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When Raw-Feeding Goes Wrong.... A raw diet provides optimal, species-appropriate nutrition and glowing good health – but only if it is well planned. Things can go terribly wrong if you lack the right information (see the story below). Fortunately, it is easy to get it right. KEEP IT SIMPLE...
On a well-planned raw diet of meat, bones and organs, ample calcium is absorbed from the diet into the blood – the body keeps the blood-bone concentrations steady by depositing calcium into the kitten’s bones. There are many other complex nutrient interactions (which explains the long ingredient lists on processed foods). Luckily, nature gets the balance right for us.
An appropriate raw diet mimics what a cat or dog would eat At Raw Essentials, we spend considerable time researching in the wild... carnivore nutrition and analysing our approach to raw feeding, to ensure that we are helping people get the best out of Raw meat, bones, organs and tripe raw feeding. Oh, and it is often not too late to reverse damFrom a variety of the best-quality prey species available age caused by nutritional imbalances – so, if you know of any Nothing else added raw-feeders that need a bit of guidance, please let them know we are here to help! WHEN IT GOES WRONG… Two kittens, raised on a meat-only diet, presented to us with Raw Essentials severe lameness – their bones weakened by a lack of calcium. Silverdale The body tries to maintain a balance of calcium in the blood and the bone. Meat-only diets lack calcium. When the blood can’t grab calcium from the diet, it grabs it from the bones instead, weakening them.
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