Homemade
Cat Food Recipe
We have several homemade cat food
recipes that you can try out. There are over 60 recipes that cover
everything from flea treatments to special weight loss diets for
your favorite cat. Healthy recipes for pregnant cats, diarrhea
cures, finicky eaters, and even a Kitten Formula.
There's a good reason homemade
cat food is becoming more popular. One of the leading causes of
health problems for many cats is the low grade commercial cat
foods. Many have high quantities of by products, ash, and too much
filler grain. Read the label and you'll see that about 75% of the
wet food is water. Then the break down of nutrients goes something
like this:
- 10% protein
- 5.5% fat
- Fiber .05%
- Ash 2.2%
- Moisture 78%
If you look at any nutrition
guide (AAFCO industry standards) you'll see that the
recommendations are 26% protein and 9% fat. Cats living in the
wild have been found to consume 47% protein and 33% fat. As you
can see, most commercial foods don't even provide half of the
recommended levels and far less of the standard fare for cats in
the wild.
Not to mention all the bad stuff
that commercial foods use as filler. And the last 10 or 12 items
listed on any label are chemicals used to preserve or artificially
flavor the food. And many of these additives contribute to health
problems, especially in the urinary track and kidneys.
One thing we recommend with any
homemade cat food is vitamin and calcium supplements. An excellent
brand is Naturvet, and in particular their Vitacat and Bone Meal
Powder. Both are available at PetsMart and 1800PetMeds stores and
online. Our sidebar has 15% and 25% off coupons if you want to
order online. Regardless, both are very good products and even if
you don't make homemade cat food, good for your cat.
The easiest and quickest homemade
cat food recipe is as follows:
- 1/3 cup cottage cheese
- 2 tbl Bisquick
- 1 tbl chopped liver
- 1 tbl corn oil
- 1 Dash iodized salt
- 1/4 Teaspoon of Vitacat power
Mix all together for 1-2 delicious cat servings.
You can make this once a day for nutritious "wet" cat
food.
If you want to make some homemade
cat food that will store well and last days at a time, use this
recipe:
- 2 cups of rolled oats
- 1 egg
- 2 lbs of Chuck roast, or
chicken (w/skin), or hamburger
- 1 tbl bone meal powder
- 2 Teaspoons of Vitacat powder
Bring 4 cups of water to boil,
add oats, simmer about 18-20 minutes. Stir in egg and let stand
for few minutes. If using chicken or roast, boil (hamburger you
can broil) then mix in to egg and oats. This should make about 7
cups of food. Daily ration should be 1/3 to 1/2 cup for 7 lb cat,
1/2 to 3/4 7-11 lb cat, and larger cats one cup. You should break
up the food into daily servings and freeze.
Another quick and very easy
homemade recipe is really simple and you can make enough for
several days at one time. You can change out the meat with low fat
beef (grocery stores sell it as stir fry or stew meat at a low
price) or chicken thighs. It basically a beef stew that you let
the vegetables cook all the way down. Here's list of ingredients.
- About 1lb of meat
- 3 lbs of potatoes
- Half a stalk of celery
- About 6-7 carrots
- Half of a mild white onion
- 1 Teaspoon of Vitacat powder
- Beef or Chicken stock
Throw it all in a crock pot with
enough added water to just cover ingredients. Let it cook until
the vegetables all cook down. You end up with a meat and broth mix
that you can store in servable size containers and freeze. Mine
version of this homemade cat food usually comes out to about 5-6 servings.
All of these homemade cat food recipes
can be changed out by using the different choices of meats (fish,
lamb, or turkey could be substituted also). You can feed once a day or break up
ration to two a day if your cat prefers.
You can get our entire list of
homemade cat food and cat healthy items by going to our resources
page here: Cat
Health Resources.
The next best thing to making
your own homemade cat food is finding a commercial cat food that has
the same healthy ingredients and none of the bad stuff. The best
one we have found is Halo (www.halopets.com).
You can also get Halo products at
PetsMart and 1800PetMeds. If you go to Halo's website you get a $5
off coupon. Add that to the 15%-25% off you get for buying online
and you can save a good chunk of money. The $5 coupon is good at
your local PetsMart too.
Just like in humans, cats are
what they eat. The better balanced nutrition and healthy
ingredients of our homemade cat food recipe will perk your cat up and
give them a healthy glow. No kidding, I've seen it happen many
times. And it also helps to fight any allergies which are common
in cats.
If your cat does have serious
health problems right now, you should still take them to a
qualified and licensed veterinarian for treatment. Homemade food
is no solution to a serious illness. But it's a great preventive
measure and can improve the quality of life for your cat.
If you start feeding your cat our
homemade cat food or even the Halo commercial brand of cat
food, you will see a remarkable difference. And avoid future trips
to the veterinarian due to poor diet and resulting health
problems.
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