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Are you monitoring how much she eats at once? My cat went so crazy for raw that he would eat it too fast and then puke. I had to start serving his meals in a series of small portions, like a couple of tablespoons at a time,... once I did this, the puking stopped.
Also, my cat rarely meowed during the first 10+ years I had him .... once I started serving him raw, he went so nuts for it, he actually started meowing on a regular basis when I was in the kitchen. It really surprised me that a change of food would cause such a behavior change.
Most of the 50% raw is from raw chicken breast, livers, hearts and gizzards. With an occasional RadCat and, until recently, the Bravo. On occasion I'll also give her raw fish or pork. It might not even be 50%, could be more like 40%.
The other 50-60% is the canned.
You need to start balancing the raw or feed only 15% of the raw. Your cat is not getting adequate nutrition this way.
I *wish* my current kitty would eat raw chicken! She will not go near anything that is actual real meat, either raw or cooked.
If you have a pressure cooker, you can pressure-cook chicken bones (90 minutes at 15 lbs pressure) until they are soft and crumbly. Then they are safe for cats to eat. And as a bonus, you end up with a few quarts of homemade chicken stock (yum!). I did this for years when I fed my previous cats raw chicken.
Are you monitoring how much she eats at once? My cat went so crazy for raw that he would eat it too fast and then puke. I had to start serving his meals in a series of small portions, like a couple of tablespoons at a time,... once I did this, the puking stopped.
I kinda sorta did that. I'm not sure it was the volume, because the volumes weren't that big, certainly no more than I would give her for the canned stuff. I get the impression the RadCat and Bravo does not fill her up very much. I would give her what appeared to be a decent-sized serving which she would gobble up and she would immediately start bugging me for more. I learned if I gave her more of the same (even just a little bit), there was a really good chance she would puke it. So after a while if she wanted more, I would only give her more canned. I also CAN NOT give her raw meat either shortly before or after giving her the RadCat or Bravo.
Anyway I was not intending this thread to be about the specificities of my cat's diet, I was intending it to be about why my cat wasn't eating much again. I had this problem a few weeks ago, and then a few days later she was eating like the end of the world, and now it's back to really picking nibbling again. It's like bi-polar eating.
Last time I turned on my air purifiers and that seemed to make her better the next day, so I just turned them on again to see what happens.
If you have a pressure cooker, you can pressure-cook chicken bones (90 minutes at 15 lbs pressure) until they are soft and crumbly. Then they are safe for cats to eat. And as a bonus, you end up with a few quarts of homemade chicken stock (yum!). I did this for years when I fed my previous cats raw chicken.
What is the benefit of raw over cooked chicken...?
The most basic answer is, raw meat and derivatives is what cats were designed by nature to eat. Therefore their bodies operate best on a (balanced) raw diet.
Above and beyond that, the less processed the food is the better, cooking can deplete some nutrients, which have to be added back in, cooking changes the nature of the meat, you lose, for instance the dental benefit a raw meat chunk offers...
That being said a balanced home cooked diet would be second choice to a raw diet.
I *wish* my current kitty would eat raw chicken! She will not go near anything that is actual real meat, either raw or cooked.
If you have a pressure cooker, you can pressure-cook chicken bones (90 minutes at 15 lbs pressure) until they are soft and crumbly. Then they are safe for cats to eat. And as a bonus, you end up with a few quarts of homemade chicken stock (yum!). I did this for years when I fed my previous cats raw chicken.
The food still needs to be balanced. You need to know how much meat and bone there is before it's cooked. You need to ensure that quantity of each is properly balanced before cooking. You need to ensure all liquids are included with the final product. It's not really a good idea, in the larger scheme of feline nutrition.
I kinda sorta did that. I'm not sure it was the volume, because the volumes weren't that big, certainly no more than I would give her for the canned stuff. I get the impression the RadCat and Bravo does not fill her up very much. I would give her what appeared to be a decent-sized serving which she would gobble up and she would immediately start bugging me for more. I learned if I gave her more of the same (even just a little bit), there was a really good chance she would puke it. So after a while if she wanted more, I would only give her more canned. I also CAN NOT give her raw meat either shortly before or after giving her the RadCat or Bravo.
Anyway I was not intending this thread to be about the specificities of my cat's diet, I was intending it to be about why my cat wasn't eating much again. I had this problem a few weeks ago, and then a few days later she was eating like the end of the world, and now it's back to really picking nibbling again. It's like bi-polar eating.
Last time I turned on my air purifiers and that seemed to make her better the next day, so I just turned them on again to see what happens.
Whatever your original intent, what has come out is your cat is not eating a balanced diet and it won't be long before the damage is permanent.
You need to stop feeding that way, now. Immediately.
Either feed less than 15% raw meat, or learn how to feed it properly balanced.
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