Can I give my cat a raw chicken breast?
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Seem like there is lots of contradictory advice on the web.
Has anyone got any experience of giving their cat/kitten raw chicken?
I'm not looking to change his diet, but if there is some chicken that isn't going to get used I would rather give it to the cat as a treat than put it in the bin.
Has anyone got any experience of giving their cat/kitten raw chicken?
I'm not looking to change his diet, but if there is some chicken that isn't going to get used I would rather give it to the cat as a treat than put it in the bin.
Grahamdub said:
We feed our dog raw food, but it is purchased frozen from a known supplier. I think I`d be a bit wary of feeding him an odd random bit that I had left. Could you not cook it for them ?
Yup I could easily cook it. Was just wondering of actual experiences with feeding raw supermarket grade chicken to cats. I'm not really that up on the process that chicken goes through before it ends up in the supermarket.We raw feed. They get chicken. If we cook a chicken breast we cut the fat off and they get that too, raw obviously.
As above, cats are obligate carnivores, they eat meat and they do not have little campfires etc so they eat raw. They are designed to eat raw, giving them cooked food reduces the health benefits for them.
As above, cats are obligate carnivores, they eat meat and they do not have little campfires etc so they eat raw. They are designed to eat raw, giving them cooked food reduces the health benefits for them.
Jasandjules said:
We raw feed. They get chicken. If we cook a chicken breast we cut the fat off and they get that too, raw obviously.
As above, cats are obligate carnivores, they eat meat and they do not have little campfires etc so they eat raw. They are designed to eat raw, giving them cooked food reduces the health benefits for them.
Cats with campfires As above, cats are obligate carnivores, they eat meat and they do not have little campfires etc so they eat raw. They are designed to eat raw, giving them cooked food reduces the health benefits for them.
Jasandjules said:
As above, cats are obligate carnivores, they eat meat and they do not have little campfires etc so they eat raw. They are designed to eat raw, giving them cooked food reduces the health benefits for them.
You are right of course, but I wonder if all the above holds true with modern intensively reared poultry. When cats were evolving their digestive systems in previous millennia, I doubt the majority of their prey was infected with campylobacter, whereas the majority of chickens bought today are. Are cats immune to this?I have no facts or experience to offer, but I don't think it's such a daft question from the OP.
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