and after one month the raw cats had formed hard stools while the premium wet food cats
had soft to liquid stools and this persisted through the end of the trial so there you go i
mean it right there that's all the proof that you need that raw food helps digestion and it
helps passing them through as well i mean that's every ibd cat parent's dream is to have hard
solid poops that are easy to pass hey friends it's jess and jericho so this was also among kittens
and in this study they had kittens that were specifically bred for this study so the kittens
were fed a raw a whole ground raw rabbit food and a premium wet food and i just want to note that
premium doesn't actually mean anything in aafco label guidelines of course i understand that you
and i have a definition for premium that we all go by and it means that it's better quality but
when it comes to aafco the organization that gives these guidelines for pet food labeling
they state on their website that premium does not mean that it's better quality when when it
comes to pet food they say that premium foods are not held to any different standard compared
to any other food so i personally take that as if you see premium on the label it's the manufacturer
trying to trick you to think that it's better quality because they know that premium doesn't
mean anything they have to follow aafco guidelines when they create and label their products but they
know that we think premium means better quality so be very wary when you see that word premium it's
a marketing gimmick so after one week the raw fed cats had significantly better fecal quality
which is insane one week just seven days you're already seeing an improvement that's amazing
amazing improvement specifically for ibd cats who have loose stool constantly so after just seven
days they had improved stool quality and after one month the raw cats had formed hard stools
while the premium wet food cats had soft two liquid stools and this persisted through the
end of the trial so there you go i mean it right there that's all the proof that you need that
raw food helps digestion and it helps passing them through as well i mean that's every ibd
cat parent's dream is to have hard solid poops that are easy to pass give me a polydactyl thumbs
up if this is helpful so far so more cat parents that want to feed their cats better can find this
video thank you so much now there was a casualty really big casualty in this study unfortunately
one of the raw fed cats developed dilated cardiomyopathy and it resulted from a taurine
deficiency and that one cat died and this happened way back in the 80s when they introduced pet food
to cats there was there wasn't enough taurine and tens of thousands of cats died because of it and
this was dry extruded kibble from two of the major vet recommended brands but even in this study they
acknowledge and admit well the raw rabbit diet should have been balanced it's like uh you think
you know if you're doing a study like this this is what i'm happy about in the other study that
we talked about is that it was actually properly balanced they said in this one the raw rabbit
was met like the very minimum requirements of taurine set by aafco and they say oh well you
would have thought that the natural prey of cats would be sufficient yes cats would eat rabbit but
they would also eat six other proteins in the wild wild cats eat five to seven different prey
to complete and balance their diet and rabbit is also notoriously much lower in taurine compared to
a mouse a mouse's heart has like the most amount of taurine when you're looking at any type of
protein so i'm glad that they did this study and acknowledged that they should have balanced the
diet and they did add a taurine supplement to the raw fed cats and the deficiencies were resolved
but you know you should have chosen wider variety of proteins for this but they still admit that the
cats fed feather raw rabbit diet consistently had extremely firm non-odorous and well-formed
stools by comparison cats fed the commercial cat food never had stools as well formed and usually
had stools ranging from unformed to soft formed of course you don't want your cat to develop dilated
cardiomyopathy but nutritional deficiencies are easily avoided when you offer a variety
of proteins and supplements when necessary if you can't source all of the parts necessary but
you know well-formed stools and non-odorous stools is again every ibd cat parent's dream
now transitioning gradually to new foods is essential for all cats because they're picky and
they're also sensitive but especially for those that already have gi problems so you'll definitely
want to check out my transition plan right over meow specifically formulated for picky cats but it
also works for cats with gi problems because it's very slow and very gradual thanks for watching