Your kitty is what s/he eats. What Hippocrates said - "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food" - is just as true for cats as it was/is for humans. A properly-fed cat is also a healthy happy cat who should be able to stay out of the vet's office other than for wellness checks.
As we have told (reluctant to feed raw) folks on my forum for years - spend money now on real food i.e. highest quality meat, or spend it later on vet visits especially if feeding poor quality commercial food.
All of a cat's needs should come from an almost 100% meat (including bones and organs in prey ratios) diet with no supplements. With the exception of accounting for the freeze-rethaw nutrient loss, any supplementation is purely for insurance as we have no knowledge of your particular meat sources or choices. If you can get freshly butchered/caught grass-fed meat, you do not need to add any minerals, vitamins, etc.
Buono Appetito!
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Home-made eggshell powder (ESP) and bone meal powder |
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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Make your own eggshell powder (ESP) and bone meal powder
I use ESP and bone meal powder for my cat Pigpen who is allergic to chicken, duck, turkey, and game hen but thankfully not to their shells or their membranes. Over the 13+ years I have been running my list/forum, I have met far too many cats who are allergic to poultry. If your cat is allergic to poultry and won't accept whole prey, using ESP (substitute emu, quail, or ostrich for chicken eggshells) or bone meal powder still beats commercial food.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:17 |
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Read more... [Home-made eggshell powder (ESP) and bone meal powder]
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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Pork chunks Recipe
This recipe is for those kitties who like their meat cut up into chunks, as opposed to ground-up. It is better for cats as it gives their jaws a bit of a workout. Not as much as with raw meaty bones or whole prey but it's something. My cats prefer chunks to ground, so this is what I feed on non-whole prey days.
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Last Updated on Friday, 09 March 2012 20:18 |
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Read more... [Chunk recipe]
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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Pre-ground rabbit with bones, head, feet, and organs
Several vendors sell the above in 1, 2, and 5 pound (lb) chubs/vacuum-sealed bags. To save on shipping, you can order a large amount. It will arrive in a semi-frozen state, at which point you can open up all the bags, prepare the mix, and then portion out to be frozen in glass canning jars.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 06 August 2011 01:13 |
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Boneless/No Grind Recipes |
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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A cautionary note before you begin -- feeding a boneless diet day in and day out is not recommended because we simply do not have complete data on the nutritional composition of small cat prey.
That said, a boneless raw diet is far superior to commercial food (most of it containing very little if any real meat) which is cooked to within an inch of its life after which minerals including calcium, and vitamins are added to it.
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 August 2011 05:04 |
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Read more... [Boneless/No Grind Recipes]
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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Because of our IBD-cat Pigpen who is allergic to poultry, we grind rabbits and deer. The other 3 cats eat cut-up cornish game hen (CGH) but at times prefer ground so we also grind CGH, guinea fowl (from local farms), and heritage turkey (at Thanksgiving). However, I am going to discuss chicken here because it is more readily available for most people. There are recipes on the site for chunked pork meat & pre-ground rabbit from a farm.
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Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2010 08:59 |
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Read more... [Ground Raw Meat Mix]
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