I finally did it, I bought some Primal Raw cat food

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Sieden

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I have been feeding Frisky's Pate for a long time and I was searching for something that I could feel better about feeding my little guys. I hate how the protein to fat ratio is never ideal with canned cat foods. I had bought a few different kinds of new canned cat food for them but I just wasn't really satisfied with any of it and today I finally decided on a good plan, I think. I'm going to stick with the Frisky's Pate but then I'm going to supplement 1/2 of their diet with the frozen raw food.
Have any of you tried Primal and if so what did you think about it?
 
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China loved Primal until she didn't...now she's on Natures Variety

Primal is a good choice though...it's low carb

Good luck with the transition....some cats are really tough to get to accept raw, but the benefits are worth the effort
 
Sieden said:
I have been feeding Frisky's Pate for a long time and I was searching for something that I could feel better about feeding my little guys. I hate how the protein to fat ratio is never ideal with canned cat foods. I had bought a few different kinds of new canned cat food for them but I just wasn't really satisfied with any of it and today I finally decided on a good plan, I think. I'm going to stick with the Frisky's Pate but then I'm going to supplement 1/2 of their diet with the frozen raw food.
Have any of you tried Primal and if so what did you think about it?
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I never tried the Primal but I had my four kitties on the Nature's Variety Instinct raw for a while, and I loved it. So did the kitties! I finally had to give it up because, with four cats, it was becoming too expensive, but I have had a lot of trouble ever since, trying to find a food all the cats can eat (two of them have dietary issues) that I am happy with. I really miss the frozen raw, I felt like they were getting much better nutrition on it.
 
I've used the freeze tried primal raw (rehydrated) with success. It's not too bad P wise either (turkey). Some of the better pet stores have samples to try.
 
I just recently found this pet store that carries Primal, I've been there twice. The employees there are so nice it's unbelievable. I went back today to get a refund on the b.f.f. that I had bought.
They gave me a pretty big sample pack of four different flavors in the frozen primal plus gave me a 2.00 coupon for the bag that I was buying. When you buy 12 bags you get a bag for free. AND I found bonito flakes under the name "Kitty Caviar".

Tonight I gave them each a .5 oz serving mixed with canned food. They didn't take to it by itself and that's why I disguised it lol. I have fed them raw chicken breast before and they had no problem with it. I think they will come around to it in a few days.
 
Sieden said:
I just recently found this pet store that carries Primal, I've been there twice. The employees there are so nice it's unbelievable. I went back today to get a refund on the b.f.f. that I had bought.
They gave me a pretty big sample pack of four different flavors in the frozen primal plus gave me a 2.00 coupon for the bag that I was buying. When you buy 12 bags you get a bag for free. AND I found bonito flakes under the name "Kitty Caviar".

Tonight I gave them each a .5 oz serving mixed with canned food. They didn't take to it by itself and that's why I disguised it lol. I have fed them raw chicken breast before and they had no problem with it. I think they will come around to it in a few days.
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You can also get bonito flakes at asian grocery stores. Just make sure there's no sugar added. It might be less expensive than the cat brand.
 
billysmom (GA) said:
You can also get bonito flakes at asian grocery stores. Just make sure there's no sugar added. It might be less expensive than the cat brand.
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Oh yes, I know this already in fact I just posted that same thing in another thread last night. My local Asian market is pretty big but they don't have it, I searched the shelves over and over again just in case I had overlooked it. I did find it on Amazon as well for a pretty good price so I'm going to order from there next time.
http://www.amazon.com/Kaneso-Tokuyo...akes/dp/B0052BGLMS/?tag=felinediabetesfdmb-20
These are 3.5oz for 6.50 vs the 1 oz for 5.50 from the pet store.
 
When I was transitioning my brood to raw food I started with commercial raw cat food-Primal and Rad Cat. My kitties loved Rad Cat but would only eat the freeze dried (which I would re-hydrate) Primal, they did not eat the frozen Primal. And yes when you buy 12 bags of Primal you get one free. Now I make my own raw food using Dr Lisa's recipe combined with the recipe on the Feline Nutrition.org website. So much less expensive when you have 9 kitties to feed! :)
 
I can imagine that with that many cats it would be better to make your own. I simply don't have the time to do it but with only 2 kids, I think I'll be okay.
 
I wish I had started mine on raw when they were younger:(
It is by far the most biologically appropriate diet..... Mine will eat the freeze dried as a treat-:cat:
 
Believe it or not my cat told me NV is better than Primal raw or at least tastes better.
At about 14 I introduced him to NV which he liked but later tried Primal, a mistake.
He just yelled at it for over an hour but then ate it. When the Primal was almost gone
I gave him NV & Primal at the same time. He ate the NV then the Primal. The next night
I did the same thing. He ate the NV but left the Primal but came back later and ate it.
I think he was telling me NV was a better cat food and not just tastes better since cats have
innate wisdom.
 
dludden said:
Believe it or not my cat told me NV is better than Primal raw or at least tastes better.
At about 14 I introduced him to NV which he liked but later tried Primal, a mistake.
He just yelled at it for over an hour but then ate it. When the Primal was almost gone
I gave him NV & Primal at the same time. He ate the NV then the Primal. The next night
I did the same thing. He ate the NV but left the Primal but came back later and ate it.
I think he was telling me NV was a better cat food and not just tastes better since cats have
innate wisdom.
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By NV do you mean Nature's Variety? I gave that to my cats for a while, they loved it, but it's too pricey for me to feed it to 4 cats! :(
 
My kittens love Primal. I also recently bought Small Batch and they love it too. I started with freeze dried rehydrated and then Primal small bites frozen as I could just use a few at a time. They are tiny pieces like dry. Now I buy nuggets.
 
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