PART TWO - WHAT?

“Balanced raw foods make the most sense from a natural and scientific point of view.” - Dr. Michael Lemon, DVM

Part 2 is in note form when possible and gets to the point.

Part 2 tells exactly what you need to use to make homemade food.

Act 2 - Scene 1:
Muscle Meats

We use the meats that are most commonly found. We do not use meats that can cause trichinosis like pork. The following meats can be fed:

chicken, lamb, beef, turkey, eggs

• When feeding muscle meats, only feed one at a time, in other words try not to combine meats when possible.

• Ground meat is most generally used as it is the easiest for mixing vegetables and supplements in, but meat chunks can be fed.

• Feed meats with normal fat content as dogs and cats require the raw fat for healthy skin.

  • Do not feed fat by itself as this could potentially lead to pancreatitis.

• Do not feed fat that has been cooked as a dog or cat cannot digest cooked fat.

  • Cooked fat can also potentially lead to a problem such as pancreatitis. Many pets have been known to get pancreatitis after their owners have fed them the cooked skin of the chicken they were eating. Of course, the owner thought they were giving the dog or cat a nice treat or snack, but it can cause health problems.

• Although some specialty meats are more expensive, I occasionally feed them to add variety.

  • Examples of specialty meats are: moose, musk ox, bison, and venison.

  • The good news about specialty meat is that the meat is usually very pure.

• If you are feeding poultry, such as boneless chicken thighs, use the raw skin as the source of fat. Since we feed a normal amount of fat, use a normal amount of skin. As an example, if you feed say some meat that is 1 inch (2.5 cm) square, then use enough skin to cover the surface of the meat.

• When feeding poultry, feed dark meat rather than white meat. Dark meats have more nutrition than white meat.

• You can if you want, soak any utensils that have come in contact with meat, especially poultry in a solution of hot water and grapefruit seed extract.

  • Grapefruit seed extract will be available at any health food store so just ask a clerk. They usually have pamphlets which give you an idea of how many drops of extract to use.

  • A small bottle of extract can last one, maybe two years and has many uses.

A Special Note About Eggs:

Today, there are more people selling free range eggs! Don't be afraid to feed eggs to your pets.

They are quick and simple to prepare and in addition, they are relatively cheap and free range eggs generally speaking are quite healthy as the quality of free range eggs (depending upon the person who feeds and takes care of the free range chickens) is higher.

Meats You Shouldn't Feed:

As mentioned, we do not feed meats that can cause trichinosis.

Trichinae develop as adults in the intestines and as larvae in the muscles, causing intestinal disorders, fever, nausea, muscular pain, and edema of the face. Trichinosis is therefore the disease caused by trichinae.

So we simply do not feed any meat that can cause trichinosis.

Meats that cause trichinosis include, but are not limited to:

• bear
• pork
• wolf
• lynx
• seal
• walrus
• wolverine
• ground squirrels
• fox (arctic and red)

The interesting thing is, and I don't have an answer for this, but the Inuit (Eskimo) always fed their huskies raw seal meat and probably raw walrus meat too. I am not sure how this affected the health of the huskies, but nonetheless, it is not advisable to feed any meat that can cause trichinosis.

Further to this, the Inuit always did and still do eat raw seal and walrus meat themselves. Again, I am not sure how or if this affects their health but personally I wouldn't feed or eat any meat that can potentially cause trichinosis.

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