Are there any risks to feeding a raw diet?
The key issue to remember with a raw food diet is that is comprised mainly of raw meat and therefore can contain bacteria, just as any raw meat that you purchase from the grocery store. There is no risk to your pet from this but you should practice safe handling of the product and anything that comes into contact with it, in exactly the same way as you work with the preparations of chicken or ground beef in your home. Bacteria are everywhere. We only need to worry about salmonella for us humans in the off chance of contamination-meaning that if the salmonella is shed in the cat’s feces and we handle it with our bare hands (so please don’t play in your cat’s litter box with your bare hands and then not wash) or the human feeding does not clean appropriately after feeding the animal, we have the potential to become sick. Therefore always wash all counters, utensils and dishes used in feeding with warm soapy water just as you would after you prepared food for yourself. This may sound like
