Raw chicken & beef?

Question

is it ok to feed a cat raw chicken, fish or beef without any seasons in it yet? I havent fed any to mine yet, just curious to see if its safe first.

If its not safe...then why is it ok for a cat to eat a "raw" mouse or bird?

not as a meal, just a small snack while im cooking it

Answer 1

Cats of course are designed to eat raw meat - their stomachs are more acidic than ours and they have a much shorter intestinal tract. If we get a "bug" from food it has a wonderful environment to multiply in the blood and nutrient rich, long, intestinal tract. When a cat gets a "bug" the strong acids and short passage through its system doesn't usually cause problems.

So a small amount of raw meat will not hurt your cat. Ground meat can be dangerous though as it is usually packaged and you don't know how long it's been since it was ground. Our markets also put tons and tons of meat through grinders in a day and you can't know if the grinders are well cleaned. One little "bug" in one piece of meat can contaminate any meat going through the grinder later. That meat is sold with the expectation that it will be cooked for human consumption.

So if you want to feed some to your cat a "chunk" is much safer than ground. It's not a balanced diet so it should only be used on a "treat" basis. Raw chicken liver a few times a week (no more) is excellent nutritionally for a cat as it is a great source for Vitamin A which the cat cannot manufacture in its body and is something the cat gets from eating the liver of its prey. Chicken hearts and gizzards are great sources of taurine which the cat also gets from raw food (cooking destroys taurine and it is added in supplement powder to all commercial cat foods).

The danger with fish is mercury contamination or parasites and its use is not recommended by people who feed cats raw food. Beef doesn't agree with all cats digestion. So you need to try your cat out with small amounts

Answer 2

Mmmm..... feeding your cat a raw diet is the very best you can do. But a raw diet isn't just scraps of meat thrown on the floor - it's meat plus all the vitamins and supplements that cats require.

But that's not what you're talking about. Honestly, I'm not sure. I suspect it might be better to boil anything you want to give him - you shouldn't add any seasoning though.

Answer 3

NO!!! Not chicken especially, now a littlw rare steak wont hurt it, but raw chicken holds way too much bacteria n samanilla ....it can seriously hurt your cat, or you for that matter

besides a cat is better off with cat food!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

no its not safe to feed them raw meat. they could get worms or just really sick. would u eat raw chicken??? or raw beef??? also raw chicken and beef are prepared by human hands and have lots of bacteria. Hense people getting salmonella and ecol i.

Answer 6

NEver eat raw chicken!

Answer 7

not chicken. The salmonella would kill the cat. Beef is not that safe either, unless it is Prime.

Answer 8

you really shouldn't feed any animal raw (or undercooked) meats, there's a chance of them contracting intestinal worms

Answer 9

Boiling it would be better and it also kills the harmful bacteria .

Answer 10

No!