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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / May 2007Adventures in home-made cat food
After several days of eating it twice a day, Emily 'Bottomless Pit' cat refused her raw turkey last Thursday. Back to dry food. I'll start trying once a day again Sunday. If someone would put out canned and dry cat food, no grains, absolutely no imported ingredients, reasonably priced cat food I'd be eternally grateful. Seems like this would be a very popular product. Or perhaps most owners are not aware of or concerned about the current pet food problems?  SignatureUntie the two knots to email me Every silver lining has a cloud. > After several days of eating it twice a day, Emily 'Bottomless Pit' cat > refused her raw turkey last Thursday. Back to dry food. I'll start trying [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > most owners are not aware of or concerned about the current pet food > problems? Fancy Feast is fine. 44 cents a can at WalMart. Made by Nestle Purina, and their ingredients are American made. A few flavors have wheat gluten, many do not. Tender Beef Feast, Gourmet Chicken Feast, Cod, Ocean Whitefish, Liver and Chicken. Why are you acting like it is raw or dry for your cats? That's patently ridiculous. Meanwhile, would YOU eat raw turkey? Eccck. Get those cats on Fancy Feast. Real liver, beef, chicken, turkey, and fish as the first ingredients of most, then things like broth, some with byproducts listed later, but byproducts are fine for cats. (I imagine mouse lips, ears, tails and guts would be mouse byproducts, right?) >> After several days of eating it twice a day, Emily 'Bottomless Pit' >> cat refused her raw turkey last Thursday. Back to dry food. I'll [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Fancy Feast is fine. 44 cents a can at WalMart. Made by Nestle > Purina, and their ingredients are American made. How do I know that? Besides, Nestle is a European company (Swiss?), not American. > A few flavors have > wheat gluten, many do not. Tender Beef Feast, Gourmet Chicken > Feast, Cod, Ocean Whitefish, Liver and Chicken. > > Why are you acting like it is raw or dry for your cats? That's > patently ridiculous. I didn't say that. She currently gets Science Diet canned food for one meal. > Meanwhile, would YOU eat raw turkey? Eccck. I tried frying it. She wouldn't eat it that way either. I am feeding her raw because the cat/dog food nutrition book I have says raw is better for her. > Get those cats on Fancy Feast. Real liver, beef, chicken, turkey, > and fish as the first ingredients of most, then things like broth, > some with byproducts listed later, but byproducts are fine for > cats. (I imagine mouse lips, ears, tails and guts would be mouse > byproducts, right?) SignatureUntie the two knots to email me Every silver lining has a cloud. >>> After several days of eating it twice a day, Emily 'Bottomless Pit' >>> cat refused her raw turkey last Thursday. Back to dry food. I'll [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > How do I know that? Besides, Nestle is a European company (Swiss?), not > American. Right. We cannot trust what any cat food company says. So how can you know what is in DRY food, which is never better for your cat than canned due to decreased water content? >> A few flavors have >> wheat gluten, many do not. Tender Beef Feast, Gourmet Chicken [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I didn't say that. She currently gets Science Diet canned food for one > meal. You said: "After several days of eating it twice a day, Emily 'Bottomless Pit' cat refused her raw turkey last Thursday. Back to dry food." And, Science Diet was a brand that was ON the recall list for cat food, whereas Purina has not been. In any case, I was trying to be helpful. My cats have eaten FF for a long time and had no problems at all. One of them has a lot of allergies, too. > >>> After several days of eating it twice a day, Emily 'Bottomless Pit' > >>> cat refused her raw turkey last Thursday. Back to dry food. I'll [quoted text clipped - 37 lines] > > - Show quoted text - I found this page was rather interesting. I hope that it might be of some help to you in your endevours to make and feed your own cat food. I make my own because we have a big fat Birman called Binky who required home made food, & found this site rather well rounded. Good luck with your project & I hope that it goes well for you. K. > I tried frying it. She wouldn't eat it that way either. I am feeding herrawbecause the cat/dog food nutrition book I have saysrawis better for > her. What other raw foods does the book recommend? I'll all for no cook meals. How does raw chicken compare to raw turkey? >> I tried frying it. She wouldn't eat it that way either. I am feeding >> herrawbecause the cat/dog food nutrition book I have saysrawis better >> for her. > > What other raw foods does the book recommend? I'll all for no cook > meals. How does raw chicken compare to raw turkey? Turkey, chicken, beef, lamb, pork, duck, rabbit and various fishes. Some also use quail, venison, emu, ostrich and others. I use turkey because it's already ground. If she tires of that I'll grind some chicken. I use the book _Dr. Pitcairn' Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats_. Lots of info also on-line. some conflicting. I decided to go with the recommendations in the book. You have to supplement the raw meat with vitamines, minerals, etc. SignatureUntie the two knots to email me Every silver lining has a cloud. > > I tried frying it. She wouldn't eat it that way either. I am feeding herrawbecause the cat/dog food nutrition book I have saysrawis better for > > her. > > What other raw foods does the book recommend? I'll all for no cook > meals. How does raw chicken compare to raw turkey? Raw chicken and raw turkey are pretty comparable. I have Dr. Pitcairn's book but found his cat food recipes too high in grains and I believe his recipes called for vegetable oil, rather than whole body fish oil (more bioavailable to a cat). A couple of good sites for information are: http://www.catinfo.org/ (Make sure to check out Dr. Zoran's excellent article (link on right side of page) This site has a recipe: http://www.catfood.catnutrition.org/CatFoodRecipe.pdf > I have Dr. > Pitcairn's book but found his cat food recipes too high in grains and At least one recipe uses no grains - meat feast or something like that. Mostly ground turkey and supplements. That what I am currently using. > I believe his recipes called for vegetable oil, rather than whole body > fish oil (more bioavailable to a cat). In one portion of his book he recommends, among others, Udo Choice oil (omega 3 & 6 and essentials) together with cod liver oil. That's what I use. He may well use vegetable oil in some recipes but I've not investigated those. Ken SignatureUntie the two knots to email me Every silver lining has a cloud. > If someone would put out canned and dry cat food, no grains, absolutely > no imported ingredients, reasonably priced cat food I'd be eternally > grateful. Seems like this would be a very popular product. A canned cat food with no grains (or other fillers), and completely domestically made, would not be cheap. That's why ingredients are imported - they're cheaper. So are fillers. My sympathies to people who can't afford to pay the high cost of decent pet food, but I think that's what it takes. Joyce > After several days of eating it twice a day, Emily 'Bottomless Pit' cat > refused her raw turkey last Thursday. Well, what of the Bacteria in the raw turkey? > After several days of eating it twice a day, Emily 'Bottomless Pit' cat > refused her raw turkey last Thursday. Back to dry food. I'll start trying [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Every silver lining has a cloud. I forgot to add the URL for it, Lol. Sorry about that! http://www.ehow.com/how_12698_make-homemade-cat.html K. |
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