Is Raw Pet Food Safe? 

@irritablebowelsyndrome explosion that was my concern too. Humans will be humans.

Stella and Chewy’s raw patties.

Are you saying you couldn’t identify the meat being spoiled?? Wth 😑

For your information...Listeria and salmonella are tasteless and odorless. Oh ya, you can’t see the bacteria without a powerful microscope.

@@ibsexplosion4178 oh gosh my dog is one those but she gets the dehydrated ones that’s scary

Hey! I use Primal, Big Country Raw and Stella and Cheweys😊

ThePetFoodList is a consumer site that verifies human grade ingredients and human grade supplements and quality control for the raw and cooked fresh pet food companies. Only a few are good enough to make the list. There are several categories and subcategories of commercial raw foods. Die hard raw feeders do not feed HHP treated foods. HighPressurePasteurization uses high water pressure to break the cells in the meat and that includes the cells of bacteria and protozoan contaminants like toxiplasmosis. HPP is the happy in between for customers not willing to take the risk of pathogens. Understand that the main pathogen concern in raw food is for the protection of the human owner. Carnivores can handle carrion so you don't need to worry so much about that especially for companies that use human grade, USDA inspected meat. HPP turns pink, fresh, flavorful, raw meat into beige/gray gamish that some dogs do not favor. Some argue that HPP ruins proteins making them unnatural. For sure, we know that HPP "ruins" the structure of the meat but I am not sure if it alters it at a molecular level such that it affects micro and macro nutrients. I have decided to use only non-HPP but that is made with the very best human grade, inspected meat. PetFoodList approves of RawBistro brand and SmallBatch that are non-HPP. in the HPP category, the list approves of Steve's Real Food For Dogs and several other brands, can't remember. Primal not on the list, Bones&Co not on the list. The list is 10 bucks and well worth it. The categories of fresh cooked and raw commercial can also be subdivided into those that use food ingredients to supply the required nutrients, those that rely on some supplements and those that rely on a lot of vitamin/mineral supplementation. If you choose a supplemented food just make sure it is human grade supplements and not "feed grade supplements". ThePetFoodList investigates and verifies that for each of the brands. I recently tried Farmer's Dog, cooked, fresh frozen food and JustFoodForDogs, fresh, frozen, cooked food. Both are approved by the list. They both supplement (Farmer's Dog is fully supplemented whereas JFFD relies more on including cooked liver and some other things to supply naturally). Both use human grade supplements. My dogs liked the taste but having been on dehydrated raw Stella and Chewy's and dehydrated raw Small Batch which are both low glycemic, had some issues on these two cooked foods because they contain very high carb. My problem in general with the cooked, fresh diets is that they have modeled themselves after kibble in that their macronutrient ratios such that they are very high grain carb. So, I ditched them and cook recipes with high meat, veggies and no grains. You have to research and use good recipes. My dogs prefer some things cooked so I am currently using high quality commercial raw that is expensive and high quality, human grade ingredients to make some cooked recipes as well. Okay, nuff said. Your pet is so lucky that you are on Skylar's channel and interested in learning and doing what is better/best.

I've always fed my dogs raw so not an anti raw person. And will say she's 100% correct and I say similar stuff to people asking me about my dogs & cats raw diet. Feeding just chicken breast (or really any meat like only giving them stakes for example) is far far far worse and more dangerous then the absolute worst kibble. Because they will become malnourished. It's extremely low in vitamins and minerals without these your animal will get a ton of medical issues. At least the worst kibble will still provide these things. This doesn't make chicken breasts etc dangerous or bad themselves. But what makes them dangerous in this case is when it's the single food item/or most significant food item (aka feeding them just chicken breast 5 days a week then 1 day a week giving it some chicken legs and liver doesn't make this ok). Like I feed mine various meats and meats that contain bones as well as organs from chicken, duck, turkey, geese, sheep, goat, cows and pigs. Plus deer when available. I also give them raw fish, cooked oysters (for the zinc mainly) and whole animals like rabbit, pidgin and squirrel's. When I say while I mean like throwing a fully intact rabbit at them. Guts, fur/feathers like everything. My cat also gets the same but also gets whole chicken chicks, rats, mice and quail. (Rats & mice being domestic ones btw) My dogs have always also gotten steamed veggies, potatoes and twice a week some grain like rice for example.

Grain free is actually better though. The problem with grain free is that it often includes legumes, which are even worse than grains. It would be better than normal food to have a grain and legume free food.

@@Meow_dasKatze The problem with grain-free is that the protein content is higher than other nutrient values, leading to cardiac disease and diabetes if your pet is inactive.

@@clairesmith7106 higher protein level is actually what cats and dogs need. The carbohydrates are the problem

In their dog food rating video Purina Pro Plan was in there and she does not recommended it I believe it was in the "yuck" tier but if that's all you can feed then add toppers to make it a bit better

Vet here.No reputable vet is going to inject your cat with testosterone.You would NOT want an adult intact Male in your house as they stink and tend to spray.trust me that is not pleasant.if you have an intact Male outside he will find feral females to impregnate leading to the birth of outside litters who usually die from disease..cars..coyotes etc unless rescued.unneutered male cats have an average lifespan of 3 yrs whereas neutered males usually live into their teens.I am not sure where you are getting your info from but it is bizarre and not based on science.if you feed a good quality canned food promoting a urine pH between 6 and 6.5 you shouldn't run into any problems with him blocking.feeding raw meat to cats is absolutely contraindicated as they can get toxoplasmosis.i have treated this condition in a kitten who was eating raw meat...trust me you dont want to deal with this. ...nightmare.do not overfeed...go by WSAVA caloric recs...usu about 25 kcal per lb. Body weight per day for weight maintenance in average adult cat.hope that helps!