Cat Nutrition: The Food, The Bad, & The Ugly Part 3: Raw Food! 

Id like that too

check out feline-nutrition.org = she has it all!

@@JacksonGalaxy this is the recipe I used on my cat who Vet said wouldn't make it a year and she made it 15 months!

@@srhowen oh heck no. They’re the most aggressive of all the raw fed cat groups out there.

Just to note raw food from the grocery store hasn't gone through any processes to aid in the reduction of harmful bacteria. Thats because most of it is expected to be cooked for human consumption. Now pets raw food sold in pet stores has to go through a high pressure process to help remove the harmful bacteria beforehand. I personally trust this before I trust raw meat from the store or myself. Runs less risk! I love feeding Primal Frozen Raw myself.

This happens with human healthcare, as well. The textbooks are influenced or sponsored by pharmaceutical companies, and doctors are taught which drugs are for which disease, but they barely learn anything about proper nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress/mental wellness, etc.

Cholesterol is harmless for cats, so there's a disconnect here. Cats are carnivores..Meat has lots of cholesterol... Cholesterol is regulated by the liver, dietary cholesterol has little affect on cats, or else being carnivores would make no sense....

That's how I felt in high school economics/history class when they said we had a president who got 3 terms because he took care of the people, then we got term limits immediately after because we wanted more variety of ideas. A lot of the anti socialist stuff in economics made no logical sense.

Im shocked about what you said! People are so dark. Giant companies financing whatever they want

healthy humans and pets dont make for good customers. The entire western healthcare and food industry (bed fellows) is corrupt and should never be trusted.

I would love to see this too. I want to switch but it's so hard to know what products are healthy.

Did Jackson ever answer this question?

always check video descriptions ✔️

@@Android.Paranormal WERUVA IS SOOOO GOOD, both my kitties and the dog LOVE that brand lol

@T R My freezer is teeny tiny, It would never fit 10 lbs. I'm lucky to squeeze one ice cube tray and one 2-lb roll of hamburger in in there. Maybe a squished 1 lb. pkg of frozen veggies can be stuffed in there, too, but that's it, no more. I have a small galley kitchen that just wont accommodate excessive food storage, dry or frozen.

Definitely. A lotta vet are reeeaaallly dumb and uneducated about pet nutrition. And plus they're prolly pushing shit like Hills and... *cringe* ROYAL CANIN...

Glad to hear I'm not the only one.

Same. I told the vet I feed my cat wet food and raw food, and he said no, don't feed raw, it's ot good for them 🙄 all I thought was, you mean it's not good for your pockets!

I do let my cats free feed on kibble because we aren't able to be home as much as we would like. They still get plenty of wet food, and they've always maintained a healthy weight, but I don't want them to get super hungry if I'm delayed a long time.

Why do you think everything said here must be right???

Same

same here. haven't even got my cat yet. it's too young to come home, but am off work and have been down a jackson galaxy rabbit hole for 3 days. great info.

@@notbadsteve thanks to this man my cat freaking LOVES me, some could say it was luck but i like to belive in good teachers.

Congratulations and that's wonderful!!

Just be aware that feeding your kitten raw meat is exposing it to parasites than be spread to you aswell. Jackson is not a vet and has NO formal veterinary training of any kind.

Tiki is Fantastic Instinct too! Mine will not eat it😢

Wow, you have such a success story!!! Congratulations. 💖 You gave your kitty a new lease on life, that's for sure. We also feed our six cats Tiki Cat. They were born feral, but are now domesticated, with partial exception to their mom. She's sweet but still gun-shy to being touched, so we don't. Half tempted to see if Jackson has any good tips to help domesticate her! LOL Anyway, Tiki Cat is the best! Although a raw diet might be great for them, I googled raw food for cats and am horrified at the prices. One cat wouldn't be a problem, but we have SIX! I'm not too crazy about making homemade food for my cats, either, so we will continue with Tiki Cat for the immediate future. I've owned cats all of my life and an so impressed with Tiki Cat. I actually got excited when, in opening the first can, I saw tangible chunks of sardines! Tiki Cat is by far the closest thing you can get to catching and rendering live prey animals for your cat. 😍

@@muggee52 so ur cats didn't have kidney issues? Im tryna switch cat foods I already give the tiki-treats but it always scares me to see people saying their cat developed problems due to this specific food and I feel stuck not knowing if I should then buy it because its like that with every-one.

