Once upon a time, autonomous pet food flourished quietly. In our pet nutritionist classes, and even on my WeChat and Weibo, it seems that more and more pet owners are asking me whether it is possible to feed themselves and prepare their own food for their pets. I checked some information and also went to consult Asian pet scientist Jim. Here I hope to explain it as carefully as possible, give the true face of the animal as much as possible, and answer this question objectively.
West Highland
1. Pet owners really want to self-govern their food, but are they still forced to do so?
If owners hope to gain more communication with their pets through autonomous pet food, and then better interact with their pets and create more fun in life, I will support and Supports autonomous food for pets. Naturally, I found that there are more owners who lack confidence in the safety of pet food and commercial pet food. Speaking of this, as pet food workers we must reflect that we do not establish safety, security, and health. High-quality quality concepts make pet owners more confident. In future work, a large part of our energy may be focused on making pet owners confident about the products we produce. However, according to my visits to more than half of pet food manufacturing companies in China, more and more consumer companies are paying attention to pet food safety, hygiene, and the long-term health of pets, and have already implemented and achieved innovation. More importantly, through conversations with many pet owners, I mysteriously discovered that pet owners’ knowledge on pet health issues has improved rapidly. Especially since 2010, every pet owner has become more knowledgeable. It seems that anyone with systematic training can become a professional. This is a very good situation. In the end, only consumers can kill those unscrupulous companies. If they do not consume the countless products of those unscrupulous companies that exist separately, they will die naturally. As long as we pay a little attention, we will find that more pet owners choose autonomous food for their pets not because they are pursuing fun, but because they dare not or are afraid of using commercial pet food. One sentence they talk about is : "Food for humans is not safe, not even for dogs." They are more worried that the commercial food they buy is unsafe and unhygienic, and that their pets will be spoiled by it.
2. Can autonomous food really be safe, worry-free, and keep pets healthy for a long time?
First, let’s take a look at a set of data: a survey on autonomous pet food formulas published by the American Veterinary Medical Association in June 2013, which collected 200 casesAs for the formula of pet autonomous food, only 3 cases (1.5%) met the nutritional standard recommendations of the National Research Council NRC and the American Feed Control Association AAFCO at the same time; 2 cases (1%) met the minimum nutrition requirements of the NRC. Required standards; others all have one or more nutritional deficiencies to varying degrees. What is scary is that the content of some nutrients in 9 cases of autonomous food formulas exceeds the maximum content controlled by AAFCO; 4 cases exceed the maximum content at the same time The maximum safety nutritional limit set by NRC and AAFCO was exceeded; such a result really made us break out in night sweats.
3. Misunderstandings about autonomous pet food:
1. A few books + Baidu + based on your own imagination + hearsay = get autonomous food. This is the mental process of many pet owners before they feed themselves. Because cooking at home happens so often, owners think it is very simple to feed their pets. In fact, pet nutrition is a relatively professional subject, because pets Almost all nutritional sources need to be obtained from food, so the nutritional structure, nutritional mix, and scientific ratio of various ingredients in pet food are very important. Therefore, the nutritional balance of pet food dominates the long-term health of pets, which is by no means what we imagine. So simple.
2. I think that the threshold for autonomous food is low, and I can finish it at home with just a few pots. Many pet owners are confused by the seemingly simple self-feeding food. They mistakenly believe that as long as they have pots and pans, knives, stew pots and other conveniences at home, this is not the case. In many cases, they also need to use professional twisters. Meat machines, bone crushers, mixers, and even some high-temperature and high-pressure equipment are all necessary hardware equipment, and attention must be paid to safety in use to prevent harm caused by high temperature and high pressure. Moreover, the dried pet food needs to be buried, and attention must be paid to hygiene and safety during storage. When necessary, its nutrient content and mycotoxins need to be tested, all of which must be carried out. More than one kitchen can satisfy.
3. The interviewer believes that the process requirements for self-made grains are simple, similar to dry rice. There is no question of whether the skills are there, only the level. In fact, many owners who have had autonomous pet food know that the process of autonomous pet food is very complicated. I think the entire process is no less than that of commercial food. The selection and cleaning of autonomous food, the refrigeration and freezing of fresh meat, etc. The requirements are extremely high (for example: FDA has determined requirements for fresh fish and meat - -35℃, more than 15 hours or -20℃, more than 72 hours, etc.). Moreover, if the small spines in some fresh fish meat are not ground into powder by professional processing equipment, it is very easy to cause harm to pets when they eat. Autonomous pet food seems simple and easy to implement, but in fact the threshold is extremely high.
4. What is novel is healthy, and what is visible is safe. This is a strong reason why many pet owners finally adopt autonomy. They often think that the ingredients they buy will never be fake, and fresh ingredients are often healthy, right? Is this really the case? We know a lotMany foods, such as unprocessed rapeseed and rapeseed oil, contain toxins. Many raw materials like this are often dangerous without high-temperature heat treatment. Some ingredients even need to be pre-processed through long-term soaking, heat treatment, and high pressure.
4. Some suggestions for pet owners to self-feed:
Accurate specific information such as the breed and psychological stage of their pet, because different psychological stages have different nutritional structures. Necessary;
Carefully learn the knowledge of pet nutrition (pet psychology, pet nutrition, pet food science, small animal veterinary knowledge, etc.), and explain it step by step (protein, fat, amino acid, vitamins, minerals, etc.) And try to match the nutritional dietary structure of your pet. It is best to obtain guidance and approval from relevant professionals before implementing your recipe. After all, pets only live once. Don’t do bad things out of your own heart. Don’t use dogs and cats as your experimental mice;
Buy some Professional autonomous grain equipment, such as professional crushers, meat grinders, high temperature and pressure cookers, sterilizers, etc. Autonomous grains are not as good at cooking as we do. They generally work for several days at a time, so they are very important to prevent deterioration and mildew. Take adequate measures to deal with it;
Fully consider the effect of the autonomous process on nutritional elements in dietary nutrition, and deal with it accordingly;
Always observe the symptoms of pets after eating to see if there is vomiting. , diarrhea and other symptoms, and conduct long-term investigation, because some health problems will not appear in the near future;
5. All methods are expected to bring health to pets
< /strong> I believe that whether it is active or passive, whether it is advising autonomous food, or whether it is independent food, the purpose is the same: we all hope to bring health to our pets! With all this means, I feel that there is no need to fight over each other's rhetoric and opinions, and there is always a state of war between you and me. Moreover, since puffed pet food has been widely adopted across the country, the life span of pets has been significantly extended. This is also inseparable from the full nutrient formula design of pet food and the standardized pet food production process. of. Therefore, the objective view is that pet owners are respected for choosing their own food, but it does not encourage or recommend blindly feeding their pets their own food without learning.
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