oh jericho. it's really coming down out there...
are you sick of crappy cat food brands with fancy label claims?
maybe you're ready for a homemade raw diet!
a properly balanced homemade raw diet has many benefits.
most importantly you control the ingredients and how it's made.
hey friends it's jess and jericho from caticles.com
here to teach you how to feed your cat better.
before we talk about homemade raw cat food two important things.
number one cats are extremely sensitive to dietary changes. if you decide to change your cat's food
you need to transition to it slowly.
number two properly balanced is key.
homemade raw cat food is much more complex than just giving your cat a chicken breast.
a chicken breast does not provide balanced nutrition that your cat needs.
use the resources in the description below before you change your cat's food.
the first benefit of homemade cat food is you control the ingredients and how it's made.
commercial cat food kibble and canned foods are
mass-produced with low-quality ingredients and cheap fillers.
raw cat food however contains fresh ingredients and optimal nutrition.
and if you're making it at home you control the ingredients even more.
the next benefit of homemade raw cat food is healthy skin and coat.
many people claim that healthy cone skin is just anecdotal evidence but think about it this way..
skin is the largest organ of the body. coat and skin are your cat's first line of defense.
healthy coat and skin are absolutely necessary for your cat's health.
healthy coat and skin is a good indication that your cat is healthy on the inside.
you'll also notice healthier litter box habits.
i've worked with over 400 cats professionally and let me tell you woooooo.
i'd walk into some clients homes and the smell of poop literally smacked me in the face.
give me a polydactyl thumbs up for stinky cat poops!
but on a fresh food raw diet you'll notice smaller poops and no smell.
seriously jericho's poops don't smell at all.
most cats eating kibble have very long and large poops.
and it looks like it was painful to pass.
this tells us that fresh food has a higher digestibility and better quality nutrition.
many clients and friends and family members have said to me "my cat doesn't like to play"
or i've heard "oh my cat lives in apartments so he's lazy and that's normal".
trust me it's not normal.
think about how you feel after eating fast food. you want to take a nap right?
but how do you feel after eating colorful fresh foods?
commercial kibble is essentially fast food.
so of course your cat's fat and lazy he's eating fast food all day.
every day for weeks and months and years.
so the benefit here for homemade fresh food
is increased energy and the ability to stay at an ideal weight.
eighty percent of us feed kibble and more than half the cats in
the US are overweight. it's not rocket science.
i get a lot of comments like "i get it but raw food is expensive".
first of all you could feed a 10 pound cat 100% raw and spend around two or three dollars a day.
most people spend around three dollars a day on coffee.
maybe you're thinking that two dollars a day is more than what
you're currently spending on your cat's food.
but you're thinking about short-term savings instead of long-term savings.
many holistic vets say that it is the long-term consumption
of poor quality food that cause problems in cats.
additionally high carbohydrate foods
like most kibble and canned foods promote hunger and weight gain.
so these products make cats gain unnecessary weight.
also these foods are very low in meat based protein aka nutrition that your cat needs.
so typically your cat needs to eat more of it for it to actually be nutritious.
so that means more eating more hunger more weight gain.
overweight cats are at a higher risk for osteoarthritis, diabetes, cancer, heart and
respiratory disease, kidney disease, high blood pressure, ligament injuries, and shortened lives.
these health risks will cost you extra veterinary appointments, diagnostic testing,
medication, stress, and potential heartbreak.
if you want to see what holistic vets have to say about kibble versus raw
check out this video right over meow
thanks for watching!
ooooo that feels nice