Bilbo and Jemima are both eating raw food in the evenings now but have noticed over last few days that they are both quite loose! Not diarrhea just not fully formed lovely subject!!)

I am sure i read somewhere that given an egg once in a while can help to bind so to speak - just can't remember where i read it so just wanted to see if i am going mad or if this is true.

If so how do i feed the egg? raw or cooked?

just to add i am assuming it is the raw food as they have hilife pouches in the morning which both cats have had for months with no problems.

It could be a slight reaction to the raw food. Did you just switch or change over a couple of weeks? Also what raw food types / qualtities are you feeding?

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They have been on the raw in the evenings for around 3 weeks now. So far they have tried pork, beef, chicken and Turkey. Not too sure on weigh but been having approx 12-15 small pieces (1 pence piece size?!) each. Not tried them with whole pieces or bone yet.

They're probably a bit loose because they're not eating bone yet. Eggshells help by adding calcium, but not sure if it affects the poo consistency. I've not heard of eggs helping looseness, but feeding raw egg is fine, so give it a try!

If you're planning to stay at this stage for a while and not move on to organs and bone anytime soon, it's worth getting some of this to try Feline Future Cat Food Company
It's made to be used with just meat and liver, and contains the fiber to prevent runny tummies.
In fact, I have an opened pack that I could send to you to try if you want to - just pm me your address if you're interested

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Rawfood doesn't sound to me as raw eggs, what only should be raw is meat! this site is very valuable when it comes to that, the fact is that raw eggs contain some enzymes that are harmful to cats, I suggest you check out some recipes and try to diversify your cat diet, this is safer (if you do a mistake it doesn't harm to much )

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Kindyroot,

It's only the egg whites that contain avidin, which binds to biotin in the intestinal tract and prevents it from being absorbed. The egg yolk contains ample amounts of biotin - so when feeding a whole egg this is balanced and there's no risk in feeding a cat a raw egg.

The website you've linked to about the egg issue also states that eggs can contain salmonella, which of course is not a problem for cats who are designed to handle this, and naturally raw chicken as well may contain salmonella.

And the recipes you've linked to - some of these contain vegetables, oats and various supplements - all of which are unnecessary for cats. Frankly I think these recipes make raw feeding seem much more complicated for people than it actually is, and I think it can put a lot of people off even trying to raw feed their cats.

The simple truth is that when raw feeding there's only one recipe: 85% meat, 5-10% organ meat, and 5-10 % bone. That's it. Nothing else is necessary. For variety you can feed an egg once in a while, or fish once a week, and vary the types of meat. Simple as that!

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Hello Coraline,
Thank you very much for this information, I learned a lot
I still have two questions: does the same go for milk? can cats process milk? second: why are the vegetables unnecessary? can't the cats process it? or other reason?

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Hi there

Some cats can process milk, while other cats get an upset stomach from it. Cats don't need milk (unless they're babies of course!) so there's no nutritional need to give them this.

You're right about the vegetables - cats aren't made to digest vegetables (or grains like maize, wheat, etc) and get very little nutrition from this. Trying to digest this puts a lot of strain on the cats digestive system, which can cause illness eventually.

Cats are very specialised to eat meat, so they either get or can produce all the nutrition they need from meat, organ and bones

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