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Anybody ever wonder why no Raw Food Recipe Plans include bugs?
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why not bugs?
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Have you seen the mem you call them flys I call them treats with wings! I would feed bug food I feel bad about the commercial raised chicken in my cats food.
Honestly my little guy has no problem catching his own bugs to snack on, I don't need to bother doing the extra work.
I'm in Canada and yhere is a farmer that raises crickets and roast them and freeze dries the meal for food products. As a protein it could go in cat food thats what I ment
I was reading a really interesting article about how commercial insect farming is starting (slowly) to take off. It sounds like a most sensible thing - environmentally sustainable and a much more cost effective way to produce large quantities of protein. It's most likely to be used first for animal feed as we in the West are pretty squeamish about eating insects. I think it's a matter of culture though, and given time people can be convinced to eat more insect protein. I certainly wouldn't be adverse to eating cricket flour in a baked product. And if I were making my own pet food, I would be using a lot of insects to make up the protein. I think it's fine as long as those insects are produced in hygenic conditions and aren't carrying harmful bacteria.
ETA: here's a link to the article:
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/10/feature-why-insects-could-be-ideal-animal-feed
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Will play with any bugs found and eventually eat them. EXCEPT Jar flies. A jar fly gets eaten immediately. And if any other pet is near the catch? There could be a fight.
Jar flies must be AWESOME!!
Jar flies must be AWESOME!!
