Begin
by adding the filtered water to a bowl….. add the My
Natural Cat supplement and stir ….add pureed liver
by using a food processor, pierce the salmon caps and squeeze into the mixture, stir, add small chunks of skinless
boneless chicken or beef meat, either chopped in small chunks
or ground in a food processor...stir again.
Measure daily meals in pint size freezer safe wide mouth canning jars. If you use the zip lock bags freeze in flat Tupperware boxes, separating each layer with paper towels. Or, freeze portions in ice cube trays and then pop them in freezer bags or jars when frozen.
Label and date you frozen recipes.
Keep
meals frozen for up to 6 months and keep thawed only 24
hours. Thaw in tap water and toss in fridge to feed later.
Warm meals in warm tap water ONLY, no microwave.
Use a glass bowl or stainless steel bowl, fill the sink with very hot tap water, add the meat recipe to the bowl, cover the bowl and stir now and then until it warmed. I feel it with the tips of my fingers to see if it’s warm. It’s very quick and you don’t get the toxins from the plastic that way.
Don't leave food out for feeding
more then 1/2 hour, then put back in fridge.
My
way of doing this recipe is not the only way. Do what is
comfortable for you.
How
often do you feed?
Twice
a day. Cats need 8-12 hours between meals to digest
and create the natural enzymes they need to digest the next
meal. This is another reason we highly recommend no dry foods
between meals because it also dehydrates the animals kidneys making it work much harder. Dry foods of any kind will lessen the life of the kidneys.
The
Kinds Of Meats To Use:
Never make a recipe of organ meats such as hearts. They give cats and dogs diarrhea.
Use dark chicken or turkey. Beef meats such as stew meats, Buffalo, ground beef (not
too lean and not too fatty) or sirloin tips. Rabbit meat is good but
to try and de bone a rabbit is the hardest thing to do and
I will never tried it again. Some of my customers have fed
Ostrich meats but I haven't found it to try it yet. Lamb
meat is good but fatty, so don't use it too often. Never use pork or fish*.
We feed our cats chicken most of the time made 100 % boneless skinless thigh meat. Also dark ground turkey . Our cats don't like turkey as much as they like chicken so we sprinkle the tops of those meals with our chicken liver powder. Only two of my male cats can tolerate beef meats - the others throw it up.
We did use a food
processor to whip up the all my meats and the raw livers. Whole Foods grinds all our chicken meats for us.
Most butchers won't grind poultry meats for you.
Some of our feline and canine friends are finding ready
made meats that have the bone in it or they grind themselves
a whole ground rabbit or chicken. If you do this then use
our supplement Whole Carcass. Please be careful of the Rabbit meats you choose...
Taurine deficiency in Rabbit Click Here
Hazards of Ground Rabbit Click Here
*We
do not advise the use of raw pork in the recipes because
pigs may carry many disease causing pathogens including
Trichinella and the virus that causes Pseudorabies (Aujeszky's
disease). Fish is also not recommended to be used in the
diet. Raw fish fed in excess can lead to a Thiamin deficiency.
Cats can also get hooked on the potent taste of fish and later on they can have urinary problems from too much prosperous in their diet.
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Tips to switch Kitty to a raw diet:
1. I personally do not believe in fasting a cat to make them eat a raw diet. It’s never worked for me or anyone we know.
2. Try using our chicken Liver powder on the meals. Everyone says it works really well. Our cats at Feline Instincts often won’t eat the turkey meals unless we sprinkle some Chicken Liver Powder, Nutritional Yeast Flakes (by NOW Foods) or Whole LIfe dried chicken treats crumbled on the meals. Both are excellent enticements. Also, any crushed up dry kibble or canned foods the cat likes can be used for a short period of time.
In addition to the above enticements, we also use a baby food by Earth's Best babies first soup Butternut Squash with Chicken. Our older cats lick it up on plate alone and on tops of their meals. This is an excellent addition to in between meals when you have a kidney challenged kitty or dog.
3. All cats will walk away from food that doesn't smell familiar to them. Try putting some on their lips to make them taste it. Pet them and tell them it’s good.