​@@laibabajwa8225if the food you feed them has words you understand, like, chicken, beef, sardines, fish, tuna, rabbit, venison, etc... and broth, water, things like this, it should be okay. I watched a ton of videos about these things and decided to trust my gut feeling and started feeding my cats raw food. Among all kinds of other packaged meats, they are super happy and playful. My mistake is that I free feed, so I'll stop that and we will see if the chunky one losses a bit more weight 😅 Jackson just made another video where he explains how to read ingredients on the labels, that helped me too. Good luck 😁

I love it!!!! My friend's brother has a cat too, he's not that old, but she says he is not active at all and doesn't like to play, and he is obese. Now, idk what they feed him, but your story reminded me of him. I'm glad your kitty is feeling more alive and happy now ❤

I agree!

Thank you for doing the math! I was looking at the homemade recipes and already freaking out about needing a grinder. To know that even pre made can be more affordable does make it feel more approachable

Veterinarians can't always be trusted, as is the case with anyone who is, or thinks they are, an expert. Always get a second opinion and do your own research.

Always follow your gut feelings. I'm so sorry for your kitty :( it sucks that we live in a money driven world for the most part. 😒

Even the human food is money driven. We poison ourselves

Unfortunately, vets are also brainwashed. From school. Not all, it is true that most of them do it for contracts, but alot are brainwashed also by the industry. Like we all are.

it still smells, just less.

Drastically drastically less

YES! my mom objected to me having a cat for the longest time on the base of smell, when I adopted 2 years ago she was stunned that she couldn't smell the 'cat house' smell you normally get. His litterbox is in the livingroom next to the sofa, can't smell anything

Indeed. Those spray on flavours still work after the kibble went trough the cat. And not in a nice way...

Came to say this!

same here. my newly adopted cat came here w a yrs long worth of sicknesses, meds, prescription dry food. i slammed her vet for irresponsibility & dangerous practices. she transitioned np to raw food & cured fast.

@@romeoandjuliedotcom So glad to hear it helped your cat! I feed myself a species-appropriate diet. My cats only deserve the same.

@@fldhkybnva same! i cook & make nice stuff. i found it zero effort to switch too.

Pet History My 16yr old out of the blue two years ago started having IBS/IBD I’ve taken him to several vets blood work, test for parasites, thyroid test, and bought expensive canned cat for from the vet. I was told to stop feeding him poultry or anything with feathers because cat are allergic. Now he is on Instinct limited ingredient 95% protein (Rabbit, Lamb, Deer varieties) plus I’ve ordered from a holistic animal company to add to his food such as Pure White Bentonite Clay,Pet Enzymes, Seaweed Calcium and Herbal Tincture every day. Plus I’m still giving him half of a steroid pill each day. His poop is now pudding consistent (no longer watery) and he doesn’t run to the litter box after each bite. But he smells the supplements and is now refusing to eat. Forgot to mention I have another cat that if he eats the food with supplements will get constipated. Now Question Your cat with IBD do you add anything to his raw diet?

@@toddledoodle no i don't add anything. she doesnt have any issues anymore that shes on human grade foods. she previously was drinking 2 wanton soup contairs a day & in the box trying to goto the bathroom. now she is fine. she mostly eats fish, mackerel, tuna, salmon, sardines. n some veg. she was on behavior meds n peeing all over she doesnt do any of it anymore. she is like a viper and painfully attacks but less n less. i am too paranoid for raw chicken. i cant find chicken livers in a store yet... bc the fish have the bones n organs are whole bodied. i was horrified when an old vet showed me how to give my cat a pill n it worked. using your thumb on one side and pointer finger on the other, grab their cheek jaw to pop open their mouth and in a split second shove the pill way down, fast. i never would have thought to do that fear of choking or a vicious attack but it works n doesnt choke then. like real fast. prob do it from behind n under so the cats btwn your feet. im not a vet at all btw. pretty knowledgable tho. sounds like maybe the cat needs probiotics, very possible to balance the guy. worked on me, had activia when my stomach was in knots for a few yrs and is fine now. could be stress too. also, i havent in a while but would feed my cats rotisserie chicken. i'd carve it up a batch for me & the stuff for them, but didnt give them bones like that. seems kinda odd one has constipation & one loose poop. for the constipated one can add water to the food, for cats & people we absorb our liquids w food. i think the loose stool is like jackson said, the cats dig track is trying to get rid of something it doesnt digest well, maybe experiment w isolating ingredients 1 at a time and see if that can make a visible result? my ex had gurd for 10 yrs turns out was anxiety & he doesnt need medicine anymore. poor baby, i remember how awful it felt to always have a stomach ache, sucks. mine was stress. i would trust jacksons products over another brand, he sells stress relievers & the vitamins to add to a raw diet. let me know how it goes.

oh no, i'm so sorry to hear that! T^T while AAFCO claims it isn't a "regulatory agency" here in the states, raw food companies actually have to follow a much stricter guideline when it comes to food preparation compared to dry/wet food companies bc of the higher risk and stigma surrounding feeding raw. that isn't to say that they're perfect, but i've noticed that raw food companies definitely have less problems w/ recalls compared to dry food companies (although dry food companies have also been in business longer). i'm just glad that your cats are okay now!

