Comments on: Raw Feeders.. Quick Question…?

By: ♪Majestik moose© ★RAWR★

♪Majestik moose© ★RAWR★ — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:43:06 +0000

i haven’t personally fed rats, but i bet they’d love it. I have birds fly into my windows fairly frequently, and i let my cats eat them….and those are wild birds. I would use frozen mice rather than rats though. just a personal choice. My cat’s favorite meat is deer meat, they will steal it from my dogs!
edit: i have never added a single supplement to my pets food, and i have been feeding raw for years. for cats, yes you can put down “random” meat, as long as there is organ meat, muscle meat and bones, as well as some whole prey(like an entire rat, fur and all). cats are obligate carnivores, and thrive on just meat, no supplements needed.

By: old cat lady

old cat lady — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:43:06 +0000

I don’t think there are any “studies” on the issue of raw feeding unless you go back to Pottenger in the 1960’s.
Personally I use chicken and turkey and do add supplements for calcium as my cats won’t chew bone. I have some ground whole rabbit on order. Don’t know if my cats will like it and hope they do. A variety of protein source is the best. The rabbit for instance is very low in taurine and it should be supplemented if you use that.
I am on the Yahoo group Whole Cat Health and people there have talked about using frozen “pinkies” (day old mice) and day-old chicks to their cats. I have never heard rats mentioned in the seven years I have been connected with raw feeders.
Neither I nor my cats are quite carnivorous to go to that extreme.

By: Crystal

Crystal — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:43:06 +0000

You should only do a RAW diet under the supervision of a holistic vet. You can’t just put random meat on a plate and expect it to be nutritional for your pet. You have to add supplements also.

By: Jordan S. adopt & save a life!

Jordan S. adopt & save a life! — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:43:06 +0000

Rats are too big for a single cat to eat all by himself. And yes you can buy frozen ones from snake shops sure. Whole mice are a lot easier to finish, and it has all the nutrients your cat needs.