What is the best food for cats? This is a topic that pooper scoopers always discuss, most of them still often take cat food as the main diet, and then prepare some canned wet food for kittens as a supplementary snack.

But there is also a pooper scooper whimsy, that can not feed raw meat to cats? After all, their ancestors are very prominent carnivores, let them eat cat food that feels a bit condescending.

The pooper scooper just put forward this idea, was a large group of people "education", they put forward a point of view, of course, can not feed raw meat to cats, when the cat has eaten raw meat, their wild nature will be stimulated. After all, cats are still carnivores by nature and are not allowed to be aggressive to the pooper scooper, in case they bite someone, it's not worth it.

See this statement, I could not help but laugh out loud, cats who eat raw meat will be stimulated wild, and become more ferocious? This statement old ancestors are going to come out of the ground!

Feeding raw meat to a cat does not inspire it to be wild and become more ferocious.

1. After domestication, pet cats have almost no wildness.

Cats have been domesticated by humans for nearly 10,000 years. Humans have a record of keeping cats since ancient times and domesticated cats 5,000 years ago.

In the beginning, cats and humans were more like a contractual relationship, with a large number of disruptive mice near human barns, and cats could feed on these mice, and eventually, cats were gradually domesticated by humans.

In modern times, cats do not have to live on rats at all and have become companion pets for humans. Cats have been completely domesticated and they are almost non-aggressive towards people. Some pet cats, in particular, have a very docile character and will not attack humans almost at will for no reason.

Even if they are feral cats, they take the approach of slinking away when they see humans, and will not take the initiative to attack humans. Because of nearly 10,000 years of domestication, these tamed cats' wildness is very small, it can be said that there is almost no, more unlikely because the shovel one day after feeding a small piece of raw meat, suddenly inspired by the wildness.

2. Humans are not on the cat's menu.

And to take a step back, even though cats have regained their wildness, they will not attack humans because humans are not on their menu and they will not have the idea of wanting to eat them alive.

It is not difficult to understand, in ancient times cats are to catch mice for a living, and cats do not have the wild nature to attack people.

Here we have to mention a famous pooper scooper in ancient times, he followed homemade cat food as the main food, and occasionally feed raw meat to raise cats, this pooper scooper we should all know, he is the great poet Lu You.

Lu You once wrote several poems for his civet cat.

One of them is "wrapped in salt to welcome the little civet slave, to protect the mountain room ten thousand volumes of books", Lu You said that he used a packet of salt for a civet cat, the cat every day to catch mice to protect Lu You's books, from the poem we can easily learn that Lu You's cat will often eat mice this life of meat.

However, Lu You also wrote: "Execute the mouse without merit yuan not impeachment, a dan fish rice to time", this line of poetry is Lu You into his cat confession that, even if you can not do the mouse, I still love you, every day still give you fish rice to eat.
So it's easy to see that Lu You is a good hand in the cat-keeping world, often making homemade cat meals for his cat, and also letting him catch mice to add an occasional feast.

Was the civet cat aggressive to Lu You? Not, otherwise Lu You would not have written "stream wood fire soft brutal felt warm, I and civet slaves do not go out" such a good story.

So the wisdom of the ancients tells us that it is perfectly fine to feed raw meat to cats occasionally, and cats will not become aggressive because of the sudden feeding of raw meat by the pooper scooper.

Since feeding raw meat to cats will not stimulate their wild nature, is it possible to feed raw meat to cats? This is a matter of weighing the pros and cons and then making a choice.

The pros and cons of feeding raw meat to cats.

I. Feeding raw meat has certain benefits

We all know that protein is the main source of energy for cats. This is quite different from the nutritional structure of humans, who are pure carnivores, so eating raw meat is, in turn, the most original and natural way for cats to eat.

1, eating raw meat can give cats hydration.
We all know that cats originated in the desert, a feature that predestines them to generally obtain water from other prey, so cats have a low perception of thirst.
Pooper scoopers will find that many cats do not like to drink water, that is a habit passed down from their ancestors. Nowadays, we generally feed dry food, but cats are very dangerous to their health if they cannot be hydrated in time.
If you feed some raw meat, you can solve this problem perfectly, because raw meat contains a lot of water, enough to meet the daily needs of cats.

2. Raw meat can give cats supplemental nutrition.
Meat is the best choice for cats to supplement their nutrition, meat is rich in high-quality protein and a large number of trace elements, for cats, it is simply the best choice.
Shovel officials regularly feed raw meat to cats to help their growth and development, but of course, there may be a counter-argument that the doctor said feeding cat food is the best, that is to fight with Lu You?

II. Some problems of feeding raw meat

1. It may cause digestive problems in cats.

However, feeding raw meat is not suitable for all cats, certainly not because it will make them more aggressive, but because some cats have weakened their digestion of raw meat under long-term domestication, so they do not adapt to raw meat.

Sometimes feeding raw meat will instead bring them a burden on their stomach and intestines. Once the pooper scooper finds that the cat has diarrhea after eating raw meat, he should stop feeding it.

Cat: "People are afraid that they don't take me as a carnivore to heart."

2. The parasite problem of raw meat is difficult to control.
We all know that raw meat can have many parasites if not strictly controlled, which can be very harmful to cats. Generally, raw meat of unknown origin or raw meat bought from the vegetable market does not meet the standards for feeding cats.
If the pooper scooper cannot guarantee the source of raw meat, it is recommended that you do not feed raw meat to your own master.

As mentioned above, cats are not aggressive because they eat raw meat, on the contrary, eating raw meat is very good for them, and it is perfectly fine to feed raw meat to cats, but only if the shoveler can ensure that the source of raw meat is safe and reliable and that the cat can fully adapt to digest raw meat.

So whether or not to feed raw meat to your master, or to see the choice is still in the hands of the pooper scooper, no matter what choice to make should pay attention to the health of the cat first Oh!