the joys of raw, and looking for research

This is a dedicated place for all of your questions and answers about Raw Diets. There are also some really cool groups like "Raw Fed" on the topic you can join. This forum is for people who already know they like the raw diet or sincerely want to learn more. Please remember that you are receiving advice from peers and not professionals. If you have specific health-related questions about your cat's diet, please contact your vet!

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lucky

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Purred: Tue Jan 31, '12 12:07pm PST


	here is a small videos all of my babies, all 5 of them, eating raw. even Lucky, my oldest one, who i thought i will have the toughest time moving to raw, started eating it after a bit of mixing raw with a can of wet food. she is now happily eating and defending her raw piece. also i am very much enjoying having a fresh smelling litter box!! and Lucky who is slowly losing all the excess pounds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2jgCm5xtv8 i feel like such a proud mama. also i wanted to ask, does anybody know where i can find actual studies on the benefits of raw as oppose to kibble. I am trying to convince a forum troll (not this website) that raw is good and not unhealthy and dangerous.

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Allen

Just one of- Auntie Crazy's- crew.

Purred: Tue Jan 31, '12 1:13pm PST


	Information on the harm kibble causes can be found on CatInfo.org, Feline-Nutrition.org and (by searching) LittleBigCat.com, as well as the kibble page of CatCentric.org. The benefits associated with feeding a species-appropriate raw diet can be found primarily on Feline-Nutrition.org and CatCentric.org; here's a specific article for you: http://catcentric.org/raw-feeding/raw-feeding-your-house-cat-whats-a ll-the-fuss-about. Best regards. Auntie Crazy

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Shade

My name is not- Kittyfloss!

Purred: Tue Jan 31, '12 2:15pm PST


	Congratulations on your now raw crew! Definately read all the articles/sites that AC recommended. You will not, however, find any scientific studies showing the benefits of raw versus kibble or canned food. The closest that you will come to that is the Pottenger cat study which was conducted in the 1930's and 40's. This is a quick summary http://www.for-petes-sake.com/Pottenger.pdf. Here is a bit more detailed info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_M._Pottenger,_Jr.#Pottenger.27s _cats Purrs, Shade

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Alex (sweet- angel girl)

Angel on a- mission!

Purred: Tue Jan 31, '12 2:19pm PST


	Lucky is such a gorgeous and LUCKY girl to have you for a mom. Pawsome news that they are eating raw!

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Anna

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Purred: Tue Jan 31, '12 2:31pm PST


	OHH I was really hoping on finding some research from the last decade or so. i will keep on looking though i'm sure there are some out there on peer reviewed magazines.

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Allen

Just one of- Auntie Crazy's- crew.

Purred: Tue Jan 31, '12 2:57pm PST


	If you find them, Anna, please post 'em, ok? Thanks! Auntie Crazy

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Anna

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Purred: Tue Jan 31, '12 3:55pm PST


	ohh mommy promises she will. see mommy is a college student (though a culinary one) so she has free access to alot of magazines that cost alot of money or are usually only open only for professionals.

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Shade

My name is not- Kittyfloss!

Purred: Wed Feb 1, '12 4:10am PST


	Well, I really hope that you do find some and please post them if you do, but consider the following about reseach. Someone has to want to do it and, almost more importantly, someone has to pay for it. I wish I was wrong, but I believe that the only groups willing to pay for research on pet nutrition are pet food companies and I highly doubt that they have any interest in researching prey model diets since they don't sell them.