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Originally Posted by brezofleur  Yes and no.
Keeping with a human analogy, vegetables are processed within days whereas meat is processed within weeks. For dogs and cats, meat is processed within 10-18 hours and dry kibble is processed in 48-72 hours.
The problem with feeding raw and dry is that dry does take longer to process which can lead to blocking the raw digestion which, when both combined, can lead to bacteria build-up.
So, yes, while the tummy can process raw and non-raw at the same time, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safe to do so. |
We can agree to disagree
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Even if 2 foods have differing digestion times (whether they're raw or not), the stomach doesn't delay all digestion based upon the slowest food. It releases its enzymes that correlate with the specific food type, and food moves into the small intestine as it's ready to proceed in the process. Digestion doesn't get 'blocked' by one food that is slower, and then the slower food causes some sort of bacteria crisis. If that were the case, we'd sure have a lot of sick people and animals whenever they ate foods w/ differing digestion times, lol! Also, I'd think we see a totally different food pyramid that had to do w/ digestion times, rather than with types of foods.