Any home-made cat food recipes...?

Question

Besides ones made from fish.
Thanks

Answer 1

my cats always injoyed chicken dinner i made for them often.
boil a few pieces of chicken till done&falling off bones.in another pot cook some rice(approx 4 servings)when chicken is done remove meat from bones.then mix chicken & rice along with a can of peas.let coo a bit.cover and refrigerate leftovers.i always heated slightly in mcrowave leftovers a meal at a time. I always kept no more then 2 days after cooking.my cats loved it.i always used other veggies as well as my cats loved fruits & veggies.hope this helps.

Answer 2

It's important to feed a balanced meal for your cat as nutrient excess/deficiency can lead to some serious health problems. Cats need certain amino and fatty acids to synthesize protein and it's important to make sure these are available in sufficient amounts of whatever you are feeding them. It's difficult for the average person to construct a diet that is complete and balanced with regards to a cat's nutrient needs.

That said you can try this recipe that comes from Hill's

1 lb ground beef, cooked
1/4 lb liver (beef, chicken, or pork only), cooked
1 cup white rice, cooked
1 Teaspoon vegetable oil
1 Teaspoon calcium carbonate (find at health food stores)

Combine all ingredients. Yields 1 3/4 lbs.

Feed a 10 pound cat 1/3 pound of food/day


Analysis:
Protein 14.3%
Fat 13.9%
Carbohydrate 6.3%
Moisture 64%
Calories 940/pound


In responce to the poster below calcium carbonate IS A CALCIUM SOURCE and liver is also rich in taurine which is also not lost in the cooking process. In fact heating (or exposing to stomach acid) caused the amino acid's peptide chains to unwind causing the amino acid to become more bioavailable. ALso the link she provides is for someone eho is NOT a veterinary nutritionist and the recipes will cost $15 EACH

Answer 3

None of the recipes here should be followed, as the oatmeal and banana hamburgers would be too high in sugars and the boiled fish recipe is lacking essential nutrients. With homemade food, it is impossible to know whether your cat is getting the correct balance of nutrients. If the cat you have is feral, she will be used to drinking away from her food, as cats in the wild don't drink next to where they kill their prey. The best way to get a cat to drink more water is to put the water dish away from their food. If you can use a pet drinking fountain in a separate place to your cat's food, that would be the best thing, as running water encourages cats to drink more. If your cat has a lot of urinary tract problems, she probably has a common condition called Feline Lower Urinary Tract Disease. If you move her to a food specially designed for this, she will be a lot better. Many of these preparations are dry foods, if you find these too expensive, you will have to keep feeding her the wet food for at least one meal a day. I know it is expensive but she needs it or she will suffer pain. With the cost of preparing your own, the difficulty in getting the balance right for a healthy cat and the additional difficulty of your cat's urinary tract inflammation, it would not be a good idea to make your own cat food. It would probably be just as expensive in the long run and could risk malnutrition for your cat and/or exacerbate her urinary tract problems.

Answer 4

Instead of making your own food, which can be really time consuming, there is a great food on the market. Its a completely natural food, no bi products. Most foods use corn, wheat and animal bi product fillers in their food. These are just empty calories that offer no real nutrition to your pet. The maker of the food is Castor and Pollux and the food itself is called Ultramix. Its a fantastic food and it is all I feed my two cats. It has dried fruits and vegetables in it (which my cats hunt out before they start eating the kibble). Ultramix's #1 ingredient is also chicken so it has a good amount of protein to offer your pet. There is however some fish/salmon meal in the food, so if the problem is your cat being allergic to fish then finding recipes without any fish additives can be quite difficult. I suggest just omitting the fish from recipes and replacing it with a chicken substitute.

Answer 5

The problem with Sean's diet is that there is no calcium source and no taurine source (an essential amino acid for the cat which is destroyed in any cooking.) So you have a nutrient deficient and unbalanced diet (calcium/phosphorus ratio is important).

If you go go: http://www.littlebigcat.com Dr. Jean Hovfe has an updated article there, "Easy Home-Made Diets for Cats and Dogs". That should be helpful in putting something together for your cats that won't cause them harm.

Answer 6

Ask your vet