Genie,
I feel the same way you do. I would at least buy organic chicken
from a health food store if you are going to try raw foods. Chickens
raised in battery cages in factory farms are not healthy or pumped full of
antibiotics to keep them from getting diseases from their crowed conditions
(and stress from same).
Bonnie
At 04:58 AM 1/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi everyone. Luke is really doing well on his medication for now, he had
>bloodwork done on saturday and it looked good. The problem is for the
>past week, his eating has gone from not eating enough to only a few bites
>of food twice a day. I've been trying to get him to eat ANYTHING, and so
>far his only choice was fancy feast this morning (and what he finally ate
>came right back up all over the carpet!). I've tried baking chicken
>breast for him, and he won't eat more than a few bites - and that's his
>favorite :-( So I checked out the feline future diet, ignored my
>reservations (and my vet's about the bacteria and parasites to worry
>about) and ordered the Instincts formula. I've seen this topic discussed
>before and gathered enough information to want to give it a shot. I'm not
>too worried about changing him to the diet, more of ! how to prepare
>it! I definitely want to start with chicken, but should I grind the
>meat? I don't have a meat grinder, and I really don't feel comfortable
>with having a market grind it... Can't find one anywhere for less than 50
>bucks... How can I be sure that the meat isn't full of bad germs and
>other things we'd rather not think too hard about... Can some seasoned
>pros out there lend us some guidance? My boy's got to get some food in
>his tummy... I would feel absolutely horrible if I wound up getting Luke
>sicker...
>
>Thanks,
>Genie & Luke
>(hopefully I made enough sense for you to understand what I wrote - I'm
>still on muscle relaxers from the accident and they have a tendency to
>make my brain act slightly "blonde" :-)
