Is it okay to feed my kitten with boiled chicken ,Tuna fish + rice?

Answer 1

Not as a steady diet.

Heat kills nutrients, so boiling the chicken is removing all the good stuff from it.

Tuna is bad for cats. It can be used as an occasional bribe, but I wouldn't even give it as a treat, unless it was once per month or less.

Cats don't need rice. It serves no purpose and is just adding unnecessary calories/starch/carbs to the diet.

If you're trying to make a homemade diet for your cat, you need to serve raw meat. There's more to it than that - I would recommend you join some of the Yahoo raw feeding groups to learn more about it.

Answer 2

Chicken & turkey are fine if you grind this stuff up with the rice. Don't feed a cat "people" tuna fish--it has too much magnesium for a cats system. You can get other kinds of fish at your grocers that is fine for feeding cats. Also, some cats like beef and liver. However, you didn't say how old this kitten is---and this is important. Until he/she is at least 7 to 8 months old, it should have KITTEN FOOD only. This has extra added vitamins & minerals that a kitten cannot get from just the protein alone.

Answer 3

The food needs of cats are very specific that include hard to get amino acids such as taurine which a cat in the wild wood get from eating an animals eyes and liver, I believe. Tuna is very bad - and it can actually take away certain nutrients from a cat and there have even been some recent studies that suggest that even fish cat food are linked to a higher rate of kidney disease later in life.

Now, a little tuna, or boiled chicken will be okay, as long as the majority of the food is high quality cat food, like Wellness or By-Nature Organics (first two that came to mind, but there are many good brands out there).

Also, there are many good recipes for making homemade cat food that satisfies all nutrient requirements, and are better than commercially available alternatives.

For my cats feeding schedule, I have dry food available, but they also get wetfood, and raw food each day- and they do very well on it.

Answer 4

The chicken is good, but the tuna has too much fat in it and too many oils, it's hard on their liver and organs. Rice works for dogs, but cats don't need many grains in their food, especially not a significant amount.

Kittens need a high protein food to help them grow, plus all the vitamins and minerals. Your three ingredients lack all trace elements, most of the vitamins and all minerals that the kitten will be needing.

Look for a good quality kitten food -- something over 35% protein. You can supplement with the boiled chicken, but 3/4 of the food she eats should be commercial kitten food.

Answer 5

Take it from someone who learned the hard way, do not feed your kitten anything but cat food. I had a very finicky eater and gave him cooked chicken and canned tuna because I felt bad that he wouldn't eat his cat food. I tried just about every brand of food. He developed a tumor at 5 yrs and I had to have him put to sleep. I now have 2 4month old kittens and they are getting nothing but cat food.

Answer 6

Its a good idea to have the kitten on a good kitty food for the first year of its life to receive the proper nutrients.. but I also feed them meat.. (cooked) a little chicken, beef, tuna etc..
Remember cats are carnivores and eat meat.. I don't think rice is a good idea though as it can constipate them..

Answer 7

If you don't know exactly what you're doing, it's better not to give your cat home-cooked meals. Deficiencies can have major consequences in cats. F.i cats need a certain amount of taurine for their vision and cardiovescular system - this is fround in red meats.
Cats digestive systems are those of a carnivore- which means their meat doesn't need to be cooked (this even removes nutrients and makes it less suitable) and rice is of no use to them.
The diet you're proposing sounds way too one-sided to me, and is bound to cause problems sooner or later.
Please just get a ready made high quality cat food that is high in proteins and low in carbs, or seriously look in to a cat's dietary needs.


Oh forgot who posted the answer about giving pork/deli ham, but you should never ever give a cat pork in any way shape or form, as that can be contaminated with Auzjesky's disease (could be spelling it wrong) that can be lethal to cats (usually harmless to humans though)

Answer 8

No roce. I know they put it in other products but cats are carnivores and don't have use for rice and some can have trouble with it as time goes by. Also, those aren't good all the time as cats need other things in their diet like taurineand other things. My cats get chicken every day but 75% of what they get is canned cat food. If you are interested inj feeding human food, a raw food diet may be the way for you to go
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. Please read about cat nutrtion
http://www.newdestiny.us/nutritionbasics.html

Answer 9

Tuna fish is a no-no for cats. It contains high levels of mecury which is not good for them. Boiled chicken is ok, but your best bet would most likely be a good brand of kitten food.

Answer 10

chicken and rice are probably fine, but feeding cats canned tuna can cause health problems... if i remember correctly, it contains levels of mercury which can be harmful, even cause kidney problems.

they do make tuna flavored cat food, which is prepared specifically for cats, and isn't harmful.

avoid tuna.. a little piece once in a while won't hurt.. but tuna which is canned for human consumption is better off left for humans to eat.

take care.