Kittens on raw food?

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jennifer & korbel (GA)

jennifer & korbel (GA)

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Is there any reason the kittens shouldn't be transitioned to raw food diet? I looked into it with Calypso, but for her (on chemo) it wasn't a great idea. I do like the idea of it and my local pet food store carries nature's variety raw. They pressure sterilize the food, so I just feel safer.
I did buy a little trial bag of the chicken, I'm going to try to mix in a little with their canned food. I just wanted to see if there is any reason I shouldn't do it with kittens (15wks old).
 
I can't think of a single reason why kittens shouldn't be started out on raw, afterall, in the wild their mothers would have started them on solid food, like mice and birds.

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No reason why not, however I might pick one or 2 canned foods to rotate in so that if for some reason you have no access to the raw, they will still eat canned.
 
No reason at all :smile: My Aby was weaned right onto raw by the breeder. He's a year old now and doing great. No issues at all from eating raw food.

The trial sized bags of NV are great to use :smile: I wish that all the varieties came in trial sized bags, not just the chicken and beef :?

Primal Pet makes a sample pack that contains 5 of their 7 feline varieties. You can try that as well.

If your kittens won't go for straight raw, you could try freeze dried raw first and then slowly transition to raw. I had to do that with my other civie. I crumbled up freeze dried raw on top of her canned food for awhile and then slowly snuck in little pieces of raw.
 
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