Can I give my cat a raw chicken breast?

[Dr Murdoch]

Seem like there is lots of contradictory advice on the web.

Has anyone got any experience of giving their cat/kitten raw chicken?

I'm not looking to change his diet, but if there is some chicken that isn't going to get used I would rather give it to the cat as a treat than put it in the bin.

[Dr Murdoch]

mikal83 said:

You do know they dont exactly cook birds, mice , voles etc eh!

I do, thanks for your input.

Edited by Dr Murdoch on Tuesday 16th October 12:15

[Dr Murdoch]

Grahamdub said:

We feed our dog raw food, but it is purchased frozen from a known supplier. I think I`d be a bit wary of feeding him an odd random bit that I had left. Could you not cook it for them ?

Yup I could easily cook it. Was just wondering of actual experiences with feeding raw supermarket grade chicken to cats. I'm not really that up on the process that chicken goes through before it ends up in the supermarket.

[Dr Murdoch]

Well that clears that up then.......well 50/50!

As no one has come on and said my cat went to catty heaven after eating eating it, then thats fine.

Lastly, chlorine on chicken? or is that used in other countries?