"Upscale" wrote in message
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Sorry, can't agree with that sentiment at all. There's been all sorts of
advances in health science that have improved upon what god originally set
in motion. Even something as simple as antibiotics which keeps people
alive
today who would have died less than 100 years ago. The same goes for the
growing of food and the ability to grow it in much larger quantities than
a
few years back. In the wild, animals would eat dirty rotten flesh and be
exposed to all sorts of contagions (like rabies) that we presently
immunize
against.



I think you are nitpicking and missing the point.

Cats have evolved as obligate carnivores- animals who prey upon and eat
other animals. Prey animals consisting of meat, bone, organs, and
predigested vegetable matter in the stomach.
So, to me, feeding a cat a diet consisting of rice, corn, or wheat is in
direct opposition to what their preferred and necessary diet is.

No one is suggesting that you feed your cats rotten meat or disease riddled
animals.


So no, wild animal type of diet is definitely *not* a preferred choice for
your pet. Not if you want your pets to live longer, healthier lives.

There are many, many of us feeding a clean raw diet that would beg to
differ. Raw fed cats are some of the healthiest animals out there with
naturally strong immune systems, naturally clean teeth, and a gleaming non
shedding coat.

It is of course up to you how to nourish the animals in your care, but to
suggest that we not try and cleanly duplicate a cats natural diet is, to me
anyway, absurd.


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Toni
http://www.irish-wolfhounds.com