Cats are carnivores and predators. It is their nature to eat meat. However, raw meat may carry bacteria, parasites or other pathogenic substances. Therefore, before feeding your cat raw meat, you need to ensure that it is clean, fresh and hygienic. In addition, raw meat is not a complete food for cats, and other nutrients need to be added, such as vitamins, calcium powder, minerals, etc.

The mice, sparrows and other small animals that cats eat in the wild are not only raw meat but also bones, viscera and blood. This kind of diet is more in line with cats’ eating nature, and this kind of diet structure can also satisfy cats. nutritional needs.

At the same time, feeding raw bones and meat is also a pursuit of healthy diet for cats by many experienced cat owners. This feeding method is a copy or imitation of fresh ingredients.

When you plan to feed raw meat or raw bones as part of your cat’s diet, you should learn this knowledge in advance, for example:

1. Learn and understand the knowledge of raw meat and raw bone and meat feeding

When planning to use raw meat or raw bone meat as a cat’s diet, learn more about cats’ raw meat and raw bone meat feeding. For example, which raw meat can be fed to cats? How to divide and preserve these raw meats? What is needed when feeding raw meat? What are the precautions? What are the advantages and disadvantages of feeding raw meat or raw bones?

　2. How to purchase, cut and feed raw meat or raw bones to cats

When purchasing raw meat or raw bone meat, you must pay attention to the reliability and safety of the ingredients. It is best to go to a meat brand store with a good reputation. Because of this type of chain store, the quality and source of meat can be controlled.

When raw meat or raw bones are purchased, wash them first, and then cut them into small squares like potatoes. The size of the squares can be controlled at about 2~4cm.

After cutting, put the chopped ingredients into a large basin, then break in 2 to 3 eggs, add one vitamin E (100mg/piece), and add 3 to 5 multivitamin tablets B, you can also add some calcium carbonate powder or fish oil.

After mixing the ingredients, weigh the ingredients according to the cat’s daily feeding amount (one bag per meal) and package them. After packaging, put the ingredients in the refrigerator and freeze them. After freezing for more than 3 days, defrost them and feed them to your cat. ​​​​​​

When feeding raw meat or raw bones to cats, you should pay attention to the following matters

　1. Parasite and bacterial problems

When feeders feed raw meat or raw meat, they are often worried about parasites and bacteria in the meat. For this problem, in addition to paying more attention to the procurement process, they also need to pay attention to the processed meat or raw meat. Freeze for 3 to 4 days and then defrost and feed the cat. In addition, cats need to be expelled every month.

2. Control the time of feeding raw meat or raw bones

When feeding raw meat to cats, it can be fed to cats without washing it again after thawing. Before giving it to cats, make sure that the meat does not have any peculiar smell, whitening or deterioration. In addition, do not feed raw meat or raw bones for more than 40 minutes, and do not give meat that cannot be eaten to cats again to avoid deterioration or bacterial growth.

3. When feeding raw meat or raw bones, make a good transition and transformation of the diet

When replacing raw meat and raw bone meat for cats, be sure to give the cat a transition period in its diet so that the cat can adapt to the new eating habits and at the same time, the cat's gastrointestinal tract can adapt to the new ingredients.

The exchange of raw meat and raw bone meat can be a step-by-step process. During this process, you should pay attention to whether the cat likes to eat, how much it eats, and whether it can digest and defecate normally. According to the situation of feeding raw bones and meat to cats, slowly transition to feeding mainly raw bones and meat.

Although it is a cat’s nature to eat meat, meat alone cannot meet the nutritional needs of cats. Raw meat can be used as complementary food, or some nutrients can be added to raw meat.

Of course, you can also feed raw meat instead of raw bones. Fresh meat, meat bones, and animal offal are added with some vegetables and a small amount of mineral elements. Mix them together for cats to eat.

The feeding of raw meat and bones can be as follows, 75% raw meat and raw bones, 15% animal offal, no more than 5% minced vegetables, 5% nutritional supplements (additional nutritional supplements, vitamins, beef Sulfonic acid, probiotics, mineral elements, etc.). This kind of raw bone and meat feeding can meet the nutritional needs of cats and is in line with cats’ eating habits.