Raw feeding
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 10:57 pm
Does anyone on here raw feed their pets?
My 8 month old puppy eats raw, in fact it's all she has ever eaten as her breeders run a raw food company. She is incredibly healthy and the first remark people make about her after playing with her is how unbelievably soft her fur is. They actually often think she still has puppy fur! Nope, it's her diet. It also means that the poops are minuscule and will disappear after a day or two if left out. If I had a garden of my own, this would mean no more doggy poop bags, but I live on a city (I seem to be the only one who poop scoops here though) so I don't.
Anyway my cat Carlotta in the last few days has taken to eating raw meat, so she is now on full raw diet. I'm hoping to move my other cat onto raw as well although I doubt she will have a random change to raw like Carlotta did. Carlotta vomits almost every night or two, completely un digested cat food hours after eating it. None of the vets I've been to think this is a big deal ("just put her on no different food") which is ridiculous as the food should be digested long before then, I can't understand how it can possibly not be digested that long after eating, and she clearly has a problem with normal cat food. She's not been sick on raw so far, sprinters crossed this continues. She also has feline Hyperesthesia which seems to be affected by her exercising/energy levels, so it will be interesting to see if the raw diet has any affect on it.
I just feel it's the best possible thing to feed them, other than letting them catch their own stuff which is neither practical or good for the environment. I am looking into sourcing culled rabbits and things for my dog to eat, and the cat if She will eat them. The hair/feathers are good for them too and a lot of raw feeders miss those out unfortunately, and of course an animal carcass has everything the dog or cat needs in the exact right proportions, so no need for me to measure it all out haha!
My 8 month old puppy eats raw, in fact it's all she has ever eaten as her breeders run a raw food company. She is incredibly healthy and the first remark people make about her after playing with her is how unbelievably soft her fur is. They actually often think she still has puppy fur! Nope, it's her diet. It also means that the poops are minuscule and will disappear after a day or two if left out. If I had a garden of my own, this would mean no more doggy poop bags, but I live on a city (I seem to be the only one who poop scoops here though) so I don't.
Anyway my cat Carlotta in the last few days has taken to eating raw meat, so she is now on full raw diet. I'm hoping to move my other cat onto raw as well although I doubt she will have a random change to raw like Carlotta did. Carlotta vomits almost every night or two, completely un digested cat food hours after eating it. None of the vets I've been to think this is a big deal ("just put her on no different food") which is ridiculous as the food should be digested long before then, I can't understand how it can possibly not be digested that long after eating, and she clearly has a problem with normal cat food. She's not been sick on raw so far, sprinters crossed this continues. She also has feline Hyperesthesia which seems to be affected by her exercising/energy levels, so it will be interesting to see if the raw diet has any affect on it.
I just feel it's the best possible thing to feed them, other than letting them catch their own stuff which is neither practical or good for the environment. I am looking into sourcing culled rabbits and things for my dog to eat, and the cat if She will eat them. The hair/feathers are good for them too and a lot of raw feeders miss those out unfortunately, and of course an animal carcass has everything the dog or cat needs in the exact right proportions, so no need for me to measure it all out haha!