What Kind Of Raw Meat Can I Feed My Kitten?
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My kitten is only 3 months old and we want to start feeding her some raw meat (not all the time, just for treats) but we heard raw chicken wings are dangerous.
are they really? what other raw meats are okay 4 my cat? we don’t really plan on cooking her any meat (right now she only eat this brand of dry food called ‘IAMS” and we also feed her some “Eukanuba’ dry food)
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You can feed your kitten any raw meat as long as it’s fresh and cut into a suitable size, their digestive system is far better equipped than our own, if your kitten doesn’t like it she just won’t eat it.
If you let her out the first thing she would eat would be a raw mouse or bird (wings and all), fish would fall under the same category, nature will be nature.
I would stay away from them. If she doesn’t need them, why go through the trouble of it. Iams and Eukanuba are very good brands of food! She’s getting proper nutrition from these foods alone. You have to realize that changes in diet can lead to stomach upset and diarrhea. In a kitten, this can be dangerous!
Also, from a recent kitten mom, I fed mine treats of human food, and now he begs for it, and will jump up on the counters to get it. I basically trained him to beg for my food, when he was content with his own. You will find this to be true if you start her off early, as I did. I wish I could have taken my own advice while he was still a kitten! He’s been to the vet already for eating 2 chicken breasts I had soaking in the sink to thaw. Live and learn, I guess!
Yes, fish is the best option for kittens. Chicken wings are safe, however, as long as they are not cooked. I have fed my dogs raw for many years, but have never yet been able to convince my cats to eat a raw chicken wing! They went on hunger strike for five days until I gave in. They still eat canned food to this day.
i have a cat and he eats nearly everything including raw fish, chicken, and grossly he eats chicken guts. chicken wings are safe but make sure you keep all small bones away from them
probably raw meats and chicken aren’t good to feed your cat incase there’s bacteria. How come you don’t want to cook the meat? Sometimes we give our cats raw fish but that’s about it.
You can give your kitten any kind of raw meat, as their stomach are able to accept and digest it, unlike humans.
-Chicken
-Tuna
-Beef
-Turkey etc.
NONE!!!! Raw meat is not good for housecats, for the same reason humans are not supposed to eat it. Uncooked meat can harbor parasites.
my pus likes sardines if you give them ones in oil supposed to help them get up any fur balls also little strips of red meat is well like and good for them
fish and little chicken bites!
Raw chicken is best. Wings, uncooked bine in) are perfect for kittens. Look up raw feeding on you tube and you will see hundreds of videos of tiny kittens knockin off a whole chicken wing in no time flat. For starting out, I would start with just a few chunks of raw chicken meat… and then work up to the wing.
I personally feed a ground Raw Meat, Bones and Organ based diet to my cats and they are incredibly healthy on it. I HIGHLY recommend it. While scary at first, once I got the hang of it and felt comfortable with it it’s a snap to prepare.
Cats are obligate carnivores after all and must derive ALL their nutrients from meat based sources. They are unable to absorb them from any other source. Despite thousands of years of domestication they remain strictly carnivorous. True and honest meat eaters and that is what they need most. Protein from meat!
If you are interested in feeding a raw diet some great places to start learning are http://www.catinfo.org/ , http://www.catnutrition.org/ , and http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/ .
If you would like to try raw with your cats and don’t want to get all technical about it but want to try a trusted, time tested and balanced raw diet you can order from http://www.felinespride.com/products/cat… . I purchased this myself when I first started and my cats loved it!
Another premade Raw you can try is Natures Varity. I personally have never used this but know many people that do and it’s pretty easy to find http://www.naturesvariety.com/content.la…
Here’s a bunch of websites to help you learn what you need to know.
http://www.catinfo.org/
http://www.catnutrition.org/
http://www.rawfedcats.org/
http://www.felinespride.com/
http://www.felinefuture.com/
http://www.felineinstincts.com/
http://www.raisingcatsnaturally.com/
http://www.blakkatz.com/
http://www.holisticat.com/http://www.goldcoastragdolls.com/MyOwnCa…
Raw chicken wings are not dangerous. Cooked bones become brittle and dangerous (they splinter and become sharp), but raw bones are softer and perfectly safe to feed (even chicken bones!).
