How Do You Make Raw Cat Food?
Felines have been eating raw food for thousands of years. Kept by humans in their homes and barns to catch, kill and eat mice, bugs, and other undesirables, all cat species have remained true carnivores. There may very well be a relationship between the health of these magnificent creatures and the fact that many of us are feeding them meat-flavored cereal that they were never meant to eat. While it is definitely some work, making your own raw cat food is manageable. Think of it as a labor of love and keeping your pet happy and healthy without serving him all the unnecessary additives that are in some canned food. The following recommendation will better suit your cat’s body and health. • Get out the grinder. • Assemble the supplements. Keep all your supplements together in one place in the kitchen, so you can easily find everything as needed. • Cut up the carcass (if using chicken, remove as much skin as possible). • Muscle meat on left, meaty bones on right Separate muscle meat from
• Get out the grinder. • Assemble the supplements. Keep all your supplements together in one place in the kitchen, so you can easily find everything as needed. • Cut up the carcass (if using chicken, remove as much skin as possible). • Muscle meat on left, meaty bones on right Separate muscle meat from the carcass to be cut into chunks by hand (or ground using an extra-large grinding plate) from meaty bones to be ground. Put them in two different piles. • Cut the muscle meat into several chunks by hand. This is to give your cat something to chew on and get some good tooth and gum exercise. • Liver and chicken heart Weigh the correct amount of organ meats. • Put all the meat and organs in the refrigerator until you mix up the rest of the ingredients. • Separate the eggs and add the yolks to the mix of dry ingredients and water. Mix all together, adding the psyllium (if you’re using it) last. • Whisk together the “supplement slurry.” The strange bright-yellowish color comes from the B-co
