Guest guest Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 Yes, cooked cat is much too tough. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 13, 2004 Report Share Posted February 13, 2004 --- Helen East <helen@...> wrote: > THanks for the info helen - I will check them out. > Also I wonder if you use > http://www.prizechoice.co.uk/ who do a lot of raw > meat pet products? That's the Anglian Meat Company (or some such). They seem to be the only producers of raw pet food in this country. YOu can probably buy their stuff in most large pet stores eg pet city, if they have a freezer section. It's around 54p per pack of meat, which does my cats 1-2 days. So it's not dear. However, they have dandruff problems, so this is obviously not something they should eat exclusively. I'm going to start giving raw egg. They won't eat beef or pork fat from joints, steaks, stocks etc, and won't eat olive oil. They also won't eat chicken wings. They love tinned food and biscuits. Typical! Jo ___________________________________________________________ BT Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://bt..co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Hi, > > Also I wonder if you use > > http://www.prizechoice.co.uk/ who do a lot of raw > > meat pet products? > > That's the Anglian Meat Company (or some such). They > seem to be the only producers of raw pet food in this > country. YOu can probably buy their stuff in most > large pet stores eg pet city, if they have a freezer > section. It's around 54p per pack of meat, which does > my cats 1-2 days. So it's not dear. Thanks for the info. It seems pretty cheap actually. I haven't noticed their stuff around but will check out our pet shop. > However, they have dandruff problems, so this is > obviously not something they should eat exclusively. Ok thanks again. My cat has dandruff, more so if she gets stressed. I haven't had much luck clearing it up - I've tried supplementing with oils, but she turns her nose up if her packet food is adulterated in any way. > I'm going to start giving raw egg. This is as far as I've got so far with the raw food. Happily, she loves egg once she remembers that it's OK. This means I have to put some packet food in the middle of it so she accidently gets some on her tongue.... I have tried mixing small amounts of raw in with wet food - not a success - and also coating it in kibble crumbs - ditto. So my strategy is to start with cooked food and progressively cook it less and less. Have you tried kefir? She'll lick it and raw milk off my fingers but won't drink it. But perhaps cats shouldn't be drinking goat's milk. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 --- Helen East <helen@...> wrote: > Hi, > Ok thanks again. My cat has dandruff, more so if > she gets stressed. I > haven't had much luck clearing it up - I've tried > supplementing with oils, > but she turns her nose up if her packet food is > adulterated in any way. > I really don't want to get into buying high quality CLO and such like for them - I don't spend that sort of money on myself! Anyway, I melted some beef fat (from the stock I made) and mixed it with the chicken leftovers (from the stock I made) and they seem to be eating it. So mixing it in seems to be the way to go. They wouldn't eat a raw egg I put on a plate for them. But when I mix just the yolk in with their regular food, they do eat it. Fingers crossed.... Thing is, BF wants me to give them cheap eggs, and keep the good eggs for ourselves, but this somewhat defeats the object of giving them good fats to alleviate their skin problems! > Have you tried kefir? She'll lick it and raw milk > off my fingers but won't > drink it. But perhaps cats shouldn't be drinking > goat's milk. > No, I don't think they should be getting much, if any dairy. They didn't drink the kefir I put down for them once, so I didn't bother again. Jo ___________________________________________________________ BT Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://bt..co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 >> I really don't want to get into buying high quality CLO and such like for them - I don't spend that sort of money on myself! << One thing to think about is this. Cats are obligate carnivores, the most highly specialized eaters in the animal kingdom. Obligate carnivory is also the most expensive diet in the animal kingdom. We keep carnivores as pets in large numbers in this country because we feed them totally inappropriate grain-based diets. This makes feeding them cheap, but we generally lose all those nutritional savings at the vet's office, or in heartbreak. Cats, who can live into their late 20s, are considered " seniors " at 8 or 10 years old. Cats who die at 14 are thought to have lived a good long life. Kidney disease in cats is the NORM now - and diabetes is getting there. When considering how expensive a feline diet is, consider how much it costs to remedy the ill effects on them that a cheaper, less species appropriate diet produces. And consider also how very tiny cats are. While the cost of a carnivorous diet for cats is, pound for pound, more expensive than an appropriate diet for a human being, the absolute cost isn't that much, because cats consume such small amounts. And when feeding them an appropriate, nutrient-dense, diet, ie, not bulking it out with a lot of vegetable matter they don't need and which in fact harms them, you will find they eat even less than you would expect. I always chuckle when talking with cat owners complaining about the cost of feeding a carnivorous diet to their cats. Try feeding a houseful of dogs the size of human beings sometime. <G> Christie Caber Feidh ish Deerhounds Holistic Husbandry Since 1986 http://www.caberfeidh.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 --- Christie <christiekeith@...> wrote: > >> I really don't want to get into buying high > quality > CLO and such like for them - I don't spend that sort > of money on myself! << > > One thing to think about is this. Cats are obligate > carnivores, the most highly specialized eaters in > the animal kingdom. Obligate carnivory is also the > most expensive diet in the animal kingdom. > My own health is more important - I won't sacrifice that for the cats, who are already 12 and doing well except for their teeth. The raw diet that I feed them is the best that i have to offer right now. It is miles better than the tinned food and dry biscuits that they used to get. Jo ___________________________________________________________ BT Broadband - Free modem offer, sign up online today and save £80 http://bt..co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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