I appreciate people giving me some links to sites that offer information
about making homemade catfood. However, both of the sites turned out to
be focused on raw-food diets, and I'm planning to feed cooked food. I'm
either going to cook it myself (in the case of buying meat) or I'm going
to buy baby food, which is already cooked.

The Vita-Mineral Mix powder that was posted here last month was a
supplement designed to be added to cooked meat. It adds in the nutrients
that are lost with cooking. My only concern was that the recipe didn't
include taurine, which would also be lost in cooked meat, and I don't
understand why it was left out. I will be adding taurine, but because
it wasn't in the recipe, I don't know how much is appropriate.

I don't want to deal with raw meat. It's one thing for a cat to hunt
and eat a fresh-killed rodent or bird. It's another to buy commercial
meat that might have salmonella on it - I don't want to take that risk.
And I don't want to buy raw meat that is prepared specifically for
cats, because at this point I simply don't trust the pet food industry.
If I feed my cats meat that is sold for human consumption, I know it
has the quality control used for human-grade food. And while we all
know that's not perfect either, at least it's better than what passes
for "quality" in pet food.

I know about the company that makes the raw venison for cats, etc, and
as I remember, that brand had some recalls, too.

I really don't want to get into a discussion about raw vs. cooked. I've
already made the decision to feed them cooked meat, so I'm asking for
support and advice about that. If someone on this newsgroup is feeding
their cat home-cooked meat, I would really appreciate some advice about
supplements. Here's that Vita-Mineral Mix recipe again. Oh, by the way,
I ended up buying the calcium lactate rather than bone meal.

 Vita-Mineral Mix (water-soluable vitamins)

 1-1/2 c. yeast powder (brewers yeast powder)
 1/4 c. kelp powder or granules
 1 c. lecithin granules
 2 c. bran
 2 c. bone meal or calcium lactate

Thanks!
Joyce