I've tried to give Jamie raw meat (e.g.,organic beef filet) a couple of times, and he has the same reaction. He won't eat the mice he catches, either.
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Cats and raw eggs?
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The first time I gave my dog raw steak, he looked at it, sniffed it, then looked at me like I was insane.
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When i started feeding raw i tried several meats and the only one he likes is rabbit, that's what he gets everyday now, rabbit/bones with supplements, they get very picky even with raw food, mine eats 1/4 lb. of raw a day in three feedings and 1/4 cup of dry in the afternoon.
Raw eggs are not good for cats. You should boil water and take it of the stove. Drop the egg and let it sit there for 5 minutes. The egg want be fully cooked but the bacteria would be gone. Also giving eggs on a regular basis is not good. Egg yolks are a very hard food for liver to process. That's just my advice. I'm not trying to say that this is what you should do.
I guess opinion is divided on this one. My vet recommended egg yolk beaten into goat milk for sick kittens (no kitten food/milk available here). Both Dushka and Persil thrived on that mixture when they couldn't take anything else.
This goes against my understanding of egg yolk and it's value to cats. click here and scroll down to the section on egg yolk
I don't believe if it were difficult for a cats liver to process, that this would be a key component of kitten glop used for orphaned or ailling kittens?
Can you give a link to an article that in discussing egg yolk and cats discusses their liver not being able to handle this - I would appreciate your noting it here so I could go read it.
Thanks!
I don't believe if it were difficult for a cats liver to process, that this would be a key component of kitten glop used for orphaned or ailling kittens?
Can you give a link to an article that in discussing egg yolk and cats discusses their liver not being able to handle this - I would appreciate your noting it here so I could go read it.
Thanks!
I just stated my opinion and underlined that it was my opinion. I did not read an article online I have been told by a variety of people (from vets to my friends) that egg yolks aren't easily processed by liver. I will never post my opinion again. Sorry.
Katie...this is how I learn..I read articles, so I can then share that back when answering a question. I know it was your opinion, I wanted to know what was behind it (I truly am that curious). I did not mean to offend you!
Sincerely,
I was debating whether to post my opinion and my information that I have gathered. I did not say not to feed egg yolks, they have great effects on cats. Just not to feed it every day. I give eggs to my babies once or twice a month. And egg white once a week. My family cat who's going to be 16 this year has the same egg diet that I'm talking about and she has the most gorgeous coat. I didn't get offended. A lot of posts that I read I disagree on but I don't state my opinion not to confuse people.
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Although my recipe calls for raw egg yolk, i only use one raw egg yolk mix with 1-1/2 lb. of raw meat and that last 10 days, so one raw egg yolk in 10 days, that's almost nothing, my point is, maybe eating too much of it in one day is not good.
The reason why is because when cats are kittens they are taught what is a source of food. If your adult cats were fed cat food as kittens they became fixated on it as adults because they only reconize cat food as a food source and not raw meat. The reason your kittens took to it so well is because they are still learning what is food and what is not.