@@moopmoop1040 "i'm just glad that your cats are okay now!” - She said they all died except for one, how does that count as "doing okay"? Did you bother reading the comment before trying to boast about the USA being somehow better? Maybe you think you're funny?

I ran straight out after watching this video and bought raw food for my cats, not realizing the American Veterinary Association's position against feeding raw diets is based on strong evidence that it can cause food-borne illness in cats and the humans they live with. Even scooping these cats' litterboxes can transmit these foodborne illnesses. There is no evidence to show any positive influence on the health of cats. There's no vet conspiracy to suppress advice that cats should be eating raw diets, ffs. A lot of people commenting about raw meat as ideal cat diet have fetishized "clean" eating and natural products in general, not thinking about how unnatural it is for a domestic cat to eat a cow or pig raised in industrial farming, cooked or raw. Cats eating wild mice have to be treated regularly for parasites and diseases. As with all diets, there are pros and cons, and another con of raw food diets is that the food is do soft that it can promote dental decay. I am disappointed that there were no research findings presented in the video or in these comments. Scientific literacy is appallingly low. Please trust the people who have studied biology, chemistry, statistics, and animal medicine to make sound decisions on what's healthy for your pets - their expertise is the result of ongoing hard work, and access to research papers and the ability to understand them, rather than magical thinking.

@@smyatt1 he literally links all of this info

I am so sorry you had to go through that! It must have been so horrible to see these beloved cats get terribly I’ll like this. While I am not sure about UK standards when it comes to commercial meat, I know the United States only recently put into law that commercial animals’ meat cannot be sold if the animals died due to illness. I assume the UK has not done that yet? But yes, this is the reason why I only use human-grade sources and make the food myself with minimal supplements. When I am traveling, I’ll let my kitties eat canned wet food because I am very paranoid about other raw food companies (commercial grade or human-grade). You never know how sanitary they are, and a lot of them are only “complete” in nutritional profile because of supplements. So many of them just have muscle meat, bone, heart, and liver, and then a ton of supplements, when they could have used other animal parts like spleens, kidneys, thymus, etc… to the point it feels like it is no different than canned wet food for kitties, to be honest. Thank you for warning others about the possible dangers!

jess caticles on youtube has a series of videos on feeding raw, very good and very informative

I must have missed this boss.

The Cat Daddy Redemption

Thanks

Knowing that most of these meats are sourced from factory farms is a primary concern for me for a raw food diet. Thank you for making this point.

I also bet that it would be hard to sue the company for it too when it happens.

Typically human grade meat has low enough levels of salmonella it is safe to feed. I source from specific pet food companies that have human grade facilities that process their premade frozen so there is less bacteria then grocery store meat. Not everyone is lucky to live in an area like I do that has high standards but there are many great sources if you research.

And the parasites are a very serious and common problem. And toxoplasmosis is a VERY real concern I don't think is being addressed properly. Many of the risks associated with raw feeding are not even mentioned at all

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Lol

Why did I read this as joe rogan? 😆

You are awesome lol let's be friends

lmaaoo creepy cat lady indeed!

Good luck with Athena and Scott!❤

Good luck! I introduced a new kitty almost 2 weeks ago and it’s going well.

Good luck! My dads name is Scott lol

I'm sure it'll be fine! I'm happy you got Scott a friend :)

Luck

They're in bed with dry food companies

Because they don’t really touch on it at school, a lot of people do raw wrong so pets get sick so they just go by with what they already know. Plus many vets sell their own dry food they try to push on to customers.

@@_omega3_ that's my go-to theory as well. But at the same time I feel like that's an insult to many vets who I believe would not promote something that they know is wrong. They're vets to help the animals after all. So I can't believe that that's the only reason. But I also can't believe that they did reasearch and truly believe that the food they sell is good - because it's so easy to find the right info these days. All in all I'm just confused. My vet literally scolded me for having my cats on a 50/50 wet/raw diet. She said: "Now you're not thinking! Think about how cats eat in nature. They eat the whole animal - they chew it! When you feed a wat diet, they don't chew enough. The digestive proccess start with enzymes that they create when they chew and that is why wet food is bad. They need kibble to chew more." There's soooo many reasons why that statement is hilariously wrong. But it's not funny, because that's a supposedly well informed vet that said that. I've had many discussions with them and they say they do a lot of reaearch and they have no idea how I get the info I have. And I have no idea how they get theirs. It's so frustrating.