Honestly, most meats would be fine. I can refer you to some great raw feeding resources for cats:http://www.rawfedcats.org/ (Raw Fed Cats)http://community.livejournal.com/rawdogs… (Raw Dogs Livejournal Community [not just for dogs despite the name!], excellent raw feeding information on the profile page and overall helpful community for raw feeding questions)http://www.rawfed.com/myths/index.html (Myths About Raw Feeding)
Raw fish is fine, just be careful not to overdo it:http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?ac…
I think you are going to want to look into what else you are feeding your cats. Iams and Eukanuba are very low quality cat foods, and dry food is not healthy for cats. Contrary to popular belief, wet food is actually healthiest.
The reason is, in the wild, cats normally get most of their water content directly from their prey items and drink very little. Domestic cats are no different, and because of the fact that they are designed to take in water with their meal, they have a very low thirst drive. Cats often just don’t drink enough. This leads to urinary tract infections and crystals. The bit about dry food being better for teeth is a myth and has not been proven in the least (cats barely even chew their dry food and, really, does a pretzel clean /your/ teeth? Cats should have their teeth brushed with cat toothbrushes and cat toothpaste at least a few times a week as well as see the vet for dental cleanings when necessary /regardless/ of what they are being fed). Canned/wet food is better because it more closely mimics the cat’s natural diet. More on why canned food is best:http://www.catinfo.org/ (Excellent cat nutrition information by a vet)http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?ac… (Why Cats Need Canned Food)http://cats.about.com/cs/catfood/a/canne… (Canned Cat Food: Can Your Cat Afford to Live Without it?)http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bp… (The Dry Food Crisis)http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.ht… (Max’s House: Feline Nutrition)
Another option to get cats to drink more would be a cat fountain. Cats tend to like to drink from running water and cat fountains see to that need, encouraging cats to take in more water.
Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Whiskas, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Meow Mix.
Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Felidae, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature’s Variety Prairie, Nature’s Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timber Wolf Organics.
Seriously on a budget? Two of the most affordable of the higher quality foods would be Chicken Soup for the Cat Lover’s Soul and Felidae.
Before following your vet’s food recommendation, keep in mind that vets get /very/ little nutritional training during their schooling. Besides that, what training they /do/ get is usually sponsored or taught by… you guessed it, the crappy pet food companies! They also often get kickbacks from the companies for pushing these products at their clinics (Science Diet, Royal Canin etc.)
A great option is to go with an entirely grain-free diet. Diets high in grain/carbohydrates have been attributed to problems with diabetes in cats. Cats are obligate carnivores, so why should there be grain in their diet? Many of the high quality foods now put out grain-free formulas. Some good grain-free diets include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature’s Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Fromm Surf & Turf, Now!, GO Natural Grain Free, Sold Gold Indigo Moon, Ziwipeak, and Taste of the Wild.
Some pretty decent foods can even be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack Holistic Select, Blue Buffalo, Castor & Pollux Organix, Pinnacle, and Halo.
If you can’t find a food, most of the high quality cat food brands have websites with store locators on them that will help you find the store closest to you which supplies their products. Simply type the cat food brand’s name into Google, go to their website, and type your zip code into their store locator.
Another option, if you can’t find anywhere around you that sells good foods, is to order your pet food online. Here’s an excellent place to do so: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/
Remember that foods should be switched gradually (mixing the new slowly in with the old over the period of about week or so), especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies. For example:
Days 1 & 2: 75% old food, 25% new food
Days 3 & 4: 50% old food, 50% new food
Days 5 & 6: 25% old food, 75% new food
Day 7: 0% old food, 100% new food
Darksong~