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Title: Starting the boys on a raw food diet...any tips?
Post by: Alcatraz on November 23, 2012, 13:12:56 PM

So after extensive research, I think I might try the boys on a raw food diet.  They're both pretty happy to eat anything offered to them and have had morsels of raw meat but this will be the first time they move onto a diet of pure raw.

Any tips or advice from anyone that's done this?

Title: Re: Starting the boys on a raw food diet...any tips?
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on November 23, 2012, 13:34:31 PM

Any changes should be slowly brought in

Title: Re: Starting the boys on a raw food diet...any tips?
Post by: Dawn F on November 23, 2012, 14:01:08 PM

you should pm gillian ambercat, she is a bit of an expert on this

Title: Re: Starting the boys on a raw food diet...any tips?
Post by: Alcatraz on November 23, 2012, 14:08:29 PM

Fantastic, thanks!

Title: Re: Starting the boys on a raw food diet...any tips?
Post by: Susanne (urbantigers) on November 24, 2012, 08:15:41 AM

There have been quite a few threads on this in the past so if you search in the health and behaviour forum for raw food you should find something.  Main thing is to bear in mind that it's not that easy to make sure it's a balanced diet as you need to get the balance of muscle meat, organ meat and bones right.  There are lots of supplements available but you can buy ready prepared raw food that has the correct nutritional balance so that's a good way to get started if you are wanting to switch over to raw

http://www.naturesvariety.com/InstinctRaw/dog/rabbit

http://www.woldsway.co.uk/

A good article here

http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood