Home made cat food

oldman420 · Mar 31, 2007

Due to the recent recall of pet foods I have decided to attempt to make home made wet and dry food for my cats.
Does any one know any good wholesome cat food recipes that can be made with simp;e ingredients at home,any help would be apreciated.

BoomerD · Mar 31, 2007

http://www.catnutrition.org/foodmaking.html

http://www.healthrecipes.com/pet_supply.htm

http://www.catinfo.org/makingcatfood.htm

http://www.pet-grub.com/

That should give you a good start...

oldman420 · Mar 31, 2007

thank you boomerD

bignateyk · Mar 31, 2007

rat poison + beef + chicken

alkemyst · Mar 31, 2007

Originally posted by: bignateyk
rat poison + beef + chicken

how about you taste test it asshat?

b0mbrman · Mar 31, 2007

How much more will this cost than store-bought dog food? (Let's assume my leisure time is worth $5 an hour)

ShotgunSteven · Mar 31, 2007

Originally posted by: bignateyk
rat poison + beef + chicken

He said home made, not commercial.

OP, YGPM.

alkemyst · Mar 31, 2007

Before you run off and start making your own foods, research and come up with your ingredients and then run it through your vet. I'd also run it through some vet forums/animal forums.

There is a lot more room for error in coming up with your own ideas on pet nutrition than risking another food death scare. It's really the best way to go though if you want to dedicate that extra level of time to your pets.

oldman420 · Mar 31, 2007

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
How much more will this cost than store-bought dog food? (Let's assume my leisure time is worth $5 an hour)

I think that the "cost" should not be an issue, my research so far tells me that to make healthy pallet able pet food you would need to spend about 3-4 hours a month.
20 bucks is not that much money IMO and the knowledge that my pets are safe is worth way more than that.

alkemyst · Mar 31, 2007

yeah cost should not be an issue. It's about the same as any pre-prepared food for people vs making it yourself. Like store bought lasagne and pizzas cost me far less to buy than to make; not even factoring time.

However, you get what you pay for.

I checked out those sites above...the one with the budgie brownies is more about snacks than meal replacement. When I read budgie brownies I was thinking a treat for a cat at first

oldman420 · Mar 31, 2007

Ok I did it I went to the store and bought some chicken thighs had them ground fine and some raw turkey, salmon, eggs, rice and ground beef. I put it all together and mixed it up real good I admit it looked god awful but it smelled much better than store bought canned stuff.
I spent 30 bucks and ended up with a months worth of food at the volume I used to feed them canned. I feel that it will take less of the new food to satisfy them as the nutritional value is much higher.
next will be to get some kitty vitamin and mineral supplements and some human grade bone meal to mix in right before I feed them.
and I tested it on the kitty's they absolutely loved it they were eating it like it was a gerbil. MMMMM gerbil.

b0mbrman · Mar 31, 2007

Originally posted by: oldman420

Originally posted by: b0mbrman
How much more will this cost than store-bought dog food? (Let's assume my leisure time is worth $5 an hour)

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I think that the "cost" should not be an issue, my research so far tells me that to make healthy pallet able pet food you would need to spend about 3-4 hours a month.
20 bucks is not that much money IMO and the knowledge that my pets are safe is worth way more than that.

I'm willing to spend $40 a month and 6-8 hours a month because I love my pets and they're worth that much more

silverpig · Mar 31, 2007

My parents have their dog on this raw meat diet. They go to the local meat packers plant and get their dog food from there. All of the extra bits of the animals we eat (bones, gristle, extra meat, innards etc) are all ground up, mixed with some vegetables and then frozen into bricks. My parents thaw a brick, give him half, and then the other half the day after. They have beef, pork, chicken, and lamb. The dog has had a better coat ever since they started him on it.

See if you can find something like that in your area. And remember, it doesn't take a rocket scientist (read: vet) to feed your cat. They eat bird and rat guts. I'm sure going to the docks to pick up some fish livers, or maybe getting the chicken hearts/livers from the produce store would suit them just fine.

oldman420 · Mar 31, 2007

I plan to make them a liver supplement to feed as a snack.
Say a liver cookie

thespeakerbox · Mar 31, 2007

just throw some live beavers in a blender.

Squisher · Mar 31, 2007

Originally posted by: thespeakerbox
just throw some live beavers in a blender.

I know I like the beavers I've had unblended.

Luthien · Mar 31, 2007

you know I never really thought about the effort it might take to make your own dog or cat food but it didnt exist in the past so animals ate what they got. Cats ate rats, mice, moles, bugs, snakes, birds, frogs, newts, salamanders, fish, crawfish, crayfish, and on and on. Supplemented by their human companion with some milk and bread, fish and other table scraps and I am sure they still lived on that diet and ferrel atmosphere quite well. Sure they didnt live as long as they do today just like humans didnt. The thing today thought is our pets don't have the land for that kind of diet and they would quickly diminish.

oldman420 · Mar 31, 2007

true I also bet they were not as obese as todays pets are, pet food is really not that healthy.

alkemyst · Apr 1, 2007

Originally posted by: oldman420
Ok I did it I went to the store and bought some chicken thighs had them ground fine and some raw turkey, salmon, eggs, rice and ground beef. I put it all together and mixed it up real good I admit it looked god awful but it smelled much better than store bought canned stuff.
I spent 30 bucks and ended up with a months worth of food at the volume I used to feed them canned. I feel that it will take less of the new food to satisfy them as the nutritional value is much higher.
next will be to get some kitty vitamin and mineral supplements and some human grade bone meal to mix in right before I feed them.
and I tested it on the kitty's they absolutely loved it they were eating it like it was a gerbil. MMMMM gerbil.

No need to put beef or actual fish in a cat food. It's not part of their natural diet, rabbit and poultry are. Cats do like seafoods though and beef. A lot of the recipes for animals and people mention salmon oil, but this is not the same as eating the fish itself.

Also without organ meats and actual bone the food is mostly nutritionally worthless to a cat. Liver and hearts are good sources for those not dealing with full animal ingredients. Without having your own fine grinder it's pretty hard to make anything other than good treats for your pet. Also never trust a grinder you just got to guarantee there are no dangerous bone chips in the meat.

One of the better foods make up actually includes grinding up a full rabbit (usually skinned)

DrPizza · Apr 1, 2007

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: oldman420
Ok I did it I went to the store and bought some chicken thighs had them ground fine and some raw turkey, salmon, eggs, rice and ground beef. I put it all together and mixed it up real good I admit it looked god awful but it smelled much better than store bought canned stuff.
I spent 30 bucks and ended up with a months worth of food at the volume I used to feed them canned. I feel that it will take less of the new food to satisfy them as the nutritional value is much higher.
next will be to get some kitty vitamin and mineral supplements and some human grade bone meal to mix in right before I feed them.
and I tested it on the kitty's they absolutely loved it they were eating it like it was a gerbil. MMMMM gerbil.

Click to expand...

No need to put beef or actual fish in a cat food. It's not part of their natural diet, rabbit and poultry are. Cats do like seafoods though and beef. A lot of the recipes for animals and people mention salmon oil, but this is not the same as eating the fish itself.

Also without organ meats and actual bone the food is mostly nutritionally worthless to a cat. Liver and hearts are good sources for those not dealing with full animal ingredients. Without having your own fine grinder it's pretty hard to make anything other than good treats for your pet. Also never trust a grinder you just got to guarantee there are no dangerous bone chips in the meat.

One of the better foods make up actually includes grinding up a full rabbit (usually skinned)

Bones and all?? I'd need more cats to finish off a rabbit before the meat went bad.

NanoStuff · Apr 1, 2007

My cat eats smaller cats. She's a big feline bitch. Mice are occasionally on the menu, but the neighbor's cats are the preferred meal.

alkemyst · Apr 1, 2007

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Bones and all?? I'd need more cats to finish off a rabbit before the meat went bad.

You are eating full pigs and cows at a time?

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