Raw feeding survey

[brightstar123]

Hi again everyone,

 

Some time ago I had a fantastic response when I posted a link to a survey on cat feeding practices on this forum, as part of my PhD. I ended up getting 8400 responses, which was fantastic. The data analysis was a bit of a nightmare but results are almost finished and the paper should be submitted for publication in the Journal of Preventative Vet Med very soon. As some of you may have deduced, the survey was designed to assess cat-related, management-related and owner-related factors for feline obesity, and it looks like there will be around 15-20 risk factors of great interest, most of which haven't been previously reported. I'm very happy to share as soon as I finish the final analysis

 

I can say that two of the risk factors that are strongly protective against obesity in cats are feeding raw human-grade meat/organs, and feeding raw bones. Feeding a raw commercial diet was not protective (or a risk factor) though. So partially because of that, and also for many other reasons, I have another survey on raw feeding and it would be really helpful if there are any raw feeding out there that would be happy to complete it.

 

This time, the survey is for both dogs and cats. You can feed raw as part, or all, of the diet. You only need to complete it once, for the youngest animal in your household. 

I apologise, but again it's long (make a cup of tea first!) It will take about 20-25 min to complete. There are just so many interesting questions we need to know the answers too, so it was hard to cut it down! It's really important that the scientific and veterinary communities start to develop a better understanding of raw feeding practices, so that's the main motivation for this.

 

The link is here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RawFedPets

Please let me know if it doesn't work or there are problems. I know that the options/choices for a few questions are not perfect, but this is to make the analysis slightly less complex.

 

Thanks again for your time and patience, I really appreciate it!

 

[Boronia]

Some of the questions really require another choice,, for example this one;

I would continue giving my pet's usual raw diet, even if my pet

no-one would wait a week to get advise on vomiting, constipation or diarrhoea for a week or more, so another choice would be a good idea.

Some of the vet questions should have more choices like distances to get to the nearest vet as opposed to the vet that is great but 4 hours away