Found my cat eating raw chicken that I was defrosting on the counter. Will he get sick?

First off, you shouldn't be defrosting chicken on a kitchen counter - you're going to end up getting yourself sick. Let it defrost in the fridge or using the microwave.

Secondly, no your cat will be fine. Animals eat raw meat in the wild and cats can handle it as well. As for why he was so ravenous with the meat - does he ever get canned food? I'm guessing no. How about giving him some quality canned food once in awhile instead of dry food that's made mostly of corn? Cats are carnivores and should be fed a quality meat-based diet.

Can Cats Eat Raw Chicken

lol. No, the chicken will not hurt him. It's GOOD for him. :) You ought to think about feeding him chicken necks. I'm sure he'd be so happy.

Yes, a lot of people feed their carnivorous pets raw foods that they would naturally eat. I can't see as how you can blame your cat for doing what he naturally would do. lol. Sorry. I'm still chuckling about this. :P Kitty wants, kitty takes. lol.

I started feeding my dogs the BARF diet (Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods) almost a year ago and it has been wonderful. My dogs now eat with enthusiasm, (well, one of them always did - like a PIG!) so my skinny one is now looking great and my chubby one is not so fat anymore. I won't bore you, it's just been good for my dogs. Raw meats are fine.

The chicken your cat ate was still cool and had not been rotting or anything. He won't get salmonella either. It seems that people report problems when they feed raw and kibble together as the meat sits in the tummy for a while with the less easily digestible kibble. If you cat gets a tummy ache from that, he'll be fine in 24 hours.

The only thing I might worry about it the styrofoam but I doubt he was hungry for that and he probably didn't ingest much if any.

Cats are "obligate carnivores" that is they are meat eaters. They don't need corn, oats, wheat, rice etc. All they really need is meat.

So it is not surprising that your kitty did what came naturaly - ate the chicken neck! His teeth probably had a good clean as well at the same time.

I feed raw chicken necks 5 times per week for dental health. However, if you are going to feed raw chicken necks, stay with your cat in case the chicken neck gets stuck and he needs help. Any bones you feed to a cat or dog should be raw, yes it is really OK to feed raw bones, and bone eating seesions should always be supervised...

Cats know what is the best food for them. Raw meat is their natural diet, of course. Cats have a very short digestive system, which helps prevent any issues with food born contamination. It's very unlikely that eating the chicken will make your cat sick, although hopefully he didn't swallow any of the styrofoam! Maybe it's time to consider a raw diet for your cat. He seems enthusiastic!

Your cat won't get sick. Cats have a better ability to handle bacteria then we do. As a matter of fact, a raw diet is a healthy diet for a cat if prepared correct;y/ If you don't want to go that route, you can always give raw chicken as a snack' If you have an interest

http://www.catinfo.org/makingcatfood.htm

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My ex husband was tight and really didn't like my cat. Well one day she jumped up on the counter, opened the fillet mignon and chewed some of it and drug it behind the dusty stove.

Knowing that he would be really upset and I didn't want to hear it, I washed that sucker off, cooked it and he ate it. Never knew. The cat lived to be 18 years old. We only lasted 7 years. LOL

Your cat did it because it was there. He should be OK.

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Please do not panic! The cat will be OK! One time, my gorgeous Siamese cat came into my living room with a live blue bird in his mouth and right before my eyes, he finished killing it and started eating on it! I was in a panic and I was screaming at him, "Bad Cat!" And somehow or other I got a newspaper and got the dead bird out of his mouth and threw it in an outside trash can. I called my vet and he said the animals can digest things that we humans cannot! Wow!

He hunted, he caught and he ate !!! He probably felt dead chuffed with himself too. He won't get sick so don't worry, just don't defrost stuff where he can get it next time.