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Prevent Feline UTI With a Raw Food Diet (Part I) |
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A feline Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) often causes cats to stop
using their litter boxes. This is a very painful condition for
kitty. Using her logic, she thinks that because it hurts to use
the litter box, maybe she should urinate someplace else. It
might not hurt to urinate in another part of the house. And so
the problems begin...
Feline UTIs are quite preventable and treatable. Your vet will
prescribe antibiotics to clear up the infection.
But the deeper cause is most often the food your cat eats.
Most commercial pet foods contain only meat by products and
carbohydrates. Cats are pure carnivores - they must eat meat to
stay healthy. Cats don't need carbohydrates, but unfortunately
from their youngest days, they're fed commercial pet foods that
are chock full of everything but meat. Many experts believe
carbohydrates contribute to feline UTIs.
Along with the antibiotics, your vet will often prescribe
special cat food to prevent UTIs.
But, cats being the creatures they are sometimes reject what's
good for them. This doesn't mean you have to despair and give
up, because many pet food manufacturers sell high quality cat
food that doesn't promote feline UTI episodes.
One diet option that is very successful in stopping |
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feline UTIs
is a raw meat diet for your cat.
Raw meat! Why?
Because feral cats exist on whatever they can hunt down. Wild
kitties subsist on protein - mice, moles, rats, and any other
creature they can kill and eat. Because ferals eat pure protein,
they usually don't end up with feline UTIs.
I like the idea of a raw food diet, but there are special
considerations you must know.
First, raw food is very prone to spoiling quickly, so whatever
amount you put out for your cat must be eaten in one session.
This will take some guessing on your part to determine a
consistent amount to thaw out for each meal.
Next, you need to be sure the quality of the raw food you buy
for kitty is pure and safe, and not already spoiled. Check
around your neighborhood for merchants who specialize in raw pet
diets. They purchase extremely high quality raw rabbit, turkey,
chicken, duck, and mutton.
But the real joker in the deck regarding a raw food diet is
kitty herself. Will she even eat raw food? Soon after diagnosing
my cat Scout with a feline UTI, I did the research on raw food
and decided to try to switch her over. I found a local pet food
store that sold raw meat. I picked up a small amount of rabbit
and chicken for her.
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