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Feeding Raw
I'm rather new to Usenet and I am a member of several raw feeding
groups on Yahoo! and the like and was wondering how many people in the usenet community are also raw feeders. If you are a raw feeder what are the most common things you feed to your feline friends? Cheers, Jesse |
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On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:57:54 -0600, Jesse
wrote: I'm rather new to Usenet and I am a member of several raw feeding groups on Yahoo! and the like and was wondering how many people in the usenet community are also raw feeders. If you are a raw feeder what are the most common things you feed to your feline friends? Cheers, Jesse I tried the raw diet but my cats really don't like it, as in, they'd rather starve to death. |
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On 2013-02-07 18:11:58 +0000, dgk said:
On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:57:54 -0600, Jesse wrote: I'm rather new to Usenet and I am a member of several raw feeding groups on Yahoo! and the like and was wondering how many people in the usenet community are also raw feeders. If you are a raw feeder what are the most common things you feed to your feline friends? Cheers, Jesse I tried the raw diet but my cats really don't like it, as in, they'd rather starve to death. What were you feeding? I've never had a problem getting my felines to eat what I offer. Occassionally they will turn their noses up at very red meats like beef, goat, mutton, but otherwise are doing great eating chicken, rabbit, beaver, quail, alpaca, and llama. Also, how were you serving it? Was it room temperature and was the meat fresh? That plays a big part in whether or not they'll be interested. Cheers, Jesse |
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Jesse wrote:
On 2013-02-07 18:11:58 +0000, dgk said: On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:57:54 -0600, Jesse wrote: I'm rather new to Usenet and I am a member of several raw feeding groups on Yahoo! and the like and was wondering how many people in the usenet community are also raw feeders. If you are a raw feeder what are the most common things you feed to your feline friends? Cheers, Jesse I tried the raw diet but my cats really don't like it, as in, they'd rather starve to death. What were you feeding? I've never had a problem getting my felines to eat what I offer. Occassionally they will turn their noses up at very red meats like beef, goat, mutton, but otherwise are doing great eating chicken, rabbit, beaver, quail, alpaca, and llama. Also, how were you serving it? Was it room temperature and was the meat fresh? That plays a big part in whether or not they'll be interested. Cheers, Jesse My cats like checken, and when I cook it just for them, I pull it a little early so it is only half cooked. But otherwise, They like their meat cooked. I would worry about salmonella and parisites were I to feed them a completely raw diet. |
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Bill Graham wrote:
Jesse wrote: On 2013-02-07 18:11:58 +0000, dgk said: On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:57:54 -0600, Jesse wrote: I'm rather new to Usenet and I am a member of several raw feeding groups on Yahoo! and the like and was wondering how many people in the usenet community are also raw feeders. If you are a raw feeder what are the most common things you feed to your feline friends? Cheers, Jesse I tried the raw diet but my cats really don't like it, as in, they'd rather starve to death. What were you feeding? I've never had a problem getting my felines to eat what I offer. Occassionally they will turn their noses up at very red meats like beef, goat, mutton, but otherwise are doing great eating chicken, rabbit, beaver, quail, alpaca, and llama. Also, how were you serving it? Was it room temperature and was the meat fresh? That plays a big part in whether or not they'll be interested. Cheers, Jesse My cats like checken, and when I cook it just for them, I pull it a little early so it is only half cooked. But otherwise, They like their meat cooked. I would worry about salmonella and parisites were I to feed them a completely raw diet. My cats are also all outside cats, and we feed possums, bitds, recoons, and squirrls on our back porch, so I would discourage the cats from killing, or attempting to kill these other animals for food. They get along with these critters pretty well partly because they don't compete for the same food. Teaching them to eat raw food might endanger that situation..... |
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Hi Jesse,
Have you visited this website: http://catinfo.org/ It is an excellent reference about feeding raw food and feline nutrition in general. I have fed raw, both using the recipe on the website alone and feeding commercially prepared brands. If you are going to make your own raw, please use a balanced recipe! Cats need certain nutrients and just feeding, for instance, a raw chicken breast, isn't going to provide the nutrients they need daily. Rene |
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On 2013-02-08 22:12:03 +0000, Bill Graham said:
Jesse wrote: On 2013-02-07 18:11:58 +0000, dgk said: On Wed, 6 Feb 2013 12:57:54 -0600, Jesse wrote: I'm rather new to Usenet and I am a member of several raw feeding groups on Yahoo! and the like and was wondering how many people in the usenet community are also raw feeders. If you are a raw feeder what are the most common things you feed to your feline friends? Cheers, Jesse I tried the raw diet but my cats really don't like it, as in, they'd rather starve to death. What were you feeding? I've never had a problem getting my felines to eat what I offer. Occassionally they will turn their noses up at very red meats like beef, goat, mutton, but otherwise are doing great eating chicken, rabbit, beaver, quail, alpaca, and llama. Also, how were you serving it? Was it room temperature and was the meat fresh? That plays a big part in whether or not they'll be interested. Cheers, Jesse My cats like checken, and when I cook it just for them, I pull it a little early so it is only half cooked. But otherwise, They like their meat cooked. I would worry about salmonella and parisites were I to feed them a completely raw diet. Bill, For indepth information as to why bacteria is not a concern please see the "isn't feeding raw dangerous" section of http://rawfed.com. It has a wealth of excellent information. Cheers, Jesse |
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I'm a long time raw feeder so I've read over catinfo.org a few times. We feed a very balanced diet including a lot of "whole ground" animals so they are getting all of the organs, skin, fat, etc. I also give them extra heart meat for taurine and try to get as much liver into them as I can, though they still very much dislike liver overall (unless it is freeze dried). That is wonderful to hear, Jesse! You're doing all the right things. I wish I could feed raw more often in our household. Our oldest cat pukes up the raw, no matter what brand or recipe I use, so I've resorted to grain-free canned instead. |
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