Thursday, December 24, 2009

Seeking recipes for healthy homemade cat food?

Does anyone have few recipes for nutritous catfood with ingredients that I can easily find.Seeking recipes for healthy homemade cat food?
Homemade Cat Food:





Diet for Adult Cats:





Feed an adult cat as much as she will eat in 20 to 30 minutes. Refrigerate the leftovers promptly. It is recommended that you feed your adult cats twice a day. This recipe provides approximately three servings.





Choose one protein source (meat amounts given in raw weight):





* 1/2 pound boneless chicken breast or thigh, minced





* 6 ounces ground turkey, or minced turkey (dark meat)





* 1/2 pound lean beef, minced





* 1/2 pound beef, chicken or turkey heart, ground or minced





About three times per week, include one chopped hard-boiled or scrambled egg. If you would like, once a week, substitute 4 ounces of organic liver for 1/2 of any meat source. Another option is to substitute a four-ounce can of tuna that is packed in water, a six-ounce can of sandines, or a five-ounce can of salmon with bones for any meat source once every two weeks. Do not use canned fish as a protein source for cats that are prone to urinary tract problems.





For cats needing a lower protein diet, add one cup of cooked white rice.





Supplements:





* Two teaspoons of olive oil or one teaspoon of olive oil and one teaspoon of flaxseed oil





* 300 mg. of calcium (as carbonate or citrate) or about one slightly rounded teaspoon of bone meal (human grade). (If using canned fish with bones, decrease calcium to 1/4 regular amount.)





* One to two tablespoons of pureed vegetables since many cats prefer their veggies lightly steamed or vegetable baby food (without onion powder).





* 1/4 teaspoon of salt substitute (potassium chloride) should be given three to four times per week.





* One cat-size dose of multiple vitamin-mineral supplements (human quality) or cat vitamin





* One probiotic/digestive enzyme supplement





* 80 mg of Taurine (omit if using cat vitamin)Seeking recipes for healthy homemade cat food?
here is supposedly a book of cat food recipes





http://www.purrfectpetportraits.com/cat-鈥?/a>





you could also check ebay and used bookstores for cat food recipe books...
Open a can of tuna. Cheap, %26amp; your cats will love you forever.
Just give your kitty canned tuna or salmon or chicken.
Here's a site that I've referred to before. This recipe is interesting. I found a dog biscuit recipe that they called ';anti-flea'; because it had brewer's yeast in it. This cat treat also has brewer's yeast, but they don't say anything about controlling fleas.





http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/6/鈥?/a>





If you do a search on ';cat food recipes';, you'll find the page for cdkitchen. I think it's odd that they only have recipes for treats and not food. A natural for cats is liver, but they don't mention anything about it. If you buy whole chickens, you get a bag with the giblets. You could bake the giblets, and then grind them up. I had a cat that loved chicken livers. He didn't think much of the rest, though.

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