I am 36 weeks pregnant and i have 3 cats.I feed 2 cats dry food but i feed our other cat wet food because she refuses to eat the dry food.I was wondering if wet food(friskies and fancy feast)was raw food?I know it is probably the dumbest question ever but i need to know because i dont want to put myself or my unborn baby at risk for toxoplasmosis.My cats are indoor cats and i was tested for the toxoplasmosis at my doctors office when i was around 30 weeks pregnant and it came back negative. Should i worry?|||No. Canned food is processed, so it's cooked, don't worry. It would be great if you could switch the other cats to wet as well, it's much healthier for them! I wouldn鈥榯 really recommend feeding any dry food. Cats are designed to get their water from food. That's the way nature designed them, they have low thirst drive. When fed dry, they won't drink enough to compensate for the lack of moisture. They will only consume about 50% of the water they should be having. This can lead to kidney disease, UTI, crystals, blockage, renal failure and more. Free feeding also contributes to obesity. And the fact that dry food is over-processed means, that most of it鈥檚 little nutrition has been already destroyed, leaving almost no nutrients for your cat. It needs to eat more to meet it鈥檚 needs, and in the process consumes more calories from the fillers. Btw wetting the dry food will not help. There鈥檚 bacteria on the kibble and the water would just allow it to grow. The only way to give the cat it's natural hydration is to feed it wet food only. But some wet foods are not of a very high quality, either. That goes for most commercial foods. Just like the dry, they are often made with cheap fillers such as corn, wheat, soy, rice etc. These are not a part of cat's natural diet (it鈥檚 an obligate carnivore 鈥?it eats meat) and they are not designed to digest it. Grain is carbohydrate which the cats can't process and it turns into blood sugar and fat, causing diabetes and obesity. In the wild, where cats only hunt for meat, diabetes and obesity are unheard of. It's us who cause these by feeding a species inappropriate food. We usually read labels on our food, but rarely on the food for our cats. Learn to read the label and understand the ingredients. The healthiest food to feed apart from raw feeding is grain-free wet food with no by-product. Some good brands are Wellness CORE, EVO, Merrick, Nature's Variety, Blue Buffalo Wilderness and more. These will give your cat the proper hydration and nutrition it's designed to get and it will be strong and healthy. If you switch it's diet, do it gradually, by mixing the current food with the new one over couple of weeks until there's only the new. This will prevent diarrhea and upset stomach. You will probably get a lot of different answers, so google feline nutrition or look at the links below, and do the research for yourself. I personally wasn't able to find one reliable source (besides the pet food industry) that would say grain is beneficial for cats or that dry is beneficial for them. More on cat nutrition below, Good luck!|||No need to worry - canned food is processed and not raw. But you risk toxoplasmosis more by handling raw hamburger that you are eating, then getting it from your cat. Be sure someone else is cleaning the litter pan. If you have to do it, wear disposible gloves when you scoop.|||The cat food is ok. Canned foods are processed and not raw. I would have someone else clean the litter box or wear gloves. Same with raw meats...wear gloves and disinfect sink, counters and trash can.

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