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HELP! Feeding RAW and LOST!

Newton

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I am also always intimidated by your helpful posts. They always make me panic and think I hope my cats' food is balanced. However, after research I think it is because I do ground whole prey and add the Alnutrin and additional livers just in case.
 

Chameleon924

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I almost had a heart attack because when I read your post I thought you meant I was suppose make that mixture AND then add the BitR mix! I was ready to back back to kibble! LOL. I am glad I don't have to go back to kibble tho, her stools alone have improved 1000%!! She use to clear a room with her stools and now I never know when there is poop in the litter box because I cant smell it! And she loves it, I can't say enough about how great this switch has been!!!:BigSmile:
 

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I am also always intimidated by your helpful posts. They always make me panic and think I hope my cats' food is balanced. However, after research I think it is because I do ground whole prey and add the Alnutrin and additional livers just in case.

Ground whole prey is perfect! Just as nature intended. I don't mean to be intimidating, I just don't want any kitties getting sick because someone thinks all they have to do is grind up some meat and call it good. I hate that you felt intimidated. Please accept my apologies.
Susi
 

Newton

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No apologies needed. I wasn't mad or upset, more thankful that you've made us all aware. Just the information is at first overwhelming.
 

Chameleon924

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No apologies needed. I wasn't mad or upset, more thankful that you've made us all aware. Just the information is at first overwhelming.


Susi-
Newton summed it up for me as well. I feel very overwhelmed when I read you post, but glad I did. They are so informative! You are like a guru when it comes to kitty diets!!!
 

2Knights

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Mine loves raw roo meat. But whats VAN?

Vets All Natural. It is a mix that you add and mix with roo to make it a complete diet - along with raw bones of course.
If you Google it, The vet who created it - Dr Bruce Syme will come up, he also has a FB page and answers any questions very quickly on either site.
 

toasty

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Vets All Natural. It is a mix that you add and mix with roo to make it a complete diet - along with raw bones of course.
If you Google it, The vet who created it - Dr Bruce Syme will come up, he also has a FB page and answers any questions very quickly on either site.

Found it. Thank you very much. I didn't think that you could give them grains. I understand his thoughts, if the cat was in the wild it would eat entire stomach contents of its prey which would have grain in it too. I've never tried it but will look into it, thanks again :BigSmile:
 

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I don't know much about raw diet but i do know that duck, deer meat and lamb are best chicken can make their stools extra stinky:::Wink2:
 

2Knights

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Found it. Thank you very much. I didn't think that you could give them grains. I understand his thoughts, if the cat was in the wild it would eat entire stomach contents of its prey which would have grain in it too. I've never tried it but will look into it, thanks again :BigSmile:

To be perfectly honest I was not sold on the grains idea myself. However I had HUGE issues with IBD, poosplosions and blood in poo and poo that stinky it could clear the house!!!!!

The grain is such a small part fo the mix that it really doesn't make up much of their diet at all. Also the grain goes through essentially whole so while they are eating grain it is not like they are consuming masses of processed grain used as fillers like most commercial foods.

I ahve to say the result speak for themselves with my boys and now you ahve to actually look to see if they ahve pooped, it only has a bit of smell when first done. Previously the smell would wake us up in the wee hours with the stink from two rooms away, not to mention they must have had very sore tummies. They also poop twice a day but were going up to 6 times each when on dry food. Nasty stuff :)

I have also noticed they drink less, but pee more and it is more dilute than it was, all good things. They also are not that water focused they try to climb into the toilet while you are on it any more.
 

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Duck is very rich, it can cause upset stomachs---venison can have parasites if wild caught, and lamb is most likely ok, but not part of a cat's normal prey in the wild. Birds, mice, rabbits (from the USA only)etc. are the best as they are part of the natural prey diet for a cat. To cover the grains that would be present in the stomachs of the cat's prey--many recipes for raw include a small jar of baby food squash for that very reason. But I would hope if you are buying a supplement mix to use with fresh meat, that the mix would be complete if it follows the pet food regulations. But take due diligence as in all things that concern your babies. Look stuff up and ask questions.
 

toasty

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To be perfectly honest I was not sold on the grains idea myself. However I had HUGE issues with IBD, poosplosions and blood in poo and poo that stinky it could clear the house!!!!!

The grain is such a small part fo the mix that it really doesn't make up much of their diet at all. Also the grain goes through essentially whole so while they are eating grain it is not like they are consuming masses of processed grain used as fillers like most commercial foods.

I ahve to say the result speak for themselves with my boys and now you ahve to actually look to see if they ahve pooped, it only has a bit of smell when first done. Previously the smell would wake us up in the wee hours with the stink from two rooms away, not to mention they must have had very sore tummies. They also poop twice a day but were going up to 6 times each when on dry food. Nasty stuff :)

I have also noticed they drink less, but pee more and it is more dilute than it was, all good things. They also are not that water focused they try to climb into the toilet while you are on it any more.

Thanks for that. Yoda does have stinky poos which also used to wake me in the middle of the night to clean :Badly: since I put him on cat mince fresh from supermarket. He's gotten better, but I know this isn't a complete diet at all. I will go and get some VAN today and try him on it tomorrow. Fingers crossed he likes it:Smile:
 
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