I tried feeding some raw meat to my cats when I still had Starr. I was hoping that it would help improve his IBD/Colitis but it made it worse. Any way some of my cats took to it right away and it took some of them a few times to accept it. I tried both Turkey and Chicken and I found that they all preferred the chicken. It's just too expensive plus I don't really have the freezer space for it either. This is why I feed them as close to raw as I can with dry and canned food. Good luck.