FAQs

Yes. Cats and dogs require different ingredients for optimum health. You can read more about the nutritional requirements on our Nutrition page. 

Yes. Most of our pet meals contain ground bone as it contains essential nutrients for your pet’s health. It's part of their evolutionary diet. You can read more about the nutritional requirements on our Nutrition page. 

We have a specific recipe created for puppies. Check it out here.

Puppies have different nutritional requirements to adult dogs. They have higher requirements for calcium, phosphorus, sodium, choline, iron, copper, manganese, zinc, selenium, fatty acids (linoleic acid, alpha linoleic acid, EPA and DHA) and amino acids.

Whilst you can find dog meals for "all life stages", we prefer to provide you with a separate meal that is especially formulated to meet a puppy's nutritional needs. This is because increasing some nutrients may have a negative impact on an adult dog e.g. an excess of calcium can result in impaired skeletal development and other mineral deficiencies, and an excess of phosphorus can result in calcium deficiency.

In keeping with your pet’s evolutionary diet, we do not use preservatives, grains or fillers of any kind in our meals. We plan and prepare our meals to ensure they are as close to nature intended as possible. 

Delivery is free for orders over $100, otherwise a $14.99 delivery fee applies. We deliver to over 95% of residents of South East Queensland.  So if you think you may be in the hinterland 5%, either call 07 5445 2912 or email orders@pawganicpetfood.com.au.  Otherwise, place your order!

Wehaven’t checked! Pawganics mimics your pet’s evolutionary diet, rather than just tick boxes. Many question the suitability of
standards where compliance is met by commercially produced, highly processed pet foods relying on preservatives we consciously avoid. Pawganics recipes, developed by Ruth Hatten, focus on biologically appropriate nutrition, ingredient quality and transparency, allowing you to make informed choices.

Because we hate preservatives as much as your pet does!  Simply defrost the day prior to feeding your pet their meal and consume within 4 days.

Our meals are designed with your pet’s evolutionary diet in mind.  This means raw, and either organic or wild, with nutritional boosters designed to mimic your pet’s evolutionary diet.  You’ll find no preservatives, grains or fillers.  You can read more about the nutritional benefits of feeding your pet Pawganics Pet Food on our Nutrition page.

If you trace back through your pet's evolutionary history, you'll discover that their ancestors (the grey wolf and the african wild cat) ate raw food. They didn't cook their food! With negligible adaptation in terms of cat and dog anatomy and genetics, a raw diet is still the most natural diet for domestic cats and dogs. Not only that, when food is cooked, it can destroy or alter nutrients. For optimal nutrition, raw food is best.

 

Food is one of the main sources of chemical exposure for pets. A variety of chemical sprays are used in the production of conventionally (non-organic) grown produce and animals raised in intensive environments are exposed to chemicals in the form of veterinary medications. Residues of these chemicals can be found in pet foods, which can have a toxic effect for your pet. The best way to avoid these potential toxins is to feed organic.

 

For more information about toxic load in pets, read this article from our pet nutritionist and animal naturopath.

 

There are also ethical reasons for feeding your pet organic food.  For more information, read this article from our pet nutritionist and animal naturopath.

Ruth recommends transitioning your pet for the first 10-14 days when introducing the Pawganics Evolutionary range of meals.
Too fast a transition may mean that your pet’s digestive system is not used to either raw food or some of the ingredients, and this may cause sickness.

Our experience shows most pets transition without incident. However, if your pet shows any signs of sickness, we recommend you carefully consider:
1. Did you slowly transition the meals (i.e. start with a small amount of the Pawganics, mixed in with your pet’s legacy meal)?
2. How did you store meals upon receiving them?
3.How did you defrost meals before serving?
4. How did you store any leftovers?
5. Do your pets have any known food sensitivities or allergies?

The answers to these questions may assist in understanding any transitioning issues. If you transitioned over a 10-14 day period and experienced any issues, please contact Pawganics on orders@pawganicpetfood.com.au, or call either 07 5445 2912 or 0421158424, or speak to your vet.