Re: Also, can cat's have raw hamburger?

"Joan in GB-W" <jjkreus@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> In par with my last problem, I do have one cat that sprays a lot. Vet
has 
>> said no kidney infection but possibly born with irritated bladder. 
>> Capsules they gave us work some, but it has gotten so she won't eat
them 
>> in anything, even tuna. Of course, they are too big to force down her 
>> like a tablet, I have to open the capsule & put it in food. I was 
>> thinking raw hamburger...would smell stronger to her and the pill stuff

>> would stick in it well. Wild cats eat raw meat...would it hurt her? 
>> Anyother ideas of how to get her to eat it? Thanks!
>>
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> Probably not a good idea.  But ask your vet.
>
> Hamburger can be dirty meat, meaning it goes through a grinder of some 
> sort . . . and maybe ****k or some other meat went through ahead of it. 
> But grinders (or whatever they are called) should be clean.  But notice 
> the sides to hamburger are in the hundreds .. . . . little strips of
meat 
> . . . and that means lots of meat surface.  A hunk or steak or a breast 
> for children only had sides on the outside.  Well, you get the idea.
>
> The last time around with our cats and pills, the vet gave us a supply
of 
> cat treats that had been hollowed out.  You slipped the pill inside and 
> the cat never noticed it.  The other medicine our cats takes for
arthritis 
> is a capsule.  We pulls the capsule aside and dump the powder in soft
cat 
> food and stir it in.  Works fine.
>
> Cats in the wild do eat raw food.  But they don't live as long as our 
> pampered house cats.
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Thanks for the advice. I just thought it would probably help to make sure 
she is real hungry. We leave dry food out all the time for them all to
graze 
on, and sometimes when I try to give her the tuna, maybe she just isn't
that 
hungry, plus I bet she can smell the pill stuff.