| There is really only one all natural cat food, and that's | | | | that they only eat their recent kills, it's easy to |
| the one your cat's ancestors evolved on. The same | | | | understand why. Cats are not carrion feeders, unlike |
| one that wild cats still eat. Cats digestion is perfectly | | | | dogs. Unless they have no other option, they will not |
| suited to this diet. It's easy and quick to digest and | | | | eat inferior food. (However cats, just like people, can |
| provides cats with all their nutritional needs. | | | | become junk food addicts over time.) |
| However, different interpretations of this diet can | | | | Cooking meat alters and damages the food. Enzymes |
| come up with some strange connotations. Here's how | | | | are lost and the protein becomes less digestible. |
| to make sure you follow nature's guidance, within the | | | | Cooked meat takes a long time to digest, allowing |
| constraints of a busy lifestyle. | | | | worms to breed out of control. Raw meat digests |
| There are probably only five basic essentials to ensure | | | | quickly and easily, preventing worm proliferation. |
| a healthy and nutritious diet: | | | | Meat needs calcium to digest. Nature does everything |
| - the meat must be good quality | | | | is perfect harmony - meat is always accompanied by |
| - the meat must be fresh | | | | bones. Bones are an essential part of a cat's diet, not |
| - the meat must be raw | | | | just providing the macro minerals. They also clean the |
| - the meat must contain bones | | | | teeth, massage the gums and keep the cat mentally |
| - the diet must consist mainly of meat and bones | | | | happy. |
| Everything else can be placed into a less important | | | | Cats are true carnivores. They don't fare well on the |
| category. | | | | high percentage of grains or vegetable matter often |
| Quality meat essentially means human grade. Pet | | | | see in processed cat food, or even in good home |
| grade meat tends to be poor quality, high in fat and the | | | | prepared food. A little, to free-graze on, is acceptable, |
| protein quality is unlikely to be what your cat needs. | | | | as it mimics the stomach contents of their prey. But it |
| Cats are notoriously fussy eaters. When you consider | | | | should never form more than about 5% of the diet. |