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I make cat food once in awhile. One of my cats has diabetes so she can't eat anything other than meat or she'll need insulin. Meat is cheaper than insulin and homemade food is cheaper than the meat only foods. Plus some of the meat only foods are too fattening. They add fat rather than grain as a filler.
Here's the recipe I use.
Raw Kitty Food Recipe
Courtesy of: Dr Susan Beal
4 pounds muscle meat (ground turkey, chicken, rabbit,....)
1 pound heart and gizzards, ground
2 pounds liver, chopped or ground
1/4 Cup grains (millet, millet and brown rice, couscous,....
Overcook the grains. - I leave the grains out..)
1 1/2 Cup Vegetables (try chopped celery, carrots, beans,
squash, zucchini, sweet potatoes, broccoli). These may be
chopped, grated, ground - raw or lightly steamed or
lightly cooked in olive oil.
1/8 to 1/4 cup olive oil (or olive and canola)
A handful of chopped fresh parsley
4 or 6 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
Cook the grains, and vegetables (if needed for palatability). Add all to
the meat mixture and combine well. The amount of oil needed will depend
on the fat content of the meats used. You may have to add some water to
the mixture, depending upon whether the meat is fresh or has been
frozen.
Add food grade bone meal at the rate of one teaspoon per cup of meat
used. (One Tablespoon per pound of meat used).
Portion, and freeze more than a few days supply.
We also suggest this diet be supplemented with a Vitamin/Trace mineral
supplement such as NuCat, as well as some additional Vitamin C with
rosehips (about 250 mg morning and night).
There are many other beneficial supplements you may add to you kitties
diets, as well as many special needs supplements. These will vary with
the individual.
I don't remember where I got this recipe but here's a link to another.
http://www.catinfo.org/makingcatfood.htm
Here's the recipe I use.
Raw Kitty Food Recipe
Courtesy of: Dr Susan Beal
4 pounds muscle meat (ground turkey, chicken, rabbit,....)
1 pound heart and gizzards, ground
2 pounds liver, chopped or ground
1/4 Cup grains (millet, millet and brown rice, couscous,....
Overcook the grains. - I leave the grains out..)
1 1/2 Cup Vegetables (try chopped celery, carrots, beans,
squash, zucchini, sweet potatoes, broccoli). These may be
chopped, grated, ground - raw or lightly steamed or
lightly cooked in olive oil.
1/8 to 1/4 cup olive oil (or olive and canola)
A handful of chopped fresh parsley
4 or 6 cloves garlic, minced or crushed
Cook the grains, and vegetables (if needed for palatability). Add all to
the meat mixture and combine well. The amount of oil needed will depend
on the fat content of the meats used. You may have to add some water to
the mixture, depending upon whether the meat is fresh or has been
frozen.
Add food grade bone meal at the rate of one teaspoon per cup of meat
used. (One Tablespoon per pound of meat used).
Portion, and freeze more than a few days supply.
We also suggest this diet be supplemented with a Vitamin/Trace mineral
supplement such as NuCat, as well as some additional Vitamin C with
rosehips (about 250 mg morning and night).
There are many other beneficial supplements you may add to you kitties
diets, as well as many special needs supplements. These will vary with
the individual.
I don't remember where I got this recipe but here's a link to another.
http://www.catinfo.org/makingcatfood.htm
