The article is divided into five parts:
First, raw flesh and bone feeding cases
Second, the principle of self-made raw meat and bones
Third, the way to buy meat and how to make it
Fourth, raw bone and meat freeze-dried brand recommendation
5, References
Scientifically blended and balanced raw bone and flesh is far better than commercial grain. If you can't do pure feeding raw bone meat, occasionally feeding raw bone meat is also good, raw bone meat diet proportion of the cat diet the higher the proportion of the better.
(The article is a bit long, the reading time is about 5 minutes, interested students recommend collecting it first ~)
1. Individual feeding cases
His own British short three months old began to eat raw bone meat, now 8 months old, 10 pounds, short footed one is also 8 pounds, the size is very symmetrical. The hair is silky smooth and there is no bad breath.
Homemade raw meat ingredients and ingredients:
The main raw materials are chicken, chicken heart, chicken liver, beef liver, rabbit heart, rabbit loin, beef, cod, shrimp, etc. (note that they are frozen meat);
Main ingredients: taurine, vitamin B, vitamin e, potassium iodide, calcium powder, fish oil, etc.;
After counting, pure raw flesh and bones are fed 200-300 yuan / cat a month, and 2 cats are basically 500 yuan a month.
Eat raw flesh and bones during the milk cat period (three months old)
2. Foreign feeding cases
Raw flesh and bones have actually been used as an academic research topic for more than 30 years, of course, there are both supports and objections.
Google Scholar searched for raw flesh keywords:
raw meat based diet for pets。 There are about 52,500 articles;
prey model raw diet。 There are about 55600 articles;
The academic achievements of raw bone and flesh diet published at home and abroad by pubmed search are also increasing year by year (1988-2021)
Foreign raw meat and bone authoritative website:
(1) American pet nutrition and veterinary leader dr. Becker is also one of the advocates of the raw meat diet. Karen Becker is a well-known member of avhma (American Holistic Veterinary Association). She bravely questioned the traditional American veterinarian's routine of "sitting and waiting for symptoms to occur without addressing the underlying cause", advocating integrated holistic therapy and being an active advocate of a natural diet (raw meat and bone feeding). She is also one of the main creators of Pet Fooled.
(2) The second place is Ian Billinghurst Veterinarian (Dr. ian billinghurst）。 He has published four books on raw meat and bones, Give Your Dog A Bone (1993), which kicked off a global boom in raw meat and bone diets; give your pups with bones (1998); the barf diet (2001); and pointing the bone at cancer (2016). In a sense, Billinghurst is one of the synonyms for raw flesh and blood feeding. He has also given numerous lectures on evolutionary nutrition to students from various societies, kennel associations, veterinary medicine and research institutes in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and others.
So, how do you make your own raw meat?
Refer to the foreign raw bone and meat feeding science website and rawmeat's WeChat public account recommended method: generally according to 80% muscle (muscle, chicken gizzard lung heart, etc.), 10% meat bones (ribs, chicken neck and duck neck, chicken feet duck claws, cartilage, etc.), 10% internal organs (liver + other internal organs) that is, 8:1:1 ratio of meat to feed cats. The nutrition of raw bone and flesh under this ratio is relatively balanced and scientific, and some trace elements are not enough to be supplemented with vitamins and trace element additives.
The following two pictures are the recommended raw meat and bone ratio, which is basically 8:1:1
There are many people who may not know why they should follow the 8:1:1 ratio, but the main purpose is to make nutrition as balanced as possible.
The functions of the nutrients provided by each ratio are summarized as follows:
Specific analysis:
1. 80-85% of muscle tissue
Muscle (meat, heart, lungs, stomach): to provide cats with daily energy, muscles are rich in protein and fat, which protein is hydrolyzed into a variety of amino acids in the body after being absorbed and utilized by the body, is one of the main sources of essential amino acids for cats, sufficient essential amino acids help to improve cat immunity, enhance physical fitness.
Note that the stomachs of animals such as hearts, lungs, pigs, cows, sheep, rabbits, and deer, and chicken gizzards all belong to muscle tissue
Heart: Folic acid, iron, zinc and selenium, it is also a good source of B vitamins. Contains taurine.
Lungs: iron, vitamin B. High in protein, high in amino acids, high in trace elements, low in fat.
Stomach: Tripe contains 、、、、、 thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, etc.; pork belly contains a lot of calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, iron and other elements and vitamin A, vitamin E, protein, fat and other components
Chicken gizzard duck gizzard: vitamin A, vitamin E, riboflavin, niacin, thiamine.
2. 5-10% of internal organs:
Liver: rich in vitamin A, taurine.
Kidneys: protein, vitamin A, B vitamins, niacin, iron, selenium
Brain: Animal brains also contain omega-3 fatty acids, which also contain phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylserine, two nutrients whose antioxidant properties help maintain nervous system health and protect the brain and spinal cord from damage. Contains taurine.
3. Meat bone 7-10%
Chicken wings, duck wings, chicken duck cartilage, chicken feet duck claws, chicken neck and duck neck, animal ribs, tail, etc
The main source of calcium, with a little protein attached.
Raw meat diet recommended
The amount of raw meat and bone diet is about 2-3 times that of dry food. For example, if your cat eats dry food for 40g, then raw bone meat should eat about 100-120g, because the dry food has low water content, and the water in raw bone meat is about 70%-75%, so more food is needed to ensure the same level of nutrient intake.
If your cat eats 100-120g of raw bone meat, then raw bone and meat freeze-dried to eat about 20-30g, because the water content in raw bone and meat freeze-dried is less than 5%.
Online shopping for meat source: try to buy a store that is closer to the place of residence, and the kind that arrives the next day. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, you can buy some of the original meat sources of the meat factory on Taobao, and there are also many meat source shops in Guangdong.
Supermarket meat: It is recommended to buy only frozen meat, such as frozen seafood and frozen chicken breast. Pigs, beef and mutton are generally refrigerated, if you buy meat that is not frozen, it is recommended to cook it and feed it. Buy back to put the refrigerator -20 ° C freezing is actually risky, the refrigerator freezer generally can not reach -20, it is likely to only -18, -17 such a thing, so it can not be guaranteed to be able to effectively freeze the bacterial parasite.
Other channels: Dingdong to buy vegetables, etc.
The details are as follows (dry goods, it is recommended to right-click to save the picture):
Some homemade information on raw flesh and bones collected online
If you don't have time to make raw bone meat, you can buy a little raw bone meat freeze-dried and cat rice. There are certain differences between the three, but overall they are all good food, and there is no other problem with raw bone and meat freeze-dried except for expensive points. The specific differences are as follows:
Recommend my personal choice for feeding cats: raw bone meat or raw bone meat freeze-dried > cooked cat rice> staple food jar> cat food (dry food)
Finally, a friendly reminder, friends who have not fed raw flesh and bones, it is recommended to try the first feeding under the guidance of the old driver, which can avoid many safety hazards. Do not read a few articles on their own operation, different situations of actual operation will have more details, these details are likely not mentioned in the article, the article is only for the general application of the situation.
In addition, I do not only feed raw bone meat, nor do I highly recommend only raw bone meat, especially without professional guidance, it is easy to have nutritional imbalances and hygiene problems, so it is also good to occasionally feed freeze-dried, staple food cans, dry food and cat meals. Try to diversify your cat's diet to ensure a balanced nutrition.
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Second echelon: Lonno, Ai Cube, Pill Flavor
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