@@JessRockey but if I can soend a few hours reaearching on the internet and learn how to feed a cat right, surely they would have learned by now as well, even if it's not something they learn in school. My vets tell me that they do a lot of reaearch and keep up with the newest info. Yet they literally tell me that my cats NEED dry food because they need to chew it to start the digestive proccess. I can't even. :(

@@sanz7820 you would be surprised how deep dogma and convention goes and they aren’t being malicious by recommending it. My vets all support a raw food diet as they know I’m doing it properly and they see my cats are healthy. I think the tide will only change by show not tell. Human doctors are the same way. Tell them you don’t eat industrial grains and they suggest you eat them when a nutrient replete human diet can be had without any processed grains.

I hope my vets are open to raw and wet diets

Were you scared to switch them to raw? I love my cat to death and would do anything for her, but I tend to scare easily when raw meat is mentioned. I definitely want to go in the raw direction for my cat

@@geehanel-abbassi7220 not at all! I felt that switching to raw gave me the power to know exactly what was in my pet's food.

Hi, what recipe did you do if you dont mind me asking

@@mariyamsaeed8279 I can't remember the exact recipe I used as it was over 10 years ago when I found it. But now that raw food is more popular there are plenty of recipes or pre-made formulas you can try! I would be sure to avoid anything with grain or corn.

Personally, I think freeze-dried is an unfortunate new trend in cat food and dog food. In the aquarium hobby, freeze-dried foods have been around for a very long time. It’s renowned garbage, and the freeze-drying process causes a devoid of nutrients, which is why purely frozen food and live foods became preferable. Freeze-dried, even when soaked, will still continue expanding in the animal’s stomach and often leads to bloating and constipation. I have a feeling after more long term research is provided on these freeze-dried cat food and dog foods, since the same process is being used to make them as with fish foods (same nuggets, cubes, and all), the studies will conclude the same.

Maybe some vets don't like raw because we won't need them as much???

Can you please tell me what you feed? Due you add any supplements? Thanks!

@@choupette_44 love that wicked cat smiley hahaha

Vets often have very few hours on pet nutrition in their studies. And that's mostly orientated toward recognizing food deficiencies from eating leftovers... Later on, the veterinary literature is heavily sponsored. Information about brand specific benefits are constantly thrown in their lap. Learning about raw food takes effort, since these brands don't have such a huge commercial budget.

@@choupette_44 lol 😂😂

@@larahaxe8244 facts!

Amazing!! Do you feed her only raw? How old was she when you started feeling her raw? I have a 5 month old kitten, I've had him for 1 month :)

I’m only 10 minutes through the video but what raw food do you feed your cat? Hamburger? Steak? Fish? That’s what I’m confused on.

I’m also confused with what kind of raw meat is good for a cats raw diet?

@@missmarisaferreira she was 6 months old! You can feed raw food as soon as they’re weened from their mother.

@@jonbourgoin182 haha, there’s plenty of sources online. Jackson is pretty clear on this in the video.

Hahaha exactly 💯

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Thats verbatim what my vet told me when i asked about dental care on my first ever visit.

😂🤣 Yes!

I bet I've heard that for at least 44+ yrs. I've owned cats since I was in my very, very early 20s.

Same with me. They tell me I have to cook the fish😂

@@Wavesfromthenorth Literally eating sushi right now, lol!

@@Wavesfromthenorth If you were human you would but even then not really. Fish is actually one of the safest proteins to eat raw or seared and long as it is FRESH. You only sear Ahi to add a secondary flavoring and texture. It is not required at all. Same for most tuna and salmon. It is just for texture and flavor. Canned foods are not fresh. This is why they need treatment. Properly stored beef is safe. I would worry about chicken (for humans) or pork but not fish.

as a German: Mett Brötchen. raw minced pork on half of a bun and onions

@@Iisa1010 Yes :D It's not advisable to feed raw pork to your cat, though, as they could get infected with pseudorabies (humans are nowhere as susceptible to that one as cats) and not every country has mandatory scanning of pork for trichinella (in which case it would also not be advisable for humans to eat raw pork).

Could you share It?

The Taurine is added to avoid urinary issue. You will find it in any decent cat food. I also think you mean a Urinary Tract Infection, all cats have a urinary tract.

urinary stuff is caused by too much calcium phosphorus and magnesium, not protein??? grains def still not good for them

In these times, it sucks horribly that I'm 15.. I want to change my cats diets so badly but I don't even have money to do that..

