How To Switch Your Cat To A Raw Diet | The Ultimate Guide 

Do you have a kitten or planning to get one? In this video I show you how to start them on the raw diet the right way: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QYfFsIeqNnU.html

I was expecting my 1 year old cat to take some convincing when I came home from the store with chicken feet, liver, kidneys, pork loin, and necks. He devoured his whole meal in no time! He was so happy. Definitely take care to cut up the food. Most cats are bad chewers and mine needed small starburst-sized chunks

My cats went straight to raw as though they had never eaten a meal in their life. They came from a vegan home.

I switched to a raw diet a month ago. My kitty is doing so well now. His fur is very shiny and he is VERY HAPPY!

2021 shortage of cat food has me here should’ve been here because of how much better it is for them

I wasn't even looking into a raw diet but all the sudden my baby is going to be eating like a queen .thank you! Very easy to understand tips and guide !!

The best video to educate anyone who’s interested in raw diet for cats. Thank you!

My 10 month old boys transitioned really easily :) One of them never ate his wet food, only kibble and (strangely) he transitioned the easiest! It was almost like he was thinking “Finally!! Good food!” They may surprise you 💙

I live with my parents and have gradually warmed them up to better and better foods for our kitten. First a grain free kibble... then grain free wet food... then a premade cooked food... so close to getting the go ahead on raw food! Hopefully the "supporting local farms" spin will work on them, haha.

I have an older cat (13Y, NM) he was diabetic as of this January [2022] and he was on Royal Canin HP soy for his IBD. His levels were as high as 500. Thanks to the message board of Feline Diabetes that's been active since the early 2000's, I was able to quickly understand the condition and start at home testing and then eventually doing a Free Style Libre to constantly monitor his glucose levels. I also switched his food to wet Purina DM. He is officially in remission right now, the last day he had insulin being February 2nd, and his daily glucose levels range between 50-150 throughout the day. However he had an IBD flair up, and so that means I need to try a different diet...I'm trying really hard to give my best friend a healthier life. So thank you for posting this. I'm trying to find formulas and figure out what he needs to keep his IBD more under control.

The quality of this video is just out of this world. Thank you so much!!

This morning I took chicken gizzards and hearts, a tin of sardines, three eggs, and some tilapia filets, put them in a blender and fed my three cats. I don't feed them the same every day but this is a treat for them. A big spoonful each.

It took a week for my cat to adapt to raw food. She would skip most meals until she's really hungry. She now prefers quails and chickens to mice. She goes crazy on beef organs too, but those are occasional treat.

I switched my kitty from canned to ground raw a few months ago (pre-made since I don't have the time nor skill to do all the balancing and prepping myself). She was a little hesitant to try the raw at first since it was still cold from the fridge, but I coaxed her into taking a bite by sticking a few of her favorite treats on top. Once she took that first bite, it was like a lightswitch went off in her brain that was like hey! This is food! And she hasn't had a problem since haha. She inhales her meals like a vacuum cleaner the moment I put her bowl down! She does have some mild tartar buildup on her teeth, so I am planning to add some non-ground raw meaty bones to her diet soon. Guess we'll have to wait and see how she reacts to those!

So much advice. I have to see this video several time. This is so new to me. Love all the new cat feeding advice. Swtiching to raw food ASAP.

This was such a helpful video! We appreciate all of the tips and tricks, especially for picky kitties!

The amount of effort you put into making this video is just *chefs kiss* thank you so much!

One of my cats, an older Tom wouldn’t eat raw meat, but he loved whole prey! He would played with his meal for a few minutes then find a nice spot to start chewing, he’d lick the blood off the floor, my dog is kinda scared of whole prey...he barks at even chunks of fur.

Thank you so much! We have many cats at home (8 right now) and I want to give them a better life. Your recipe is not only easy to follow and clear, it is affordable. I can’t afford a grinder and this was almost making me give up on the raw feeding, but you showed me it is possible otherwise. Thank you! The kitties thank you too 😊

This is super helpful! We have been trying to get my cat to get to a healthy weight by reducing her food portions and make her exercise more, but she never loses the weight BECAUSE of the dry kibble 🤦‍♀️ I didn’t know what else to do. We get a really good brand of dry food, so I never made the correlation that it is because of dry food that she’s retaining all this weight.

This is a great video, i love your pets! pls keep uploading!!

Love watching your videos! They're always so informative and make raw feeding feel more approachable. Fantastic job breaking down the calculations as well. I feel more and more comfortable feeding raw after watching your channel. Keep up the great work!

This is very informative and educational! Thank you!

Excellent video!! Thank you for this!! I work for a high quality pet food supply company and I cringe when I hear what people feed their cats, even those who have good intentions and talk about feeding a raw diet are not supplementing it and they are giving things like lean chicken breast 🤦‍♀️ No nutritional value at ALL

Your guides are amazing. Thank you for making them! I was wondering if you had any suggested online shops to get the meat or any premade raw food portions. Thank you again for the great guide.

