Cat food recipes?

Can anyone give me any suggestions on any good and EASY recipes???





Thanks ;-)Cat food recipes?
Making homemade cat food is a huge ordeal and you could do more damage to your cat by feeding it an inproperly prepared home meal. There are NO sinple homemade cat food recipes that work long term.





Here is my advice to you... find a good manufactured food instead.





It's time for pet owners to wake up and take responsibility for what they feed their animals and quit trusting what those great big money hungry companies tell you. Research for yourself. Read the ingredients and make an informed decision!











With the recall that happened, wheat gluten is the big suspect in cat food that everyone is trying to avoid, and it SHOULD be avoided. It should have been avoided all along and even more so now.





Corn should always be avoided as well. It’s a huge filler worth NOTHING. Corn as an ingredient in cat food is a joke. Ever seen a cat chewing on a corn cob in a field? No, you haven’t.





Cats, despite thousands of years of domestication, remain strictly carnivorous. True and honest meat eaters and that is what they need most. Protein!





Be aware that there are three Categories of Pet Foods:





-';Grocery store'; foods – (Generic Brands and cheap name brands)those found in grocery stores and mass-market retailers - are typically made with lower-quality, less-digestible, inexpensive ingredients and are therefore a cheaper alternative. While easy on the pocketbook, ';grocery store'; foods normally do not provide your cat with the healthiest, most nutrient-dense ingredients.





-Premium foods – ( Iams/Eukanuba, Purina, Hills Science Diet, Nutro and such) often found in grocery stores, pet stores, and veterinarian offices - contain higher-grade ingredients, but may still include some elements of ';grocery store'; food, such as artificial colors, artificial flavors, chemical preservatives, and ';filler'; ingredients. Premium foods are usually more expensive than ';grocery store'; foods because their ingredients are of a higher quality, and are therefore somewhat more beneficial and digestible. But don’t be fooled, some of those same sp called Premium brands are sometimes worse than grocery store foods, but they chanrge like they are better.





-Healthy foods – (Wellness, Eagle Pack, Drs Foster and Smith) the newest addition to the pet food market - provide pets with the highest quality, healthiest, and most nutritious ingredients. They are typically available for purchase online or direct from the manufacturer. Some better retailers are starting to carry them now. Pet Smart does not carry any Healthy brand foods. Foods in the Healthy class - contain nutrient-rich ingredients. Formulated to provide optimum health benefits for pets, these foods often use whole, fresh fruits and vegetables, real meat as the primary protein source, and carbohydrate-rich whole grains like brown rice and barley. They should not contain artificial preservatives, flavors, or colors. They will almost always be fortified with additional vitamins and minerals, and will use the best natural sources for fatty acids to help build healthy skin and a beautiful coat. Because healthy foods use high quality ingredients, you should expect to pay a little more than you would for other types of pet food. Remember, though, with healthy foods you can feed less since healthy foods are more nutrient-dense than other types of food.





With all that in mind, when you are choosing a new cat food, study the ingredients. All ingredients on pet food labels are listed by weight. Meaning whatever is listed first there is more in there. The first ingredients listed should be whole meat ingredients, protein sources, such as Chicken or Turkey. NOT just the word “meat”, who the heck knows what that is? The word Chicken Meal is ok, but it should be a secondary ingredient, not first. Meal is the meat dehydrated and ground into a powder.





The ingredients also should NOT include any by-products whatsoever. Those are disgusting left over animal parts that are scraped off the floor of meat and poultry plants, which should just go into the trash but go into pet food instead. EW!!!! Also make sure there are no artificial colors or flavors. And make sure there is no BHA and BHT used preservatives. These preservatives have been shown to cause cancer.





Be aware though that when switching to a better food, you will pay for what you get. Good foods are not cheap. They are pricey and will cost you. But to me, they are well worth it.





What are some good foods I recommend? I feed my cats Drs Foster and Smith Holistic Adult Lite Dry cat food. I purchase it online and have it automatically delivered to my door so I never run out and never have to go get it. It’s one of the best foods on the market and has no fillers in it. It is also very reasonably priced compared to other holistic foods as well.





If you want to buy in a store, Complete Petmart carries quite a few natural, organic, and holistic blends. Old Mother Hubbard Wellness Brand is a great holistic food. As is Eagle Pack Dry Cat food. Merrick canned is also a great source of nutrition and they will be coming out with a dry line this summer. Some brands, not all, of Nutro cat food are ok is you want to spend less money, however I personally would never chose their food for nutritional value.





I highly recommend people take the time to research for themselves, but the information I have given should get you off to a good start. Good luck choosing a new food for your cats!





Side note… Please don’t feed Iams / Eukanuba. It’s ALL fillers and CRAP. There is nothing good for your cat in that food. Not to mention they do the most terrible animal testing you have ever seen. http://www.iamscruelty.com to see the terror they create.





Drs. F%26amp;S Food Link - http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/Na…





Wellness Food Link - http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com/wellness…





Eagle Pack Holistic Select - http://www.eaglepack.com/Pages/HS_Home.h…





Merrick Foods: http://www.merrickpetcare.com/








****DO NOT FEED IAMS!**** http://www.iamscruelty.comCat food recipes?
I totally agree about IAMs. If anything, switch to PetGuard if you can. Cruelty is ridiculous. Report Abuse

Join the Yahoo groups I belong to - it's no big deal. Many of them include recipes.





Now, ';simple'; it's not, at least not to start off with. You have to know what you're doing, but it's not rocket science.





You just need to ensure that your cat gets the appropriate amounts of meat to bone to organs. In many cases you'll also need to supplement either with your own mixture of items or you can purchase supplements specially designed to complement raw diets.





Do your homework before switching your cats over completely. You don't want them to go too long without getting the proper nutrients, all of which are already present in the GOOD varieties of canned foods (see the list below).
Adapted from ';Small Animal Clinical Nutrition'; by Drs. Diane Wilkie, Danielle Rosser and Bonnie Beaver.





2 ounces ground beef (80 percent lean)


1/3 cup instant rice, cooked


2 teaspoons fat (chicken or beef fat or vegetable or fish oil)


1/4 teaspoon bone meal, ground


1/4 teaspoon salt


Pinch taurine


1/2 of a (9-gram) human adult vitamin-mineral tablet (see note)


Bake, fry or microwave the beef and fat (do not drain). Combine beef with remaining ingredients except for the tablet. Mix well. Serve with the tablet (either in pill form or pulverized and thoroughly mixed with the food).


Note: Feed your cat half the tablet each day.





-- Houston Chronicle





Editor's Note: Be sure to consult your vet about any pet food recipes you plan to use on a long term basis.





Taurine is a non-essential sulfur-containing amino acid that functions with glycine and gamma-aminobutyric acid as a neuroinhibitory transmitter. While taurine does not have a genetic codon and is not incorporated into proteins and enzymes, it does play an important role in bile acid metabolism. Taurine is incorporated into one of the most abundant bile acids, chenodeoxychloic acid where it serves to emulsify dietary lipids in the intestine, promoting digestion.
1 container of Sheeba - any flavor


1/2 cup of Meow Mix


and mix in a few cat treats





Your cat will be loving you and chow time