Feeding raw flesh and blood requires systematic learning. For shovel officers who have no knowledge of raw meat and blood, it is still recommended to feed meat to cats as snacks. The feeding amount of snacks should not exceed 5% of the total consumption. In terms of dry matter, adult cats should eat about 20 g of meat every day. About one eleventh of the chicken breast. Cats try to buy safe raw meat, poultry try to buy safe and sealed brand meat, and beef and mutton try to choose imported meat (in previous sampling, bacteria (Brucella) and parasites in beef and mutton in the United States and Australia are rare). For cats trying raw meat for the first time, it is usually recommended to start with chicken breast. If the cat doesn't eat it, try chicken liver. This is because many brands of attractants (or seasoning powder) have ingredients of liver fermentation and grinding, and cats may like the taste of liver. However, the amount of liver feed must be controlled to prevent cats from eating too much and causing vitamin poisoning.

Try not to choose the digestive tract and intestines of animals, because most parasites are parasitic in the digestive tract. If you don't feed the digestive tract, at least 80% of the parasite problem can be avoided. In fact, the parasite problem is very easy to solve. Freezing for 3~4 days+deworming cats every month can solve most parasitic problems.

Microbial problems are more common. The random inspection of Utrecht University (citation 1) showed that Escherichia coli was isolated from 28 of 35 samples, Listeria was isolated from 19 products and Salmonella was isolated from 7 products.

Although cats' digestive system can cope with microorganisms better than humans. Also try to avoid cross-infection and bacterial reproduction.

According to the relevant suggestions of the CDC, we summarized the following tips for eating meat:

Don't wash the meat with water, and don't thaw it directly in water when thawing.

Store meat in a refrigerator or freezer below 4℃.

Raw meat eaten by cats should be separated from cooked meat.

Wash your hands and chopping board with detergent (more than 20 seconds) before you start cutting meat. It would be better if you could prepare a special chopping board for your cat.

After handling a kind of meat, you should wash your hands, cutting board and surrounding area again.

Don't eat soft or white meat.

For cats, it is best to eat frozen meat within seven days.