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Homemade Cat Food
Make Your Cat Food, A Healthy Alternative.
Many people are choosing homemade
cat food over commercially prepared food as there are concerns
over the processes and ingredients of these mass produced foods.
If you are like us, your cat is very much a part of your
family. And as such you want to make sure that you are feeding them
food of the highest quality that gives the best cat
nutrition.. After all you wouldn't feed the rest of your family
food that you had doubts about and couldn't be sure what it contained.
We have an E-book available called
"Pamper
Your Cat" 100 Recipes For Your Feline Friend.
We are selling it for only
$0.99.
Before You Begin
Before you spend any time preparing your homemade
cat food, it is best to see how your cat will react to raw meat and
fish and to find out their preference. Some cats will go crazy for it
first time. Others may not be so sure. If your cat walks away from it,
it is probably because they just don't know what it is.
In which case it's best to mix some of the raw meat with
their usual food at the start until they get used to the taste. Generally
cats will eventually prefer your fresh food to the canned versions as
the flavour will be far superior.
Raw or Cooked Meat
The decision to feed your cat raw or cooked meat and fish is purely up to you . However their are two strong arguments to feeding raw food.
- Firstly, cats are designed to catch their own food in the wild which they would eat raw. They have lived this wayas healthy happy cats for thousands of years and just because they now live in our homes doesn't mean that we have to change their natural diet.
- Secondly, by cooking meat you are destroying a lot of the vital nutrients required for good health. If you do decide to cook the meat then it is strongly advised to provide your cat with a supplement to ensure that they are receiving a balance diet.
Preparing Your Homemade Cat Food.
If your cat will entirely rely on the food you provide i.e. it doesn't find food
elsewhere, then you must be absolutely sure that it contains all the nutrients
required to keep your cat healthy. A varied diet is also important.
Try to buy the best ingredients you can afford, this way you will know that the food will be fresh and will remain so for a time. If you buy cheap food then unfortunately this often means that it is not the best quality and may have been frozen or stored for a while, which will reduce your ability to store the food yourself.
Ingredients for Homemade Cat Food
- Meat: All forms of red and white meat provides protein, B
group vitamins (raw) and fat. Liver is a good source of vitamin A
(raw) but should only be 10 per cent of a cats diet as too much vitamin
A can be harmful.

- Fish: Both white and oily fish contain high quality protein
and iodine, but are low in calcium, Phosphorus, Copper, iron, magnesium
and Sodium. make sure that there are no small bones which could get
stuck in your pets throat. It may be best to cook fish to soften the
bones, and nutrients are not lost as in cooked meat.
- Eggs: Eggs contain Protein, Carbohydrates, fats and many
Vitamins. They are a well balanced food especially raw but should
only be fed raw once a week.
- Milk and Cheese: Dairy produce are high in Protein, Carbohydrates,
fats and calcium. Whole milk should only be given in small quantities
and only once in a while as the lactose contained in it may give your
cat Diarrhoea. Cheese however does not contain lactose and so is safe
to give in small cat bite size pieces.
- Vegetables: are a good source of B vitamins as long as they
are not overcooked. vegetables will add variety, colour and texture
to your cats menu.
- Grains: Wheat germ, Oats, barley and Rice are good for various
vitamins and minerals. They are safe for cats even if they eat large
quantities.
Homemade cat Food Recipes
There are many good books and websites full of recipes and ideas on
homemade cat food and how to make it and so we felt that it was unnecessary
to write them here. However we have found a very useful and simple to
follow website with a whole list of different recipes, so we have included
the link here: Homemade
cat food recipes.
We hope you enjoy making your own food for your cat and that by
doing so you will help to keep them a very happy cat indeed.
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