KG, very well said...I wholeheartedly agree! On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 11:51 AM, KG BarnCats <kgbarnc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > For several years I have primarily fed home made raw to my horde of cats > (FELV + separated) and dogs, and have never had any food related problem > whatsoever. They are in wonderful condition. I do mix in some fish as a > treat every week or so, but it is canned tuna, mackerel, or sardines (all > in water, not oil). I carefully follow a balanced recipe with no grains, > starches, veggies. > > I make a point of being very well read on the publicized risks but I think > they are very overstated - after all, raw is what cats evolved to eat over > millions of years. Their digestive systems are short and acidic. Most > vets are poorly trained on nutrition and much of that training comes via > the pet food industry, which makes a bundle selling biologically > inappropriate grain laden, carb heavy, overproccessed, overpriced crap. Of > course they fear-monger about raw food, even for cats with perfectly > healthy immune systems. As if dry food hasn't been proven to have frequent > contamination with salmonella etc. No human has ever been shown to catch > disease from raw food, but there are loads of cases of people getting it > from commercial pet food. And that doesn't even begin to address the > factors of salivary enzymes as the cat gnaws chunks of meat/bone, or the > enzymes and nutrients destroyed by the disgusting rendering process, or the > plastic and filth cooked in with the often rancid ingredients. Or the risk > of tainted ingredients. Or the fact that cats are far less healthy overall > than they were 50 years ago... just research the huge jump in diabetes, > obesity, kidney disease, cancer, etc. Why do most cats now routinely die > in their early teens at best, when they used to live so much longer? Why? > > If one believes that fresh, natural food is better for people than > processed food, then why treat animals any different? I believe sick or > immunocompromised animals need more nutrition, not less. They need the > best quality food possible, and I think that is the food they evolved to > eat. I wish I could feed whole prey, but it's unaffordable. On the other > hand, homemade raw is made with far better ingredients yet costs so much > less than commercial food - about 35 cents a day. > > Which do you trust more? Millions of years of mother nature's success, or > the money-motivated pet food industry? > > Ok, getting off soapbox now. :) > Kg > > > > On Saturday, March 16, 2013, Maryam Ulomi <ava...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Carrie, > > I am so sorry to hear about your kitties. And I am praying they get > better very soon. > > I had put a post up asking the group about raw food for FeLV cats but no > one responded or commented about using that for their cats. > > I have read that for FeLV cats it might be a hazard because their > systems cannot withstand any challenges from parasites. > > Also I have read that seafood is not recommended for FeLV cats so I do > not feed any seafood to mine. > > I am trying to find a holistic vet to start my FeLV cat on a special > diet but it's always best to be in contact with a vet when starting the > home cook diet or a raw diet. > > If the cats are sick l would take them to vet so they can be treated > right away, with FeLV early prevention is the best policy. > > Hope this helps, please send an update soon. > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 15, 2013, at 23:45, Carrie Rosenblatt <oecb11...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > hi. I saw this online - and wondered what you found out about raw food > for FeLV cats. I had one at my apt for a night, and gave him homemade food, > which was made with raw meat, but no pieces of meat was in what I gave him, > just the grains and tuna and supplements, but I was wondering if the juice > or residue from the raw meat could have hurt him, as he is very sick and > getting worse. > > cr > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >
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