I think a raw food diet is best for cats, as it's certainly more natural, with none of the by-products and other awful stuff they add to cat food. However only one of my cats will eat it. The others just sniff it and walk away. I'd be interested in hearing what your diet consists of. Are there any particular proportions you use of the chicken, bones, organ meat, egg, vitamins etc, and can bone meal be used instead of bones? I don't know how I'd grind bones.
Lorrie On 11-15, Tracey Shrout wrote: Anna, I will give you my personal > opinion dealing with severe diahrrea in 2 of my kitties, one of > which is +. After many trips to the vet and having many tests for > parasites and doses of parasitic medicines, antibiotics, trying > fortiflora (which does help some), nothing completely resolved > their issues until I started feeding my cats what I feel is the > best food possible -- a raw homemade diet of chicken and bones (and > organ meat, egg, and vitamins, etc). Lots of people are totally > against feeding raw, but I have 5 very healthy kitties who've been > eating it for almost 2 years now with remarkable changes in all of > them. No more diahrrea for my kitties, and most of the time is > doesn't even have an odor (no kidding!) I will never go back to > dry, and I use only a good quality grain-free can food if > necessary. Cats with diahrrea are naturally going to be > dehydrated, so you really need to be giving them water WITH their > food -- a canned food. > > If the homemade diet is not an option for you though, just try a > grain free diet. Wellness has a good canned one, and there are a > few grain-free dry foods as well. Most cats merely 'tolerate' > grains, and other cats cannot. It is not natural for them to eat > grains. Oh, and LOTS of cats throw up. No, it is not good, but it > is very common. My cats don't throw up anymore (other than > hairballs) EVER! I spent tons of time researching making my own > food because of so many health issiues w/my kitties -- now I don't > have any issues at all. If you want to learn more, check out > catnutrition.com and catinfo.com. If you follow the recipes to a > "T'', you will be amazed! Good luck, and I hope they get better! > > Tracey > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
