Reply #21: I'm not going to get into a flame war here but

[TZ]

Please be VERY CAREFUL with RAW diets. If you give a high protein diet...Cook that meat. The last thing your cat needs is to ingest a pathogen that she can't deal with having her immune system stressed already. Cats can get sick from food borne pathogens, and I am familiar with the rodent version of corona virus, its a very nasty bug. I know people swear by a raw diet, but despite what people think, cats can and do get food illnesses. That's the reason I don't want my cats outside catching critters. I know too well what nasties that these critters carry, many of which the domestic cat does not have immunity from (see West Nile Virus, Lyme disease)