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Originally Posted by Deb1  I have a 15 lb. bag of their other food to use up. So for now I am just going to top their food with a couple of pieces. If I feed Raw, do I need to only feed this way, or is it ok to add it to their dry kibble? |
The stomach doesn't know any difference
whatsoever as to whether you're feeding raw food or non-raw food. It only knows whether you're feeding: carb, protein, fat, toxin - and digests accordingly. So no, you don't only need to feed just raw. You can feed them together at the same meal, separate, or whatever you prefer...the stomach releases the correct chemicals based upon the type of chemical present.
You may hear a myth that goes like this: "don't feed raw and kibble together bc kibble digests slower". SIGH. It's like saying don't eat sushi rolls bc the raw sushi will digest differently than the non-raw items. Lol. As if the stomach goes "OH, this is raw sushi, I'm gonna go fast on this one, but that rice is gonna take me forEVER". The stomach does *not* work that way. It digests things according to chemical makeup, not according to time needed to digest. The stomach doesn't know what time it is. When the stomach's job is done on certain contents (raw or non-raw) it then pushes them into the small intestine, it doesn't wait for the rest of the meal to catch up.
I sometimes feed NV and love it. I mainly feed Primal raw and love that too, esp the duck flavor.