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Originally Posted by catlover
thank you for that informative answer, better than the sarcastic reply before
i'd be a bit nervous of food poisoining with raw meat, so think i'll stick to the food i use  I was just curious  |
Hi CatLover
The cat is not equivalent to the human gutwise. They can deal with a lot more than we can.
Think about it: they eat prey, ferals will scavange from bins. Their digestive tract is designed to cope with bacteria.
(Though strangely it is advised that fish is cooked because 'raw' enzymes in fish can cause problems)
My cat has just chomped through a raw chicken wing and left a minute sliver of bone. That means he has eaten most of the bone in that wing. This is fine - they are designed to cope with this.
DO NOT GIVE COOKED CHICKEN BONES >>>>> cooking changes the structure of the bone and makes it sharp and indigestibe.
Its YOU you have to worry about giving raw - wash hands and hygiene is a priority - not the CAT.
Edit: if you freeze it kills bacteria. You can leave raw out as long as not extremely hot or loads of flies around - just use common sense.