Thread: My raw feeding experiment

You are right Antonia, this thread is getting interesting. I think there is a balance to be struck between the two extremes of being careless with hygiene on the one hand, and being germophobic on the other. I don't know about bacteria in the food supply chain in the US. Maybe it is a serious problem there. However, it is well-known that people who do not let their children dig in the garden, for example, and who obsessively disinfect all the surfaces in their homes, are more likely to be the people whose children have allergies and food sensitivity problems.

I have read that there is salmonella in kibble. But I still feed it. Cats fed a commercial diet die at epidemic rates from kidney failure and cancer, and suffer from high rates of chronic diseases like thyroid problems, asthma, and IBS due to bad nutrition. Cats certainly did not evolve eating dessiccated carbohydrates, nor did they evolve eating anything cooked.

Many thousands of people are feeding raw food to their cats (and dogs), and have been doing so successfully for years, with no illness: on the contrary, with excellent health results for their animals. It's simply a matter of sticking to fresh meat, in the right balance, with good hygiene.

Of course, it is a personal choice. There are no right or wrong answers. We have to decide what is best for our circumstances.