? ? ? ?I feed a mixed diet also , raw meat ( topside steak- way better than what this human eats ! ) , better quality tinned kitty food , and better quality dry biscuits left out all the time as "nibbles" . Though not the perfect diet , my furry ones do very well on it – I just can’t face what’s involved with a true raw diet , though judging from various reports , the health benefits are truly outstanding . ? ? ? Raoul & Sasha were due for their vaccinations today , so I thought I would be really clever and tell them they were going on a ‘holiday’ to see new and exciting places . No fooling Sasha , as I walked down the road carrying their portable motels Sasha was busy telling the whole world she was being abducted and taken to a place of unspeakable horrors – THE NEEDLEMAN ! ? ? ? Sure am glad it’s over with for another 12months . ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Raoul , Sasha , Anastasia ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?+ plus their devious human servant . P.S. ? ? Didn’t someone once call you ?" The Fairy Godmother of Felines ? " Oh , Yes – I remember . It was Blossom Britches when she turned up cold , hungry and homeless at your door and you said : ? ? ? ? ?" It you think Oh cat that I’d willingly relive all that because you come forlorn and thin …………………. ? ? ? ? ? ?Well don’t just stand there – Come on in ! " ?8) ? 8) ? 8) ? 8) ? 8) ? 8) ? ?8) ? ?;D ? 8) ? 8) ? 8) ? 8) ? 8) ? 8) ? 8) ? ? ? ?

I’ve heard felines gag often instictively on cold meat, and supposedly it helps to warm it up just enough to take the chill off! A suggestion might be to take tiny cuts of meat and mix it with canned food, so it retains the canned food flaver your cat is used to and gradually make the switch from by-product food to the natural raw. 🙂 In a personal experience, my cat had severe intestinal blockage (required enimas and almost surgery) and the vet recommended a high corn diet. This seemed wrong to me, because dry food is the kind of food "Fuzball" had eaten his entire life. After a week of raw steak pieces and raw hamburger (my two cats loved the hamburger meat! You might see if your likes it. ) his bowels moved regularly, and never needed a vet visit related to this problem, which was ongoing for a year in spite of vetrinarian advice. I only fed single meals of raw food though, simply because I work full time and don’t have enough time to prepare a nutritious raw meat blend, so I fed raw meat to the cats for dinner in addition to an "all natural" canned cat food from Whole Foods, which claimed not to have by-products. [quote author=Nancy link=board=13;threadid=271;start=0#msg7986 date=1099704378] If you can get kitty to switch to raw food, lucky you!! I tried to get my little girl to go over, but she GAGGED at it. So, since she’s had struvites, I keep her mostly on wet food that’s lower in magnesium, and I keep her away from seafood. My boy loves raw rabbit, but it made him sick as can be, so he’s mostly on wet food that is low in phosphorous, since he’s a CRF cat. There are a number of vets who think raw food is the way to go, because the cat gets much more needed moisture in her diet, and the protein levels are more consistent with kitty’s needs. Good luck, Nancy [/quote]

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