A Vet's View: Andrea Tasi, VMD

 

I have seen diabetes, asthma, lower urinary tract (bladder) problems, chronic vomiting and/or diarrhea ( inflammatory bowel disease-type symptoms), skin and ear problems and other health issues either markedly improve or completely resolve when raw diets were introduced. Every cat will respond in their own way, but I now view real, fresh, raw food as the "best medicine" for many of my patients.

 

 

I use a combination of homemade and pre-prepared frozen raw diets. When making homemade food I use several different recipes and vary my meat sources.  My youngest cats like pretty much anything I make, as they were raised on raw. Their favorite meat source is rabbit. My oldest cats love homemade food made with Instincts-TC powdered premix. This "all in one" powder, when mixed with meat and liver, makes a complete diet.

 

 

I recommend avoiding raw meat based diets for cats that are on immunosuppressive medications like chemotherapy drugs, or higher doses of cortisone-type drugs like prednisolone. I also recommend that if anyone in the cat's household has a weakened immune system (HIV/AIDS, chemotherapy, immunosuppressive drugs, etc.) that extra caution should be used or raw diets completely avoided. In these instances a homemade cooked diet would be an excellent substitute.