Can I feed my cat off-cuts of raw fat from sirloin?

Question

I am worried it may be bad for her health. I chop the fat off my sirloin and am wondering if it would be okay if I fed it to her?
Please help :)

Answer 1

A small amount of fat in your cats diet should be ok, but you should not give her large amounts as this will lead to obesity. Rich fatty food can also lead to diarrohea in cats. Better stick to giving her scraps of fish and chicken instead.

Answer 2

For one, what is the reason you are not eating the fat off your sirloin? Because it's fat and it's not good for you. So what makes you think that feeding fat to your cat is good? You shouldn't be feeding the cat table scraps in the first place. That is why they make a thing called cat food. Try it out.

Answer 3

I'd rather you cut her a small cube of cooked sirloin and give that to her. I just can't see a cube of raw fat being any good for a cat. If you really want to do it ask the vet. The wild animals the wild ancestors of cats ate were probably skinny things.

Answer 4

I'd say, Yes, but not too much. Say, maybe a piece no larger than your thumb-nail, cut into smaller bits.

Cats are carnivores. In the wild they live on raw meat.

Too much fat is bad for you, or your cat.

Just give the cat tiny bits, as an occasional treat, and she'll be fine.

I feed my cats bits of raw meat and fat sometimes, and it has never done them any harm.

Answer 5

I'd say NO! I've heard cats can get a taste of blood from raw meat, so you never want to give it to them. My cats (except for the one that won't eat human food) love steak. Every time I make it, I buy an extra steak for them and make sure it is well done. I never cook it on a charcoal grill either, because it can make them sick. If the cat is underweight, a little fat is ok. Limit how much you give them and make sure it's in small bites. so it won't choke. if the cat is under a year, it is a bad idea to give them any human food at all. Cats tend to grow a taste to what they were fed as kittens and it's a hard habit to break. I know a guy who had to rehabilitate a cat because when it was a kitten she ought it was funny to put asparagus on top of it's cat food because the cat would eat it. Well, the lady died and the cat went to the animal shelter and wouldn't eat. No one knew why, so they contacted her sister and found out the cat wouldn't eat food unless she had asparagus on top of it. It took a long time to rehabilitate this cat. Be careful not to completely spoil yours, or it could stop eating her regular food.

Answer 6

If you must share your sirloin with your cat, she'd be better off with a little bite of lean meat rather than the fat. Cats get all the fat they need from commercial cat foods. Too much can lead to obesity, bowel problems, and can cause them to go off their regular diet. I know it seems nice to share your dinner with kitty, but she'll be happier and healthier if you don't.

Answer 7

I have three cats and I give them pieces ofraw meat as I cook dinner. I do cut off all the fat, they won't eat it anyway.

I buy raw, rabbit, squirrel, chicken meat from my vet, it is prepared professionally, what ever that means.

Just don't give them anything with bones!!!!

I agree with most of the other respondents, that it is ok in moderation. Not enough vitamins in just the meat.

Good luck, hope your cats live long a give a lot of love.

Answer 8

My cats have a raw diet of chicken and turkey meat with a supplement powder for calcium and extra taurine. A raw beef mixture was refused by most of my cats and the one who ate some threw it up five minutes later. They do not throw up the chicken or turkey mixture - ever. Raw meat feeders are told not to feed pork because it is too fatty.

Felines who hunt in the wild are lean and well-muscled. Their prey is too so there is not a lot of fat in their diet. Our beef is raised on an unnatural diet of corn to fatten them for slaughter and because they live in unnatural conditions (feed lots) they are fed a lot of hormones and antibiotics so they don't die from disease before they can be slaughtered.

For the above reasons I would not feed beef fat to my cats.

Answer 9

Cats can be fed raw meat! But pure fat... I would not be enthusiastic about. It's (_animal_) protein they need, not fat or carbohydrates.

All the recipes for home-prepared cat food contan _raw_ meat, not cooked; cooking (including that which produces kibble food) is bad, because it breaks down some substances in the meat that cats need. Check out, say, www.catnutrition.org

Answer 10

No, it's really not good. Raw meat can contain parasites that are killed through the cooking process. And people food really is not for cats. If you want to feed her some treats get some from the pet-food aisle. And for her regular meals just feed her cat food.