Big snip.

You will not like this, but as you asked the question, you deserve an
answer. In their natural state carnivores will only hunt a herbivore,
hunting another carnivore would be too much trouble and both parties would
get terribly injured.

So carnivore kills herbivore, first eats the stomach where the semi digested
vegetation is with the necessary juices to digest it, thus getting the
vegetation it needs to have a healthy life, also the stomach would go bad
quicker in the mid day sun. Second it will rip as much flesh as possible fur
feathers and bone, if necessary it will tear off a limb and hide it for
later. Remember it will probably only get a kill once or twice a week, so it
will stuff itself to bursting, its stomach is made for that purpose, Cats
will smaller and more often that dogs. It is normal and necessary for
carnivores to starve every so often; it is good to starve one day a week.
Rain water is better than tap water and most animals will if given the
choice, chose puddles or rain water to tap water or milk in fact it is
better not to give milk. Cats rarely catch fish and if fed fish on a regular
basis can cause problems.

So you want to feed your carnivore a good diet. Breed small rodents and or
rabbits and give live food to them, its their natural diet.  I did an
experiment with dry food, after putting equal quantities of dry food and
water together overnight, I was able to stand a spoon up in it, it was like
thick porridge, you can imagine how that sucks all the moisture from the
animals' digestive system. This could at later date cause kidney damage.

You can give live or uncooked chicken (we are talking all carnivores (so
large dogs could eat a whole chicken)). A carnivore's digestive juice can
and will dissolve raw bone and feathers, NEVER give a carnivore cooked bone,
cooking it alters the structure and makes it brittle and indigestible.

Food for thought on this one, If I gave you a live rat and asked you to take
its gall bladder out without damage you could not do it with both hands and
a scalpel. A cat will do this as soon as it can catch a mouse or rat. My cat
lives off of the land, she is the tiniest thing you have ever seen,
extremely healthy not over weight and happy. She goes out when it is raining
thundering and lightening, its natural. She brings back live rabbits as big
as she is, in fact if man (human being) were to die out tomorrow she would
service and provide for her young.

I have spent my life with animals professionally, and disappear at the way
us humans try to bring them up as our babies.

Barrie

Barrie

Why would I not listen to PETA.  This is a great organisation who is there
to protect animals against cruelty.  I certainly do not have the time and
the tools that PETA has to do its research.  PETA has private investigator.

             Richard

Pet food manufacturers have to follow regulations just like people food
manufacturers do.  They should not use dead/diseased animals, and if they
are above board, don't.  If PETA suspected otherwise they should turn the
offending company into the FDA.  Check w/the BBB as well, maybe they can
give you information.

And I'm with Connie - PETA is too radical, do you believe everything you
read?  One off the wall campaign they ran was for people to drink beer
instead of milk - since when does beer contain calcium and nutrients
contained in milk?

Support the Humane Society or ASPCA instead of radicals like PETA.  Come on,
Pam Anderson is a spokesperson - how serious can one take that?