The Adjustment Process to
a Raw Meat Diet

Your cat has been probably been eating processed cooked food all its life. Many pet owners are choosing raw diets for their cats and find that they solve many digestive problems such as vomiting and diarrehea.

Just as with older people, older cats are resistant to changes, especially changes of diet. The older the cat, the less receptive he will be to a new diet. A kitten will take to eating raw food immediately with no problems.

As a result of eating a diet of cooked foods, many natural digestive enzymes are not present or are greatly diminished in the cat's digestive system. The absence of these enzymes may prevent the cat from properly digesting raw food.

  To help your cats digestive process adjust quickly to a raw diet we suggest:

Start by mixing 25% Wild Kitty Cat Food with your cat's regular cooked food. Cats will quickly come to appreciate the quality of the new food. Slowly increase the quantity of Wild Kitty over a 2- 4 week period. After 3 or 4 weeks your cat will be accustomed to his new diet.

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1. One week prior to starting the raw diet give your cat a spoonful of plain yogurt everyday, or sprinkle some acidopholis or probotic formula (available at any health food store and online from www.VitalityScience.com) on your cats processed food.

2. In the morning of the first day remove all dry and wet cat foods from the feeding area. You want the cat to be hungry at his next meal.

3. At meal time bring the cat food you made with the Wild Kitty Cat Food Raw or Cooked Cat Food Kit to room temperature and set out for your cat in the usual dinner spot. Your cat will quickly come to associate the pleasant smell of fresh raw meat with dinner, but may need a little help from you. Food prepared with Wild Kitty Cat Food Raw or Cooked Kits does not smell like regular canned cat food, which has a powerful odor. Dab a little on your finger and offer it to your cat. If your cat does not eat after 30 minutes, remove the food and refrigerate leftovers. Repeat step 3 at the next regular feeding time.

Regardless of whether the diet is raw or cooked, cats in multi-cat households and those who go outdoors are prone to wolfing down their food and vomiting. Put out less food at one sitting.

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