Re: Pet Food

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You really don't have to worry about all the " germs " and samonella.

It isn't an issue for pets. What happened with your cats was

probably just a transition issue. You really should start with

chicken not beef and feed the same type of food for at least a week

before introducing another thing. Of course cats are going to go for

cat food over ham or whatever cooked because it is like a child

prefering junk food over something real. Dogs do transition easier

but if you persevere with cats, and I had to with all four of mine,

they will begin to eat raw and thrive. They can clean a chicken leg

and eat the bone now and will also eat liver, kidneys, heart, which

has lots of taurine, pork and fish. Variety is very important and so

are organ meats. If you wash their bowls with soap and hot water and

keep things rinsed and clean, no one is going to get sick. I use

plain vinegar and water as a counter spray to clean with. Our

bodies naturally keep things in balance as do animals bodies. They

need the good bacteria and get all sorts of enzymes and good things

from eating poop and dead things. My dogs regularly eat horse manure

and all sorts of junk, even dead mice or rats. We live on a farm so

it readily available Anyway, you really don't have to be so afraid

of germs. I have four children and two grandchildren who have never

had an antibiotic or vaccines in their lives. That is just the

natural way we have chosen to live. It has been fun for me to

transition the pets to this lifestyle too and see them do so well.

No eye gunk, smell or fleas. They have energy and love to eat now!

Also one side benefit is their teeth are pearly white and no vet cost

to have them cleaned ever again. Even my 12 yr. old Sheperd's teeth

became totally white within a few months of rawfeeding after removing

the carb junk diet.

Sonii

-- In rhythmicliving , " rosette_ohara "

wrote:

>

> I read about the raw meat pet food diet, which is why I tried it

with my cats twice. I have

> also read the book about how awful processed pet food is----can't

remember the name of

> it now. I know processed food is terrible, but at least it doesn't

have live pathogens. I also

> realize that cats are carnivores. I think my older cat developed

diabetes from a high-carb

> processed food diet. (He died at 18.) However, I can't deny that

both my cats at the time

> got bad diarrhea on two separate occasions from raw steak, and they

continued to have

> diarrhea until I gave them a course of antibiotics. So I had to

reluctantly give up the raw

> meat diet.

>

> I do know that nearly all chicken has salmonella on it, and reading

about slaughterhouse

> practices, you will learn that steaks (and not just ground beef)

are not free of harmful

> germs. (I don't want to go find one of the links because it always

disturbs me terribly to

> read about meat packing houses.) Maybe if you get your meat from

someplace besides the

> grocery store, you could get meat that wasn't contaminated. Would

freezing first get rid of

> the germs? Anyway, my present cat will not eat anything but Purina

Cat Chow. I honestly

> think they must put something addictive into it because she will

turn down cooked ham,

> chicken, and shrimp to eat that junk.

>

> I think dogs' digestive systems are more able to handle pathogens

than cats, who eat only

> recently-alive food in nature. I have seen dogs eat feces and a

partially digested mouse

> that my older cat threw up once. Talk about yuk! ----Rosette

>

>

> > > Sorry, but I just had to comment on this. I feed my four dogs

and

> > four cats a raw meat diet and unless meat is ground up, it is not

> > crawling with germs. For over two years my pets have flourished

on a

> > species specific diet. They are carnivors and don't need to eat

> > veggies and grains. Processed pet foods or kibble is rendered

dead

> > and diseased animals as a protein source or soy and grain that

has no

> > nutrition for a living animal like a cat or dog. I have seen my

pets

> > thrive on chicken, liver, kidneys, heart, beef ribs, lamb, turkey

and

> > fish. It is fun, easy and inexpensive to find these items at

even a

> > regular grocery store for around a $1 a pound and provide real

food

> > for my pets. Just think about it, would you feed your kids only

crap

> > in a bag with no live enzymes of any kind. I know some people do

and

> > their kids live with illness and chronic disease, but there is a

> > better way.

> >

> > If you want more info you can check out the Yahoo group...

rawfeeding

> > and learn from over 6000 people around the world that have been

doing

> > this for 20 years or more. No scare of pet food conatamination

here.

> >

> > Sonii

> >

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