Ideology Behind Whole Foods for Cats

• The ideology behind feeding whole foods to your pets is the same as it is for eating whole foods yourself; Don't mess with Mother Nature. Cat's digestive systems are designed to digest foods when they are raw and unprocessed according to Laura Costas, dog trainer and supporter of whole food diets for dogs and cats.
  
  

Processing

• Many of the traditional commercial cat foods are made using highly processed foods, normally what is left over after processing human foods. These leftovers are many times deemed unfit for human consumption, and have very little nutrients left in them.
  
  

Digestive Health

• Aside from retaining nutrients, whole foods are better on the digestive tract, according to the educational staff of DrsFosterandSmith.com.
  
  

Preparing a Raw Diet for Your Cat

• One way to insure that your cat is getting the nutrients nature intended is to make a raw diet food. It is recommended by the staff of Cold Water Veterinary Clinic in North Clarendon, Vermont that you make about a week's worth of food at a time and freeze it.
  
  

Premade Frozen Raw Diets

• A new and growing trend in the pet food industry is to make whole raw food diets available for purchase. Aunt Jeni's Home Made is one company that specializes in these types of pet foods.
  
  

Improved Traditional Pet Foods

• Some traditional pet food manufacturers have taken note of the trend towards natural whole foods and have begun to produce lines of food made with whole ingredients. These foods still contain some processed ingredients and have been cooked, but are generally seen as an improvement. Some of these brands are Felidae, California Naturals, Innova and PhD.