Fasting our pets (WAS: Raw for pets)

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Jennifer,

 

Many large land mammals fast themselves in the presence of injuries and the

like. Also, all large land mammals are designed to survived through times of

famine. It would appear that a wonderful learning opportunity awaits you, if

you feel sufficient curiosity in this area.

 

To fast animals once or twice, in the presence of injury or human-induced

disease, fits well with Nature's design. OTOH, to fast them rhythmically, as

in one day per week, bears no resemblance to anything in Nature of which I

am aware.

 

Best,

Elchanan

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

rabbit_is_wise_04

Tuesday, June 26, 2007 10:43 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Re: Raw for pets

 

 

In my opinion, I would NEVER fast my animals. As a matter of fact,

I think the idea is criminal. They cannot communicate verbally with

you, so how are you going to safely have them fast? They cannot

verbalize to you how they are feeling, if a fast is necessary, etc.

In fact, most damage done to common house pets is genetic- passed

down through the generations due to poor long-term diet and

vaccinations. These things cannot be helped by a fast- especially a

forced fast. I think that all fasting an animal would accomplish is

to make them hungry and to make them associate you with hunger.

Pets are animals, NOT humans, and as much as we love them, we have

to realize that they are different from humans physically. They

require a different type of diet, medical care, etc... hence the

reason why there are veternarians. If an animal needs to fast, it

will do so on its own.

 

I do know of some people who feed their animals prey model in such a

way that their dogs will eat enough in one sitting to last them 1-2

days. This, however, is not a " human " (enforced) fast, but rather a

way to make sure the dog isn't overeating.

 

Jennifer