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.
Weigh
or measure in cup daily meals in freezer baggies, ice cube trays or small
plastic containers and freeze. I use pint size Zip Lock
freezer bags then freeze in large flat Tupperware boxes,
separating each layer with paper towels so they will not
freeze together. Label and date you frozen recipes.
Keep
meals frozen for up to 6 months and keep thawed only 24
hours. Thaw in cool water and toss in fridge to feed later.
Warm meals in warm tap water ONLY. 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.
.
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 or Halo Liv A Little's chicken treats crumbled on the meals. Both are excellent enticements and can be ordered from our ordering page.
NEW. 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.
The hardness helps them press their anal glands when passing stools so they don't get impacted over time. Males are bad for having 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 eventually pass stools less dry and hard after they have been on the raw for a lot longer then 2 months. You can give your kitty more time or follow some of my options below. 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.
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.
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.
I hope this helps. But please, give your kitty more time to adjust 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.
Tips on giving pills..
1.Crush them into a powder if kitty won't eat them straight out or if you don't want to pill the cat.
2.Take crushed pills and lace it with just a little chicken liver powder.
3. Get the famous 4 Flags Over Aspen Cat Sack. The cat stays calm while trimming nails, giving pills or teeth cleaning. We use it here at Feline Instincts
when we need to get some tartar off their teeth
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:
Calories (Cal/g) 1.08
Protein 13.6 g
fat 10.9g
carb 0.5g
fiber 0.3g
ash 0.8 g
ca 532.9 mg
mg 19.4 mg
p 360.7 mg
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/retinol 1580 IU
vit E (mg_ATE) 97.8
taurine 140 g by supplementation
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