raw feeding / home diets - opinions?

I've read a lot, pro and con, about raw meat and other home made diets for
cats. What do people here think of them? Does anyone here make their own
cat food? I like the idea, but I'm afraid I would leave out some essential
nutrient, or else my cats would get sick from the raw meat. Is there any
such thing as a home made cooked meat diet? I guess at that point, it's
just as easy to feed canned food, eh. It's just that I don't know what's
*in* the canned food, completely... I guess I wonder if the benefit of
making home made food is worth it, in terms of improving cats' health.
Thoughts anyone? -- L.

Why is raw meat superior to cooked meat for cats?
Gail

This is one of my questions also. From what I've read, cooking destroys
some of the enzymes and vitamins present in raw meat, some of which are
essential for cats (taurine is the one I've seen mentioned), so those
essential enzymes & vitamins have to be added back into canned food, which
is usually cooked meat. I imagine it's the same difference as a human
eating a diet with no vegetables relying on a vitamin supplement to make up
for the lack of veggies... but I'm not sure. It seems to me there is a
market for a cat food mix that owners can mix with *cooked* meat, to avoid
the raw meat disease/bacteria issues. I suppose, at that point, it's just
as easy to use canned food, but personally, I'd buy something I could add to
my own cooked meat. That way I would know exactly what kind of meat my cats
were getting... Hopefully the group can offer some insight/comments. -- L.


"Gail" wrote in message
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Why is raw meat superior to cooked meat for cats?
Gail

"Lotte" dumped this in
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It seems to me there is a
market for a cat food mix that owners can mix with *cooked* meat, to
avoid the raw meat disease/bacteria issues.

Wysong makes such a product.

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Cheryl

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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"Lotte" dumped this in
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It seems to me there is a
market for a cat food mix that owners can mix with *cooked* meat, to
avoid the raw meat disease/bacteria issues.

Wysong makes such a product.

--
Cheryl

Cheryl -- Can you recall the name? I'll look at Wysong's website also.
Thx -- L.

"Lotte" dumped this in news:h42dncoZapqCcuTdRVn-
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"Cheryl" wrote in message
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"Lotte" dumped this in
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It seems to me there is a
market for a cat food mix that owners can mix with *cooked* meat, to
avoid the raw meat disease/bacteria issues.

Wysong makes such a product.


Cheryl -- Can you recall the name? I'll look at Wysong's website also.
Thx -- L.

If I'm understanding correctly what you're looking for, my first thought
was Wysong Archetype.


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Cheryl

"Lotte" dumped this in news:h42dncoZapqCcuTdRVn-
on 11 Apr 2004:

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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"Lotte" dumped this in
on 11 Apr 2004:

It seems to me there is a
market for a cat food mix that owners can mix with *cooked* meat, to
avoid the raw meat disease/bacteria issues.

Wysong makes such a product.


Cheryl -- Can you recall the name? I'll look at Wysong's website also.
Thx -- L.

If I'm understanding correctly what you're looking for, my first thought
was Wysong Archetype.


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Cheryl

"Cheryl" wrote in message
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"Lotte" dumped this in
on 11 Apr 2004:

It seems to me there is a
market for a cat food mix that owners can mix with *cooked* meat, to
avoid the raw meat disease/bacteria issues.

Wysong makes such a product.

--
Cheryl

Cheryl -- Can you recall the name? I'll look at Wysong's website also.
Thx -- L.

"Lotte" dumped this in
on 11 Apr 2004:

It seems to me there is a
market for a cat food mix that owners can mix with *cooked* meat, to
avoid the raw meat disease/bacteria issues.

Wysong makes such a product.

--
Cheryl

From: "Gail"


Why is raw meat superior to cooked m

It has more nutrients and enzymes. Cooking destroys a lot of the essential
vitamins and enzymes.

Lauren
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