Paleo Pets Resources

[salixisme]

Welcome to the Paleo Pets Board - I am Charlotte, one of the moderators of this board.
Just to give you a little bit of background on myself, I have a degree in Animal Physiology and Nutrition, a PhD in nutritional biochemistry, and I taught animal nutrition at a UK university for several years.  I also have published several scientific papers on animal nutrition, and made presentations at animal nutrition conferences.

If you have any questions on how to feed your pets (or other animals, as I have experience with farm animal nutrition as well), please don't hesitate to ask.

I have a cat who is 100% raw fed, and a dog (a boxer) who is 50% raw fed and 50% eats a biologically appropriate commercial food (Acana Wild Prairie).

As far as pet nutrition goes, I recommend that you read these sites:

Raw Fed - mostly dogs, some cats.  rawfed.com

Raw Fed Dogs - rawfeddogs.org/rawguide.html

Raw Fed Cats - www.rawfedcats.org/

CatInfo.org - www.catinfo.org/

An MDA article on feeding dogs on a raw diet - www.marksdailyapple.com/the-primal-eating-plan-for-dogs/#axzz2yKXUciCX

Fit For a Pet:  The Truth About Pet Foods  - petnutritionbysmart.blogspot.ca/

[lou]

I have 2 dogs, a chihuahua and a yorkie and they both also eat Acana, I switch from Grasslands to Ranchlands with each bag to give them a change. I have never thought about feeding them a raw diet, going to check out those links!

[rach]

I opened this section with great trepidation, being a converted raw feeder for 2 dogs and 1 cat, glad to see good common-sense advice here instead. Maybe rawfeddogs.org/rawguide.html would also be a good link to include as far as well-laid-out percentages go (no affiliate, I'm just passionate about helping people start off right, and being able to answer all my vets questions =)

[salixisme]

Thanks for the extra link rach. I will add it to the top so that it is easy to find.

[Karin]

Awesome! I have a cat and have fed him raw, homemade food for a while, according to dr Lisa Piersons guidlines www.catinfo.org
After my other cat passed away the one I still have refused the raw food, so I put him back on commercial food. I originally started raw feeding them, because of health issues. One came from a shelter with giardia, the other one suffers from high blood pressure. The gut problems were cured with the raw diet, the blood pressure has stabilized, even though he still takes daily meds for that. At least the dose isn't going up anymore.

[salixisme]

Thanks Karin - I will add your link to the post at the top.

[helenjb]

We have a 7 week old collie x heeler and we want to train him but as there is no schools local is there a book/internet site you could suggest

[frecs]

I have three dogs (2 chihuahua mixes, 1 cocker spaniel), 4 feral cats provided lifetime squatters rights, 5 laying hens, 9 Muschovy ducks (1 drake, 8 ducks), 1 Pekin duckling, 2 Blue Swedish duckings, and 9 rabbits (7 Silver Fox, 1 Jersey Woolie, 1 French Angora).

It is my goal to have all the animals eating "species specific" diets. I am hindered on the raw feeding of the dogs by my elderly mother who lives with me and is against "our babies" eating raw meat and I can not convince her to fore-go the grains. (Although I am getting closer as it seems the spaniel is allergic to grains --it's taken me 3 years to convince her it is the grains he reacts to.) Currently, they eat home-prepared cooked food. The ferals get a little handout of catfood (store bought or donated depending on availability) but mostly hunt for a living. The birds (except the Pekin and B.Swed ducklings) are all free range and rabbitry clean-up. The rabbits are in transition--currently getting some pellets, more sprouted grains, and depending on season, forage (plant matter from the yard).

(That is one of my Buff Orpington hens I'm holding in my avatar.)

[dlb]

Hi! I have 2 dachshunds. Both have allergies & I am feeding a raw diet. One of my girls has inflammation (Internal & external) associated with grief/stress which has set her into an IBS scenario... Long journey but we have discovered that she doesn't tolerate many carbs. Finally in desperation, and with the advice of a holistic vet, we tried pinto beans (I know, pretty weird...) and used it to perform an elimination... So far we know she doesn't tolerate beef, but she is tolerating alpaca & now llama. I am still mixing in the pinto beans (no other veggies at this time...) & next we will see if she can tolerate some plant based digestive enzymes.... I live in fear of adding new things! I am seeing formed BMs for the first time in months. Wish me luck! The other girl just scratches & bites when she gets chicken or beef... but otherwise no issues!

[hairrockstar]

I have been feeding my 8year old cat raw for the last 3 months (we do mix it with a little canned tuna as he is a picky eater lol) he is so much healthier, his coat is beautiful and he is back down to a healthy 11 lbs, and he is more active then he has been for the 6 months before that we had him. So happy I switched him over! It took about a month for him to start enjoying his food.


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[salixisme]

Hairrockstar, your cat is gorgeous! I know my cat is so much healthier after feeding him a raw food diet. He also goes out (summer only, too cold in the winter in Calgary!) and hunts... today, he brought back 3 mice in less than an hour, which he consumed.