Raw Cat Food
The Raw Facts

The subject of raw cat food tends to evoke mixed reactions.

Most of the commercial feline food manufacturers will probably warn you against following this route. Their reasons could be commercial or possibly due to a lack of understanding of this natural feline food diet.

Having said that, unless you know what you are doing rather purchase a commercially available raw feline diet rather than making homemade cat food.

Cats are carnivores - they eat meat! In the wild, cats feed on rodents, birds and smaller mammals.

When they feed, they consume the bones, meat, tendons, organs and they eat the entrails which contain partly digested grass and seeds which provide them with the necessary nutrients essential in any cat's diet.

Raw food is gaining popularity amongst cat enthusiasts. Raw diets mimic what a cat would eat in the wild. Raw meat, hearts, organs, bone-meal, relevant fats and essential fatty acids, vitamin supplements are ground together to provide a well balanced and nutritional feline diet.

It should be noted, that it is not as simple as just mixing a selection of meats together to create this diet. A raw feline diet is scientific and not recommended for the novice!

Advantage of a Raw Cat Food:

• If this diet is initially produced under the strict supervision of a feline nutritionalist it would probably represent the most natural alternative to commercial cat foods i.e. dry kibbles and moist cat food.
• There is an option of purchasing raw feline foods (frozen) from reputable manufacturers.
• Cats think it's yummy!

Disadvantages of a Raw Feline Food:

• If the food is not nutritionally balanced, the cat will suffer from severe mal-nutrition.
• Expensive and time consuming to prepare - a labor of love.
• Raw cat food is perishable and if not prepared under strict hygiene conditions there is a possibility of bacterial contamination which will result in your cat becoming gravely ill.

Other varieties of cat food include:

Visit our page on cat food basics for tips and advice on feeding your cat and general cat food information.

For additional information on natural cat food, you may want of visit this website Cat Nutrition.org