figured you would like to see what Jericho thinks of the food first he's purring right now
he's right for it he's like I don't even need to smell it the complete for cats is complete for
all life stages so adult cats seniors kittens all life stages can eat this food so these are
really the cleanest ingredients that you'll find in commercial raw that's already complete
and balanced and you know this is a really great upgrade if you're feeding something that has a lot
of synthetic supplements in it this is absolutely excellent hey friends it's Jess and Jericho and we
are super excited about this guess what Viva raw has complete cat food so excited so for those of
you that don't know Viva raw pets they make raw cat food and dog food and they are made in USDA
kitchens with human grade quality ingredients and I really like their Instagram because they
have a lot of reels that show off a lot of behind the scenes showing how they make the food and the
equipment that they use they even visited one of the duck farms where they get their ducks and they
also test tested their chicken versus chicken at the grocery store to see which would have bacteria
and of course their food did not have bacteria and the raw chicken from the grocery store did have
bacteria fever raw is also on Susan fix's 2023 lift so they sent Susan all of the qualifications
and certifications and all the proof that their ingredients are indeed human grade quality and
they are USDA inspected so up until now Viva raw had complete dog food and puppy food but they've
only had pure Blends for cats which are basically meat bones and organs which you would add your own
supplements now I am an affiliate for Viva raw and Zach one of the owners reached out to me and asked
you know can we send you free samples to test and review so I actually got the package yesterday
and the protein options are turkey chicken rabbit beef and duck and the meats were slightly thawed
so I was able to get a small sample of beef chicken and turkey which we will live test
today well Jericho already kind of had some of the beef yesterday because of course he jumps
up onto the counter so I put the beef in the pink chicken and yellow and turkey and green those are
the label colors so again I have an affiliate code for you so you can save 20 on your first
order figured you would like to see what Jericho thinks of the food first he's purring right now
hopefully you caught that so for the meat ingredients for beef we have beef heart
liver kidney and Bone they also have Whole Food Edition supplements to complete the meal which
we'll talk about in a second but I'm sure Jericho just wants to eat this come over here Jericho let
me move him so you can actually see come this way so this is what it looks like this is the beef
this is a lot
he's looking he's going for it so it's great that they include liver
and kidney typically liver is always included but with beef typically you'll also see kidney
unfortunately with the birds typical kidney isn't very common you know I don't even have
bird kidney at the grocery store but I have lamb ends beef kidney at the grocery store
he doesn't usually eat a lot of ground food so I'm using beef chicken and turkey because those are
the proteins that Jericho's currently eating in his homemade diet but you know since this
is all Whole Food basically I felt comfortable testing it with Jericho so the beef guaranteed
analysis is 16.2 percent protein very great 9.7 percent fat so slightly higher than you
know what a mouse or a rat would provide but it's about half which is a very very good goal to set
70 moisture and one percent fiber and that fiber is the max so it could even be less than that so
really great numbers that's exactly what you want to see and let's see we're going to do turkey next
okay turkey is typically a bit lighter but you know very similar in color here's some
turkey wow Jericho you're getting like extra let me break it up it's easier for him to eat
I was right for it he's like I don't even need to smell it
so for the turkey meat ingredients we have turkey with ground bone heart gizzard and
liver so like I mentioned before there's no kidney but you also have the addition of gizzard which
is a hard-working muscle meat and for the uh guaranteed analysis numbers it's 16 protein so
similar to beef 6.5 fat a little less but still a good ratio of protein to Fat 74 moisture so
you'll see there's less fat but more moisture and again one percent fiber there so they also have
duck and rabbit like I said I'm going to test that with my mom's for cats in a month Jericho
isn't currently eating duck and rabbit and this is enough extra food so definitely don't this
is chicken definitely don't want to overload his system come over this way so they can see you look
this one is a little bit looser and less compact I found that typically with the birds it's a little
there's a little bit more moisture and it's more more uh loose loosey-goosey so for chicken we
have chicken with ground bone heart gizzard and liver so same thing here we have the meat Bones
the muscular organ gizzard and heart and liver so for the chicken guaranteed analysis numbers
we have 13.9 percent Protein that's still really great it's 5.4 fat which is great you know it's
a little less than half you know um typically chicken is a bit leaner and then 77 moisture so
