They do eat by-products when they eat the whole prey, but they are getting all the rest, too, which they don't get with just by-products (where the good stuff has been taken out for human consumption). By-products contain much less nutrition and are often indigestible. Note that cats also get some minerals by eating the dirt that's on the animals. Guess that's why some feral feeders just put the food on the ground. :-)
That has always surprised me when people report that their cat doesn't eat the organs, as those (exept for feces-filled intestines) are the most nutritious things in the prey's body, and also (I've read that) the big cats eat the organs first and bury the rest of the body for the next day. On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 12:22 PM, <dlg...@windstream.net> wrote: > While we are on the subject of raw diet, don't they eat some of those > things when they catch a mouse, rabbit or squirrel or bird? The only > things my guys don't eat are the organs, especially intestines. Other > wise, they eat the whole thing. > > > -- ---------------------------- Go Get a Life---Go Get a Shelter Animal! If you can't adopt, then foster "bottle baby" shelter animal, to save their life. Contact your local pound for information. <http://www.laanimalservices.com/volunteer_fostercare.htm> If you can't bottle feed, foster an older animal, to save their life, and to free up cage space. Ask your local animal pound to start saving over 90% of their intake by implementing the No Kill Equation: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/no-kill-equation/<http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/> Here's the current growing list of true No Kill communities: http://www.nokillhouston.org/no-kill-shelters-in-north-america/ Legislate better animal pound conditions: http://www.rescue50.org More fun reading: http://www.nokilladvocacycenter.org/shelter-reform/guides/ More fun watching: http://vimeo.com/nokill/videos especially http://vimeo.com/48445902 Local feral cat crisis? See Alley Cat Allies' for how to respond: http://www.alleycat.org/page.aspx?pid=537
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