Is it worth it to make a committment to feeding raw when your cats are flat out rejecting the food? When switching to raw means you have to waste pounds of pounds of expensive chicken only to find yourself throwing it in the trash again and again because your cats won't eat it, spend lots of time preparing the food and cleaning up the mess afterwards over and over again only to find out the cats won't eat it? When switching to raw means you'll probably have to starve the cats into it or at least fast them and have them skipping a few meals?
The "die hard" raw feeders are telling us that it is dangerous to feed commercial pet food and that we are making our pets ill and weakening their immune systems by feeding "cooked" food which all commercial pet food is, both dry and canned. The "die hard" raw feeders even believe that a mostly or wholly canned food diet is unhealthy. But is it really so horrible? My cats have a lot of energy in spite of eating "terrible" commercial pet food(although it does not have any by-products or chemical preservatives because I now feed high quality commercial pet food). According to the die hard raw feeders we're really doing our pets a disservice by feeding commercial pet food. So I have prepared my first batch of raw food today. The feline instincts supplement turned the food yellow like mustard. I wonder if it's supposed to be like that or if I did something wrong. I followed the directions, I measured the amounts. My cats sniffed it and walked away from it in disgust. It is not easy to feed raw and I don't know if it's worth it to try again, knowing that my cats are definitely going to reject it again and I will be throwing more poultry away.
Why do the "die hards", now I'm not talking about anyone on this forum, it's the articles by raw feeders that I've read on the internet, have to make us feel guilty for feeding commercial pet food, as if we're "killing" our pets. My cats are really playful and they run around a lot. Those are not the symptoms of sick animals.
The "die hard" raw feeders are telling us that it is dangerous to feed commercial pet food and that we are making our pets ill and weakening their immune systems by feeding "cooked" food which all commercial pet food is, both dry and canned. The "die hard" raw feeders even believe that a mostly or wholly canned food diet is unhealthy. But is it really so horrible? My cats have a lot of energy in spite of eating "terrible" commercial pet food(although it does not have any by-products or chemical preservatives because I now feed high quality commercial pet food). According to the die hard raw feeders we're really doing our pets a disservice by feeding commercial pet food. So I have prepared my first batch of raw food today. The feline instincts supplement turned the food yellow like mustard. I wonder if it's supposed to be like that or if I did something wrong. I followed the directions, I measured the amounts. My cats sniffed it and walked away from it in disgust. It is not easy to feed raw and I don't know if it's worth it to try again, knowing that my cats are definitely going to reject it again and I will be throwing more poultry away.
Why do the "die hards", now I'm not talking about anyone on this forum, it's the articles by raw feeders that I've read on the internet, have to make us feel guilty for feeding commercial pet food, as if we're "killing" our pets. My cats are really playful and they run around a lot. Those are not the symptoms of sick animals.