My cats wouldn't touch it.  I BARF feed my dogs and decided to try with the
cats as well, but it did not go over well!

Janet Boss
Best Friends Dog Obedience
"Nice Manners for the Family Pet"
Voted "Best of Baltimore 2001" - Baltimore Magazine
www.bestfriendsdogobedience.com

My cats eat a homemade raw diet.  They've been on it for approximately 3 1/2
years and are doing really great on it.  If you do decide to try it with your
cats, I would recommend really doing your research to feed a properly balanced
diet.  It's not rocket science, but cats do have some very specific nutritional
needs.  I have a link in my sig for more info if you're interested.

Lauren
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See my cats:  http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe
Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html
http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html
Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm

Yes, it has been discussed at length in this group.  I think that the
general consensus of opinion is that the diet is fine but plenty of research
is required prior to proceeding and there is a lot more work
(preparation/shopping etc) involved than you might imagine if you are going
to really give the cat a balanced diet.  It is definately a lot more work
than just buying a can of cat food off the shelf

The cat that I had as a child / teenager was always fed raw food and she
lived to be approx. 18.  For years I always assumed that that was what all
cats ate but with the benefit of hindsight (and after reading some of the
previous posts with regard to this subject) I can see that we lived in a
very rural setting and I suppose she supplemented her diet with mice / birds
etc in addition to what we fed her.  I think on balance, in our case, it was
probably more luck than judgement.

Jeannie