4. Mix any kind of food they like to the raw meal just to get them to eat it; chicken broth, beef broth, salmon or tuna juice. Then, gradually take away that extra food you mixed in each time you feed them until they are eating just the raw meal.
5. Take up ALL dry foods as they are very addictive to cats because of the addicting flavor enticements the commercial pet food companies spray on those cereal junk foods. If your cat knows it's around she will opt for that instead of the raw foods anytime. And cats know how to do the waiting game better then we do.
6. Sometimes, it takes a little while to switch a kitty over to a raw diet. But more then often if a cat is reluctant to eat the raw meals it only takes a few days to a week or two if you really try
7. Stools will be firm and less often (about 3-4 days apart) because there is very little waste when fed a raw diet. Email me if you have any questions.
8. IMPORTANT
Some cats throw up raw beef and beef liver powder. If you do not know your kitty can tolerate beef raw then I recommend you use only poultry until you test you cat with a piece of raw beef first. Contact me for more help if you have any questions.
9. Most importantly, be patient. Your kitty will eventually eat the raw diet if you give him/her time.
Constipation?
Raw diets do produce hard and dry stools (and light in weight) and less often. I mention this in the brochure. I hope the following information helps you. But please, give your kitty more time to adjust to the new diet or contact a Classic Homeopathy Like Dr Gardner. Cats large and domestic in the wild do have harder dry stools as do Raccoons and many other wild animals.
The hardness helps them press their anal glands when passing stools so they don't becomet impacted over time. It is copmmon for males to have impacted anal glands because they used to use them in the wild to mark territories but don't use them when neutered and at home. I mention this in the brochure.
Many times a cat will pass stools dry and hard when fed a raw diet. If this becomes a problem for your kitty you can give your kitty follow some of the options below. Remember though, you cats' system needs time to adjust to the new diet.
If you want to decrease the stools from dry to shinny more wet stools we have a few options:
1. Homeopathy designed for your kitty. I saw this work for King Ramses when he had a mega colon problem.
2. Add extra water or home made chicken broth with no salt to the meals.
3. Add a little organic phyllium powder (1/2 Teaspoon) to the meals.
4. Add baby food squash to the meals.
5. Add some extra light virgin olive oil to the meals.
A customer tried some organic Psyllium husk powder to her cats meals and was successful. Here is what she told us:
The Psyllium husks powder pretty fine and organic – I got it from the health food store – I'm now up to 1 heaping tsp per 5 ounces of food (1 meal for two nine pound cats – Munchie gets it also). The food was already premade in zip-locks – so I add it before I warm it up for the meal and mix it well. At first they didn't care much for it – a new thing, but after a gradual period, they now gobble it down.
Tips on giving pills like the Standard Process organ support pills we give our cats..
.Crush them into a powder with the back of a spoon if kitty won't eat them straight out. Then lace it with just a little chicken liver powder.Works every time for us.
Analysis
Report:
The following values have been calculated based on a recipe
made with Feline Instincts® My Natural Cat ™ supplement containing 1 & 1/2 cups of water,
2 salmon capsules, 2 pounds of raw boneless chicken, 1/2
cup of raw chicken liver and 70 grams of supplement
powder.
Per 100 grams of recipe:
Calories 0.776 (Cal/g)
Protein 18.00 %
Fat 2.40 %
Carb 0.70 %
Fiber 0.07 %
Ash 0.8 %
Cal 0.15 %
Mag 0.05 %
Potassium 0.19 %
Sodium 0.07 %
Phos 0.37 %
Vit C 3.9 mg
Thiamin 3.6 mg
Riboflavin 3.8 mg
Niacin 7.7 mg
Pantothenic acid 4.8mg
Vit b-6 3.6 mg
Folate 62.5 mg
B-12 5.5 mg
Vit a (IU/g) 7.890
Vit E (IU/g) 0.241
Zinc 1.2 mg
Copper 0.04 mg
Manganese .05 mg
Selenium 1.14 mg
Taurine 140 mg We add addtional Taurine to all supplements to help support the heart. Raw meat has taurine in it.
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