see what I was saying before is it's a bit looser because there's more moisture AKA water and same
again one percent fiber now Jericho obviously likes it and this is the ground so there's no
chunks in it but you know he's used to chewing on his food but he he does like to lick it but this
is really great if you're new to Raw especially if you're not ready to go homemade and if you
want an upgrade maybe you're feeding freeze-dried raw or wet food maybe you're feeding a commercial
raw that has more synthetic supplements than Whole Food supplements so this would be a really great
option and the protein variety is also key so there's five different proteins which really
work to complement each other so these three that we tested beef chicken and turkey those
are typically around the same typically beef is a little higher in fat than the birds but
with duck that's typically a little fattier rabbit that's typically a little leaner but you'll have
that good balance so when you're feeding duck and rabbit you'll have a little extra fat but a little
extra protein that will complement each other well and then these three birds as well so you'll have
well chicken turkey and and Duck and then beef and rabbits so you'll have two land animals and
the Three Birds which I think is really great variety considering that cats in the wild eat
five to seven different proteins to complete their diet Jericho's still I wonder if you can hear him
the other thing is that this fever raw the complete for cats is complete for
all life stages so adult cats seniors kittens all life stages can eat this
food so let's say you have a kid that hasn't developed picky eating habits yet
you can go straight in on this as long as your cat's kittens eating Whole Food he can eat raw
you obviously you want to transition to it slowly but the earlier you start the easier it's going
to be because your kitten won't have those picky eating habits ingrained as much as an adult cat so
now let's talk about these supplements so all of them have pretty much the same supplements
so there's psyllium husk that's a fiber it helps bind everything together and you know technically
in the wild cats would get some indigestible Fiber from eating the feathers and the fur and
the stomach contents of the prey so that's where that comes in and just remember that the maximum
is only one percent so it's really not that much they add blue mussels for magnesium the fish oil
powder is a combination of anchovy sardine and mackerel and it's all wild caught that's come
straight from the owner's act you know I saw the label and I asked him to clarify egg yolk choline
vitamins minerals taurine obviously that's added kelp typically for iodine and other minerals the
cod liver oil powder is typically for vitamin A and D whereas the fish oil powder that's more
for the Omega fatty acids whenever you see Cod Liver then that's more for the A and D vitamins
then they add nutritional yeast for the B vitamins there's vitamin E typically that's
lacking in raw diets so you it's it's normal to see that supplemented oysters for zinc and then
manganese proteinate so manganese you could get from Green tripe but technically that's
not human grade humans eat white tripe that's been bleached and scalded so they wouldn't be
allowed to add green tripe to their Foods because it's USDA inspected in the USDA wouldn't allow
unwashed unbleached and unscalded green tripe so these are really the cleanest ingredients that
you'll find in commercial raw that's already complete and balanced and you know this is a
really great upgrade if you're feeding something that has a lot of synthetic supplements in it
this is absolutely excellent definitely mimics what cats would eat in the wild you know maybe
they wouldn't eat blue mussels but that's a great substitute for something that they would eat when
they're eating whole prey you know unless we're feeding whole prey which would be ideal this is
definitely the next best thing now in terms of sawing and portioning these come in two pound
packs so they're going to take longer to thaw so I would do 36 maybe even 48 hours to thaw definitely
make sure you put it in a sealed container or a resealable bag something that closes because
in transit maybe the package got a little hole or rip so you want to put it in that sealed container
because as it thaws the moisture content and the myoglobin that's that red liquid that comes out
when it thaws you don't want that all over your refrigerator so put it in a sealed container or
resealable bag that way when it thaws just in case there is a rip or a hole then your refrigerator is
safe from all of that liquid and myoglobin and you can visit vivarawpets.com jess caticles to
get 20 off of your first order again I am an affiliate so I'll earn a commission on that
sale but you also get a discount and your cat gets a 1 healthy nutritious cat food so it's a
win-win-win thank you again Viva raw for sending us the free samples Jericho loved it and I'm going
to publish another video with my mom's four cats eating their the three proteins we checked today
and also the duck and the rabbit check out this video right over meow for my picky cat
transition plan so you can get your cat adjusted to this wonderfully raw food thanks for watching