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Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 06-10-2008

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Feline Raw Food Diet and COOKED Food Diet?

I’ve read up on veterinary articles and journals that I can access at my university & databases, as well as what people and sites have been posting about Raw food diets. There have been tests done on cats (mainly fecal test) showing a great percentage of salmonella and other bacteria found in cats and dogs that are fed raw. Therefore, I’m still making my cat food at home but opting to cook the outside of meats.

I’ve been reading a lot about these “life enzymes” that have been thrown out there without further clarifications and heard of cats who lived to their 20s eating just dry food.

My kitten has IBD so I’m going to make “homemade” COOKED food for him. The study used as proof that COOKED food is bad was done when taurine was not known thus the cats that were on cooked food eventually exhibit signs of lacking taurine in today’s knowledge.

I want more information and experience on raw food/ semi-raw/ cooked diets that you can give me or like to share/comment.

Thanks

There is more salmonella found in their feces, undoubtedly, but hardly any of the animals actually get infected with it. Their digestive enzymes (or whatever you call ‘em) are strong enough to keep the bacteria at bay. My vet (who has a lot of raw feeding clients), has never seen a case of salmonella in a dog or cat, and doesn’t personally know any vets that have either. I feel the benefits greatly outweigh any risks, so my cats, and dog, get theirs raw.

If you are only going to lightly cook the outside of the meat, I don’t think it will significantly impact

Cooked food is thousands of times better than any commercial food, so go for it if you don’t want to take the plunge into raw :-)


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