Myth #2: A Raw Meat Diet Isn't a Balanced Diet For Pets
An all-meat diet isn't balanced. Your do also needs bone in a 1:1 or 1:2 ratio in fact and organ meat. To feed raw, you want to model a "whole prey" type of feeding in order for your pets to have all the proper nutrients for their bodies. Dogs and cats get all their nutrients from the "whole prey" they eat -meat, bone or bone meal, and organs. You can feed all raw veggies to rabbits, birds, guinea pigs, etc.
When you raw feed your dog and cat, all the EXACT proportions of the vitamins, minerals, fat, protein, enzymes and probiotics are supplied for them within the "whole prey" model of raw feeding.
The reason your commerical packaged pet foods need to ADD nutrients - which are sprayed on synthetic nutrients by the way - is because all the processing to make kibble effectively eliminates ANY nutritional value. This "balanced diet" phrase is nothing more than a selling ploy by the pet food industry so you'll buy their "junk food" for your pets.
As always, check with your Vet before making any changes to your fur kid's diet.
- Jen
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