Where did you find an expert? I'd like to find one for my cats

@@JoeC_aka_PwnerJoe I googled until I found one. Take a look at their references and previous content to verify their knowledge!

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I wonder if that's why my cat often eats the head but leaves the body of the mouse when he's been hunting... 🤔

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U didn’t know your cat was a carnivore??

What did you give the cat?

@@heatherjc1990 I feed Darwin's raw food most of the time. Occasionally I give Tiki raw food because I can get that in the local pet stores.

It seem like your cat trained you to feed her raw food. 😂

Are you making the food or buying raw food? Thank you

@@EEEBA1 I purchase raw food, from a local, locally sourced butcher, and local farmers, then mix it myself.

can you please explain what you do to feed your cats raw? I’m so confused on how to feed my cat raw and I don’t know what to feed them…what do you feed your cats?

Still better than kibble

since dry food has all the nutrients they need, I like the 80% 20% combination

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*SALMONELLA, E. COLI, LYSTERIA, TOXOPLASMA, ROUNDWORM, TAPEWORM, BRUCELLOSIS...* _and those are just the ones_ PEOPLE _can catch from their pets or their pets' raw food diets. There are many more._ Please cook meat before feeding it to any cat, dog, or human. This is a huge safety issue.

I don't see them either.

I have found catinfo.org/making-cat-food/ to be very helpful! Has all the info we need, and a recipe to follow. I'm currently in the process of switching my kitten over. So far, so good! *The website is made by Dr. Lisa Pierson, one of the people Jackson recommends at the end of the video.

same. I couldn't find them.

Here are two that he mentioned (these are the ones I've read): - catinfo.org/ - catcentric.org/ I learned a ton from reading these sites!

Ditto. Would really like to grab them!

Here I post my recipes and experiences with raw cat food @catlife_cosi_archi (Instagram). Check it out :)

it seems like BARF is so much more accepted here in Europe, I actually buy mine from my vet! I can't imagine dealing with a vet in the US who tells me I'm killing my cat with raw

New vets just came out of an educational system supported to a great degree by pet food companies

There are pre-mixed supplements like alnutrin and EZcomplete fur cats! Make sure you read the instructions carefully and buy the right mixture (for meat only vs. for meals with bone and or liver added) for the recipes you use.

I use TC Feline. There are lots of completers out there

I started out with TCFeline. It was super easy, and my cat switched pretty quickly.

id love to know this too. these kinds of supplements are a luxury in the country im in and probably cost double than the actual food itself. I wish there was a recipe with everything a cat needs rather than having to add supplements

Hi!! What recipe do you use if you dont mind me asking

@@mariyamsaeed8279 I use a premade because I don't want to mess anything up. I'm in NC and the highest quality non-hpp premade raw food I can get where I'm at is Small Batch so I cycle feed Small Batch turkey and chicken.

It is that implant he had installed.

Thank you!! I’m gonna ask for this. Do you add any supplements?

Where do you get your meat? I'm trying to educate myself before I turn 18 (15) because as soon as I do, I'm taking my cats to the vet and setting shit straight.

Give eggs and cod liver oil (A, D and O-3s) use bone powder. If u give organs, iodine is concentrated in organs.

Humans are not cats and should rarely eat raw meat. If you want a raw texture try poaching.

Definitely least-smelling poops are a significant feature of raw food diets.

How old is she now and how is she doing? That’s one of the recipes I’m looking at, though I will probably start with ground muscle meat and a completer like EZ complete first

@@jaydencparker4968 she’s 4 now and healthy as ever! One thing I particularly like about the recipe on catinfo is the flexibility of fat content through how much skin is included. My cat’s weight has ever so slightly gone up, and it’s easy enough to adjust the next batch with a bit less skin/fat without affecting her by giving her a smaller serving size.

@@jesslikescoffee24 Did you have that feeling in the beginning, like fear of doing something wrong? Or finding a supplement and thinking its a good one, and turns out not to be? I'm just worried about that when it comes to making it myself like on catinfo. I don't want to inadvertently hurt her, you know?

@@jaydencparker4968 oh for sure. I’ve gone over things with my vet, and they actually said there’s a local place I could send the food to have tested, but I opted out due to the cost. Apparently the biggest concern with homemade food is taurine content for heart health, and the effect of too little taurine content wouldn’t be noticable right away, so as long as you’ve got that component good, you should be solid. Most of the other vitamins are still important, but not as crucial. If you’re super concerned, you could always make your homemade food and feed that half of the time, and commercial food the other half of the time.