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Originally Posted by ashleere

I have a question? My vet said NOT to give my baby raw, he said they have seen so many cases of E-coli from this. Buttons is 2.5 yrs and 6#'s. Has anyone out there had this problem? Is it the way the food is being hndled? I was told that if I do feed raw you have to be very careful how you handle it. Can anyone help me out here, I have heard such favorable things about raw and am now not sure which way to go.

You do need to be more careful how you handle the raw food opposed to if you were feeding kibble. You would want to treat it as if it was a raw steak or chicken that you would be eating.
I never thaw mine out on the counter, I leave it in the fridge to thaw and I feed them on paper plates and I also use plastic disposable utensils to cut it up. So everything is disposable - and I alway's wash my hands after feeding them. There are so many people here at YT that feed Raw wether its pre-made raw or full raw diet and I am not sure that I have heard yet of anyones pet getting E-coli.
I think alot of the times these vets love to put the fear of god in us!
You do what you think is best - I am so happy since I switched and will never go back unless I absolutely had!!!