Soaking Chicken Liver in Milk - Bye-Bye Toxins?

[shel]

Originally Posted by muscat

But packaged raw meat at the grocery store is not the same as fresh game killed in its natural environment. While it is possible for people to feed healthy raw diets to their pets, most people are not going to take the care needed for it to be healthy for themselves and their furred friends. I looked at the web page you referred, and found a number of errors and small misinformations, and I'd hate others to be mislead.

If nothing else, our clear disagreement will hopefully at least encourage others to thoroughly research before jumping on what to me is the latest pet food fad.

Actually, I pretty much agree with you on these points. I don't feed my cats packaged raw meat from the grocery store, and when I eat meat, I don't eat grocery store meat either. I suspect that my cats get better quality, safer meat than most humans in the US eat. And I fully agree with you that most people - including those that are supportive of raw food feeding - are not going to take the time to search out the safe and quality meat and high quality amendments needed to do it right. Even if they want to, most people don't have the time, and while I can argue a case for cost effectiveness on some levels, it's still not as cheap and easy as popping open a can of Friskies or pouring out some dry kibble. And it's more time consuming than grabbing a Tyson chicken thigh from the local Safeway and plopping it on a plate. It takes some effort and dedication, and sometimes a good and sympathetic meat purveyor

Of course, it's quite possible that fresh game hunted and killed in the wild can be contaimated by pesticide use, chemicals in the water, parasites, and other nasties. Catching and devouring a field mouse, and these days, even a bird, can be a dangerous and unhealthy meal for a cat in some instances. I heard recently that one or two cats in Europe have contracted that avian flu.

Yes, while I suggest Feline Future as a good starting point (it provides a lot of good information too, more so than most other sites that promote a raw foods diet), it is not the only place one should use for research. That's why I've worked with vets and UC Davis, as well as developing my own anectodal sources. I did not transition my cats from canned, commercial pet food quickly or lightly. The results from so doing were startling, and all very positive. After almost two decades my results have been 100% positive - for me and my cats it's far from the "latest fad."

Cheers,

Shel