I was wondering if someone with more knowledge of raw diets than I can answer a question. Basing raw diets on poultry and rabbit makes sense to me: small wild felines eat birds and rats - and I guess rabbits are the close to rats/mice: small, furry creatures.
But - how does meat from cattle, deer, buffalo and lamb fit in? Like many people, I have seen a lion take down a wildebeest on the TeeVee. Lions are larger felines - I thought domestic cats were closer to smaller wild felines that ate small mammals.
Where is my knowledge lacking? Is there a really small mammal with hooves out there I don't know about that is prey for the smaller wild felines? How does a smaller wild feline get a hold of a mammal related to cows or deer - and is of similar size?
Are domestic cats close enough genetically to lions, etc...that its ok?
OR - do they scavenge this meat from kills that other, larger felines - the little leftover bits?
Anybody know how these mammals (cattle, deer, buffalo, lamb) are species appropriate for domestic cats? I know fish is not particularly species appropriate, but I can see a small feline catching a small fish out of a pond; but not catching a cow.
Thanks in advance!
But - how does meat from cattle, deer, buffalo and lamb fit in? Like many people, I have seen a lion take down a wildebeest on the TeeVee. Lions are larger felines - I thought domestic cats were closer to smaller wild felines that ate small mammals.
Where is my knowledge lacking? Is there a really small mammal with hooves out there I don't know about that is prey for the smaller wild felines? How does a smaller wild feline get a hold of a mammal related to cows or deer - and is of similar size?
Are domestic cats close enough genetically to lions, etc...that its ok?
OR - do they scavenge this meat from kills that other, larger felines - the little leftover bits?
Anybody know how these mammals (cattle, deer, buffalo, lamb) are species appropriate for domestic cats? I know fish is not particularly species appropriate, but I can see a small feline catching a small fish out of a pond; but not catching a cow.
Thanks in advance!