Omg i love this information. Very professional

Aww Tiny is so cute.

This is the best one yet!!

Excellent video. Thank you.

Such a detailed vdo. Thank you 🙏

I love this. thank you so much

Amazing. Thank you so much.

Awesome video ! and thank you for linking our website :)

thank you so much for this video

This is amazing tyvm

Thank you friend very informative

I’ve been thinking about feeding my cat raw, thanks for the help.

I've watched these videos over and over for the last month or more; our entire household is switching pets to raw! my question is: when should we stop feeding kittens 10% of their body weight? we're preparing for a new addition coming in at 16weeks (:

@4:00 - I would also like to add to try different *textures* because cats can be picky about textures too so some like Paté, some I'm like ground, some like chunks.. you have to try different things. I've tried raw food for my cats and they just did not like it so I will continue to try in the future but for now I give them Weruva canned food and it's probably the best canned food I could find. They look amazing, they are healthy, their coats look great and they have a lot of energy. My oldest cat will be 18 years old next month and she still plays like a kitten❣️ 🐈 🐾 💞

By far, THIS is the best dietary advice for Cats on RU-vid!

this is the best video ! thank you !

My cat is such a pain tonight with food. She has kittens, and the one I'm keeping is weening onto a raw diet, and of course I'll have her go raw soon too. So I've been letting her finish whatever the kitten doesn't finish every night. Tonight I decided to make her own bowl suited just for her weight, and she only ate a little bit before she got bored of it and then wanted to see if I had anything better, waiting to give her more meat from the counter!!! And then she went and ate the other kittens kibble when I went to feed them right after. And then I gave some more raw to the kitten and she wanted to eat THAT food. She does this with water too. I can pour her fresh water, and then get myself a glass of water, and suddenly her water isn't good enough!! Or act like she hasn't had water ALL DAY, when there is still water in her dish....so annoying lol. I usually end up saying "here you go your majesty!" As I serve her...

1:56 that's actually good to hear actually I say that because I can actually use that to my advantage when training my cat to do tricks and that's all

Do you have a video of the best and healthiest wet food options?

this video is so beautiful, youre amazing!!! thank you!!

Do you have a video on where you get your meats from because I don’t know where I’d go to buy all of this and I love how you explain things thank you

this is underrated. my rescue cat is getting fat from eating kibbles. i will change to raw meat pretty soon.

Yeeeaaah You all are extremely blessed My cat will not eat wet except for in the morning first thing and barely I have to keep offering it to her, putting it on my finger for her to lick off then comes back to her feeding area throughout the day expecting her kibble but it’s still the wet and she doesn’t want it This has been going on for months!

This was so helpful thank you for this. My cat loves wet-food so I think she'll be okay with trying ground meat.

Hi Primal Pack! I currently feed my kitty Orijen Tundra dry food, and Orijen Regional Red treats, but want to transition him to 100% raw. I am new with raw though, and appreciate your videos. If you have additional resources to help guide me, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

Regarding the Omega-3, our cat hates fish for whatever reason 🤔 does anyone have suggestions for an alternative way to get Omega-3?

I blended everything with lots of water. It was pretty watery but my cats ate it all thankfully

How long should the food be out? Can we refrigerate and then be eaten again?

My GF needed this video BAD!! I feed my dog's all 100% Raw and have been trying to convince her for year's to just let me swap the cat's to full RAW as well.. I'm just glad theres video's out these day's that actually talk about WHY kibble is bad instead of just why you should feed RAW.. I think she just had to hear all the same info from someone that wasn't "ME" LOL

My 7 year old cat is over 22lbs! We strictly ration his portions, but he is food obsessed and won't touch anything but the kibble. I am hoping to break his addiction and get him healthier.

Would it be smart to sprinkle some kibble on top of raw?

Thanks for the awesome video! ♥ I started feeding our Cats with Raw meat a while ago, but my old cat's (18 y old) really show no interest at all in that kind of food xD but my younger ones (2 + 4 y old) are already liking it alot. I hope my old cat's will get to like it someday too :') i mean i only want them to be healthy :< And I'm also really disapointed about the kibble's that are sold here, mostly it's just 70% of some plant carbs and the rest is some kind of "meat". Plus the price is really high >.

Under rated video

Can you give a projection of yearly cost?

I am debating switching my cats to raw, trying it again, but man this is so overwhelming haha 😅

Thankyou very much for this helpful video! how long does it take to change my cat's diet from kibbes to raw meat?(not specific,but how many days/weeks?)

kibble is addictive and i wish i could document the behaviour changes by giving them kibble vs wet vs raw

Your videos are amazing. I am so glad I found your channel. My cat is struggling with Inflammatory Bowel disease and unfortunately, the only food that he will eat and helps with his diarrhea is Hill's z/d wet food. But I want to transition him to raw and am trying to educate myself about all this.

What are your thoughts on the AAFCO Nutrient Profile for Cats?

