Re: OT: cost of raw pet food

May 21, 2005

I finally made the leap and got my cats on raw pet food. The kitten went

nuts for it. The overweight adult male protested at first but learned to

like it pretty quickly.

I confess i took the easy route and bought some that is pre-cut into little

medallions. comes in a plastic bag for $10. They're eating a lot more than i

thought they would. this is costing too much money. I think the brand is

called Nature's Variety.

I " m not sure but i've been told i can buy some at the hfs in a big log. How

do i prepare for it my cats? Thaw it all, separate into little pieces, then

freeze again?

It's all so foreign to me still. I " m hoping my adult male cat will lose some

weight.

thanks, Elaine

May 26, 2005

Re: fat in a cat. Since Hugo tends to avoid fat (doesn't much like raw

butter, eats only a small bit of the pastured egg yolk I occasionally give

him), and since there isn't much fat on the beef heart I give him (and, when

there is a blob, he nibbles around it and leaves it), I was thinking he

might need more. In particular, I was thinking that more might increase the

frequency of his stools.

But yesterday I gave him some fat from my pastured bison heart (thinking

maybe the fat on the grain-fed beef heart wasn't to his liking) and he still

didn't eat it (and bison heart is his fave). At this point I just have to

accept that he knows best what he needs--and that may or may not be what

other cats need.

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