My husband and I have 9 indoor only cats and have been thinking about switching to raw. We have a 1 yr old male cat with possible kidney issue, who is on prescription food. Currently, for the rest of the cats, we have been free feeding dry food, and splitting two cans of wet food daily.
We have done a lot of research this past week about food, after our cat Joey has a sudden onset of kidney issues. We would like to feed something with a higher water content then dry, such as more canned wet, or raw food. Does raw food have a better water content that wet would? Feeding exclusively wet food gets expensive, we think we would want to still leave some dry out overnight for treat/snacking purposes but are looking for a more natural/healthy dry for that.
I am trying to think of logistics for raw feeding. How often would I need to feed the cats daily? What is the best meat to start feeding? Should I have multiple bowls/plates, or just a big one? Joey needs a low protein diet for his kidney issues, should he stay on his prescription wet food, or could he eat raw food also? How much do you typically serve daily?
We are both vegetarians, and don't keep meat in the house so anything I buy for them would be exclusively theirs. I also don't think I could do the whole animal type feeding, it would have to be something already butchered/cut up...would this make raw feeding not as worthwhile?
Sorry for all the questions I have been browsing some threads but am trying to get as much info as possible before trying this out.
Thanks for any help/info!
We have done a lot of research this past week about food, after our cat Joey has a sudden onset of kidney issues. We would like to feed something with a higher water content then dry, such as more canned wet, or raw food. Does raw food have a better water content that wet would? Feeding exclusively wet food gets expensive, we think we would want to still leave some dry out overnight for treat/snacking purposes but are looking for a more natural/healthy dry for that.
I am trying to think of logistics for raw feeding. How often would I need to feed the cats daily? What is the best meat to start feeding? Should I have multiple bowls/plates, or just a big one? Joey needs a low protein diet for his kidney issues, should he stay on his prescription wet food, or could he eat raw food also? How much do you typically serve daily?
We are both vegetarians, and don't keep meat in the house so anything I buy for them would be exclusively theirs. I also don't think I could do the whole animal type feeding, it would have to be something already butchered/cut up...would this make raw feeding not as worthwhile?
Sorry for all the questions I have been browsing some threads but am trying to get as much info as possible before trying this out.
Thanks for any help/info!