[Tissy]

Originally Posted by MyFairLacy

I found this website with quotes from vets with answers to a lot of questions about bacteria, how bad commercial pet food is for our pets, and how great raw is http://www.shirleys-wellness-cafe.com/animals.htm

I was looking up veterinary nutrition websites and one REALLY annoyed me..saying raw diets were unsafe, bones were unsafe, food-borne illness was a concern, etc etc...UGH...I just DO NOT understand why most vets don't see the benefit to feeding raw. If they just took a month or so to research it, they would see how great it is! Darn commercial pet food industry and all it's money they contribute to brainwash vets! Being a vet student, it really really annoys me.

Today we had a dermatologist come and talk to us about allergies and I was talking to her about my oldest cat that has had chronic allergies. I told her I was feeding raw to her right now (well, half raw)..she though I meant homecooking...when I repeated that it was RAW, she said "oh but you need taurine in their diet and there can be problems with e.coli and salmonella"...REALLY? I didn't feel like arguing with her so I just said I wasn't worried about that. Of course, she suggested Hill's z/d...why why why can't vets just do their research. Then maybe more people would try raw diets and see how GREAT it is for their pets

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