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I have a freezer full of frozen minces from DAF pet foods. The dog gets some but isn't on full RAW (yet). Can the cats have some (they are on Whiskas/Felix-I don't hold with dry food for cats, one is a prolific hunter and eats his kills, the other is 4 months old)-there's a mix of e.g. rabbit, beef and chicken, white fish, lamb and tripe and game-all 10% bone, 20% offal and the rest muscle meat.
These are primarily outside cats-they don't live in the main house. I am aware of the risks of bacterial shedding-more interested in whether these are suitable cat food or not. TIA :)
 
My cats are fed the same as the dogs. The only thing they won't touch is tripe. It did take a while to bring them round, and strangely, it was the prolific hunter who was the hardest sell - the elderly, mostly indoor cat wolfed it down from the off.

Both cats look fabulous on it. The hunter looks a bit too fabulous and would probably struggle to catch anything very fast-moving now, but the elderly one has had a new lease of life.
 
I went to a cat show once, and the countries top winning maine coon was fed steak lol cats and dogs differ in that dogs can be omnivorous but cats are through and through carnivorous.
 
thanks-I thought that having offal and bone would be a good thing. The older one has had duck necks and chicken wings before and goes crazy for the mince, I just wanted to check. He's currently winter weight ;) and welded to his radiator bed. I will see if they eat the tripe mixes-dont really blame them if they don't though.
 
Just ensure they are fed adequate amounts of taurine, beef heart is an excellent source and chicken wings at least once a week to keep their teeth clean.
They need a good variety of proteins for overall health and it's better in chunks rather than mince but mince is fine. Those sharp pointy teeth are just made to tear flesh hence the chunks. I have one that would eat you alive for liver and another one that thinks lamb breast is food for the Gods!!!
Like us they have likes and dislikes.
 
missmatch said:
Just ensure they are fed adequate amounts of taurine, beef heart is an excellent source and chicken wings at least once a week to keep their teeth clean.
They need a good variety of proteins for overall health and it's better in chunks rather than mince but mince is fine. Those sharp pointy teeth are just made to tear flesh hence the chunks. I have one that would eat you alive for liver and another one that thinks lamb breast is food for the Gods!!!
Like us they have likes and dislikes.
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thank you-I have to say, I've yet to own a picky cat but stick to male DSH farm cats :) I have some beef heart chunks too but use the mince for the dogs (as well as other stuff) as find it convenient.
 
C1airey said:
I have tried pointing this out to cat #2, especially after his Ordeal by Potato Masher when he tried to steal our dinner and got himself stuck in the offending utensil...



He remains unconvinced.
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awesome-my cats will eat anything, live or dead, fresh or not, meant for human or cat or dog. My first cat loved oven chips-even if they were frozen and dropped on the floor.
 
Interesting thread. I sometimes feed mine fresh meat while chopping. I have to say though, some cats eat anything lol!! Had one that loved tomatoes, and the one now eats leftover cheerios.
 
I very occasionally drop meat on the floor for mine if Im cooking. Mainly though their thing is tuna, they will come running if they hear a tin opening (how the hell they know when its tuna I have no idea!) and prawns, they go crazy for those. Only reason I dont give them fresh food very often is due to one of my cats (Bengals) having a very sensitive tummy. She will throw up if she eats too much or too quickly. So mainly they have to live on (very expensive!) dry biscuits which I leave out for them at all times to pick at, so she doesnt wolf them down. She'll even throw up if given half a sachet of wet food - just eats too quick, she's clearly a grazer!

But yeah I wouldnt have any fear of giving them anything raw (as long as no chicken bones obviously)
 
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