the process of switching our cats to at least almost completely raw, right now it's about half and half. I buy my cats' meat from a kennel that delivers, a bigger firm that visits the city once a month or, if I want fresh, not frozen, from any supermarket, human grade.

I feed the cats raw meat quite happily (they won't touch cooked anyway). Food supervision is extremely strict in Scandinavia (I can't even imagine a supermarket selling hormone or diseased meat, GMO etc. ), so my mind's completely at rest.
post #36 of 41
Does anyone know how chicken gizzards are for cats? I've seen them really cheap at a local store and might like to give them to my cats (not as an exclusive diet, of course) if they have some nutritional merit...
post #37 of 41
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Originally Posted by semiferal
Does anyone know how chicken gizzards are for cats? I've seen them really cheap at a local store and might like to give them to my cats (not as an exclusive diet, of course) if they have some nutritional merit...
They are okay from what I have read but I personally would only buy organic like the livers I buy..
post #38 of 41
I would never feed a raw diet. I don't have the time. Dry cat food is nice and easy for me, and the cats absolutely love and thrive on it.
post #39 of 41
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Originally Posted by sharky
They are okay from what I have read but I personally would only buy organic like the livers I buy..
Ideally that's definitely what I'd do. It's just not financially feasible. I'm trying to work as much raw into their diet as possible, though.
post #40 of 41
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Originally Posted by semiferal
Ideally that's definitely what I'd do. It's just not financially feasible. I'm trying to work as much raw into their diet as possible, though.
My nossey recomedation..lmao... is to check around I get chn or beef livers that are either all natural grain feed or organic for 1.99 a lb ... the hearts are like 4.99 a lb...
post #41 of 41
haha, good one.
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