Thank you for the video. The math during the balanced type description is incorrect. 7% is not 0.7 but 0.07. Same with the other %

Where do you get rabbit, quail and some of these other things that are not typically in grocery stores.

@4:43 - Darn Mom.. it's on my face, not on my nose!! 😸

what are high quality brands of canned wet food that you recommend? my two cats are already used to wet food, but one has IBD and almost every canned food i’ve tried gives her horrible diarrhea (i’m switching from kibble to raw specifically because of her digestive issues).

What if my cats already prefer wet over dry food can I just start with just canned right away??

please help me about this, its bugging my head off ; is there any ingredient missing even on a perfect raw diet which canned or dry food contains? i mean if i fed my cat with raw his entire life is it possible that someday he get sick due to lack of certain ingredients ( vitamin a to z, you name it, calcium, enzyme ...etc )... or is it ok to feed my cat raw + canned food as i split the week 4 days raw - 3 days canned? or %50 raw + %50 canned per portion?

If my cat is on a free food dry diet, do you advise against going straight to raw if she will?

What are your thoughts on free dried homemade raw food if it is re-hydrated at feeding time? I was considering this for storage purposes.

Do you have any worry for worms? With the raw food? How do you assure that doesn’t happen

Hii!! I have a question...my cat is really skinny (he's always been like this) he is neutered and he has a good appetite. I took him to the vet and the doctor said he is healthy, that's just his body type. I would like him to get a tad bit of weight tho. Any suggestions?

Where do you buy these ingredients

Where can I buy the meats? Is store bought okay?

This video is very informative, but about equally intimidating and ultimately repellant to those curious about or looking into changing their cat's diets.

1/8 tsp powder per daily or per portion?

Hi i love your videos alot. Its very informative and changed my perspective about kibbles. Sooner this week i will be attempting to transition my cat to raw. He is already been eating both dried and wet. I have small question about transtioning if you dont mind asnwering. Is it solely based on the pickyness of the animal not beacuse itnmay cause upset stomach. But based on your vid i learned that it is about acidity lvls of the food. That may cause the upset stomach. Sorry for the very long comment. But i hope u get a chance to read it and bring clarifications, Thanks!!

If I don’t want to give raw heart so how I cook it without losing the taurine in it please ?

I have a question that I cannot seem to find in your other videos. So I already understand that you need to feed kittens at least 4 - 6 times a day. But how about Adult Cats?

so my cat need s 113gr. Raw meet daily that means I can do 57gr in the morning and night?

Can you just add taurine powder?

i might get a kitten soon should i do raw food or bought food im not sure

My cat was extremely naughty nd vocal for the first month without kibble but we now are back to our normal, he ate the raw meat straight away but he constantly moaned for his bowl of biscuits

Can I skip the wet food process of my cats dont have a problem eating wet food?

meanwhile my cat doesnt want kibble anymore after i give her raw chicken. Its stressful when she kept asking for raw chicken

Where do I get the raw from

I have been throwing my cats diet all around and now has dhirea should I just go to raw now because really it won't make a difference?

My cat currently eats tiki cat pate as he has bad teeth, and will need them removed, if I were to feed him raw would blending it cause an issue ?

How many times a day do you feed your cat

I also feed my 2 kittens kitten replacement milk 🥛 is it okay to keep giving them milk well transitioning to a raw diet / on a full raw diet?

What about the oxalate stones that cats can have?

I have adopted a cat who has dental issues :( when I got him he had a fractured tooth and a missing tooth. He's not in any pain but would a meaty bone be too much for him? I brush his teeth every day.

What would you suggest for a 12 year old male cat, who is suffering from food allergy? My vet put him on a special diet, which basically consists of dry kibbles, but the problem is still there. I have thought about switching to raw food, but considering his age, I’m afraid it wouldn’t help much. What’s your opinion?

Does boiling affect the nutrition? I dont think i want to feed my kitten raw 🤔

I’m slowly introducing adult cat to raw . Started with chicken added some sardines . He’s ok so far but he still wants kibble as well. The big problem is he’s a grazer and at night he’s only eating a few bites each time of raw , how’s he going to be balanced ? I throw out at end of day I really don’t know what to do at this point I put in fridge but then it’s cold uh Cricket

One guy disappeared from rented room leaving his cat with my father. The cat was not fed for at least a week. Then raw chicken wings were eaten by Very Hungry Cat and nobody was allowed to come even close by warning roaring of the mini tiger. So the transition took just a week or so...

I'm trying to figure this out for a cat with a cat that is allergic to bird protein, and I'm seeing it's harder than I thought. She can handle duck but is still symptomatic to some extent. So I need to find a venison heavy version. Any ideas?

I tried to add a teasoon of ready made raw into wet food and he refused to eat. I mixed it with the wet. He's been eating only wet for over 5 years. Anything I can do to entice him? I've tried broth, freeze dried liver treats crumbled, and he still won't eat it