is raw food good for my cat?
Friday, February 12th, 2010 at
2:16 pm
which are good for my cat Golden, raw or cooked food? most of the time Golden eats Iams or Webmaster (dried cat food, suggested by my vet & pet shop). but he favors raw or cooked food better. he will meowing madly whenever i came home from the fish market, or whenever i cooked fish. therefore I usually give him some. some friends said fish (raw or cooked) may cause him to get worm. any advise?
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The best foods for your cat are premium wet foods or raw meat/organs/bones.
Your vet and pet shop person are wrong. Dry foods can contribute to several health problems in cats. Some are urinary tract and kidney problems, diabetes, and obesity.
If you want to feed your cat home made food or the foods you eat, they should be raw not cooked. The heat of cooking destroys nutrients a cat needs. That is why commercial cat food, which is processed at high temperatures, is always supplemented.
A very important nutrient destroyed by heat is an amino acid called taurine. Without enough taurine in its diet a cat will develop heart problems as well as blindness and die.
If you want to learn more about a correct raw diet for cats you should post more questions on it.
Basically, cat eating raw food needs muscle meat, organs (especially liver), and easily eaten bones. A diet of meat alone does not supply everything a cat needs.
Here is an article, written by a vet, about why dry food is not good for cats:
http://www.catinfo.org/
Your cat should not be fed on dry food only, despite what the vet says. I have had cats for years and feed them on dry food as a staple but give raw meat and fish several times a week.Dry food only can lead to kidney problems. Never had a problem with worms yet – we eat the same stuff, but cooked of course.