Raw diet?

I read that a raw diet is not good for a cat, cats need a chemical called taurine which is in cat food, I think it is best you ask your vet what to do.

There is a health food store here that says that cats are designed to eat raw food, but the vets I have heard talk online say there is a real danger of food poisoning, not when the food is fresh but if they do not eat it all. It is not recommended. I make my cat food, and I am happy with it.

There are actually some cat breeds that they suggest you have on at least a partially raw meat diet, such as the Savannah. A friend of mine has a savannah and they need to have a diet high in protein with little to no grains or corn due to their wild cat background. But if your cat is just a normal, run of the mill house cat I see no reason to change your cat's diet based solely on what your manager is saying, especially if your cat is already doing just fine on the food you have it on. If you're still unsure you could always contact your vet and ask them what they think.

You know at least one person, ME. The so called raw from the pet stores in not the same as real raw from human food sources. I wouldn't give my animals that stuff. I feed mine (cats and dogs) a combination of raw and dry with cans for the cats. I buy the raw meat at the grocery store. It's human food. The Russian store has a good deal on bones when I'm lucky to get them. Usually pork bones. They go fast because at $1.25 a kilo, 75 cents a pound, people use them for soups. I buy as much as they have when I can find them. I won't eat pork, but it's fine for the animals. I also buy chicken wings when they are on sale. At the supermarket once in a while on Fridays there are whole chickens for 5 shekels a kilo, normally 26 shekels. 5 shekels is $1.25. 75 cents a pound. Dirt cheep. The store is closed Saturday and the chickens are almost at the end of the sell by date. No problem. I freeze them them, so it's not an issue. Unfortunately I am limited to 2 or 3 depending on size. They only allow 4 kilos per purchase. Then you need to add in the calcium. If they eat bones, great, if not ground up egg shells. To much leads to constipation. Then there is organ meat, liver. To much gives them diarrhea. As you can see it's a royal pain. Commercial pet food, K rations, was developed during a war(forgot which one) for the dogs who were on the front line. The solders couldn't carry and and cook all the food for the dogs. Since then it has gotten better and there are many choices to pick from. If you pick a high quality food it is fine. High quality costs more, but you get what you pay for most of the time. Much easier unless you want to do all the work and monitoring of intake and output. It's not for everyone.

If your cats are doing fine on the diet you have them on right now then I would leave them on it. Too many food changes in their diet can be also bad for them as well. You would also need to try to make any necessary changes in their diet gradually for the most part so their stomachs can adjust to the different food. I have never given any of my cats a raw food diet, not even my 20+ yr old cat that I had. He had colitis in the last few years of his life and I think a thyroid problem. But he still lived a long life.

What's with your manager? Isn't the raw food selling? I tried it for my cats a while back and they didn't like it. I switched one of my cats holistic dry for a popular brand a few months ago, just to give her a change. She liked it but the change she got was diarrhea. She seems to be not liking her regular food lately. She's the finicky one. I'm sure your cats have a good diet. The manager should leave you alone. I don't like anybody telling me what to feed my cats. I don't mind suggestions of something new or different, but I don't like anybody pushing certain products on me.