RAW FOOD DIET FOR KITTEN QUESTION?
I’d like to start a raw diet for my kitten. One side of my family are turkey farmers. I would be able to get 20 pounds of turkey breast to keep in the freezer and thaw out as needed. Would this be the right way to do it? Or are meats from places that provide for a raw diet treated in some way???
Also, how often do you feed the kitten on a raw diet?
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It’s great that you are willing to take the extra time and effort to do something so good for your cat! I think that the turkey will be great for the cat for the most part but you will also want to make sure he/she is getting other parts besides the meat portion of the turkey. Not to be gross but I have heard that you should try to mimic what a cat that is in the wild would be eating if you are doing the raw food diet. So if you can stomach it I would also sometimes feed the cat the heart, liver, and even the brain. This is pretty much what they would eat if they were to catch a animal in the wild, they don’t only pick at the good meaty part and leave the rest, they eat almost everything. I would also be sure to give him/her a little cod liver oil and make sure to worm him on schedule b/c raw meats can cause them to get worms more easily than cats eating regular cat food or cooked foods.
As far as how many times to feed the cat, I believe it is one to two times a day depending on how you prefer to do it, for kittens they eat several small meals a day so they have a easier time digesting the food. For a adult cat you can break their meal up to twice a day so they don’t seem to always be begging for food or you can give it to them all at once, just make sure they eat every 24 hours or they can suffer from hepatic lipidosis if they are not fed adequate amounts of food. Sometimes the cat may not eat what you offer all at once but will come back within a hour or two to finish it up. You don’t want to let it sit to long so it doesn’t become contaminated with salmonella. Good luck!
Seriously, raw diets are not good for pets or their owners since these animals are more likely to spread zoonotic diseases such as salmonella. Go to balanceit.com for more advice on home made diets.