Hi,
There are probably 100 threads on raw food. How do I find them - fairly new to this awesome site.
My little Teddy is adjusting very well (3 month old Seal point). He's on Royal Canine kitten 34 and a wet food twice a week. I would, however, like to switch him to raw food. I hear pros and cons about no veggies, fruit or grains and give them only meat ...I am confused. Any help would be appreciated as to what I should be looking for in a raw food diet.
Thank you.
Keep him on kitten food while he is a kitten, since it is important to have that percentage of calcium and phosphorous for bone growth. Raw meat diets are fad diets based on theories that what a creature ate historically is always better for him (patently false). One has the problem of assuring the content that commercial foods have of proven required and desirable constituents. One also has the problem of raw meat being contaminated, particularly in the US where all raw meat (and restaurant menus) must warn against the risks of eating raw - or even rare - meat. Rather than experimenting on your cat, let the research be done to find out if raw meat is safe and beneficial for cats before you experiment on your cat as if he were a lab rat.
JanH Wrote:Keep him on kitten food while he is a kitten, since it is important to have that percentage of calcium and phosphorous for bone growth. Raw meat diets are fad diets based on theories that what a creature ate historically is always better for him (patently false). One has the problem of assuring the content that commercial foods have of proven required and desirable constituents. One also has the problem of raw meat being contaminated, particularly in the US where all raw meat (and restaurant menus) must warn against the risks of eating raw - or even rare - meat. Rather than experimenting on your cat, let the research be done to find out if raw meat is safe and beneficial for cats before you experiment on your cat as if he were a lab rat.
Thanks, Jan. I find the whole thing very confusing. I am presently reading Your Cat by Elizabeth M. Hodgkins, and she also has some very interesting points of view.
You would be better off reading the Cornell Book of Cats and other mainstream sources. Once you get a good grounding in the consensus expert approaches it makes it possible to evaluate fringe offerings. Usually fringe offerings only value is for leads for research to find out if they hold up or not. They are not a good guide to things to try except under extreme circumstances.
Raw diet topic.............again, oh my!
You might like to check this site it gives you a full week to read before joining and I have found it holds lots of information giving you the ablitly to make many choices without angry debate;
http://www.holisticat.com/forum/index.php
Mamacats Wrote:Raw diet topic.............again, oh my!
You might like to check this site it gives you a full week to read before joining and I have found it holds lots of information giving you the ablitly to make many choices without angry debate;
http://www.holisticat.com/forum/index.php
Thank you - much appreciated.
Yes, no full debate (angry or otherwise) and with only one fringe perspective. ; ) Look for links to scientific research to confirm any claims.
JanH Wrote:Yes, no full debate (angry or otherwise) and with only one fringe perspective. ; ) Look for links to scientific research to confirm any claims.
I am interested in what people have to say with regard to their cat - did a raw diet help??? I certainly can say - it made a world of difference in my dogs.
There are few foods for which folks do not report that their pet had some problem or other that was corrected by a food or that the new food resulted in better coat, more energy, better health, etc. However, these benefits are not found by others who try the food. The problem is that there will always be an equal or larger number who report the opposite. That is the problem with such anecdotal reports, determination of whether there is a benefit and which pets get any benefit and which do not. The difference for raw meat from most other food choices is that raw meat in the US is known to be dangerous when put in the bowl to be fed. Therefore, the proof of benefits has be overcome the known risk.