For homemade food, the best I know of is Dr Piersen's. She has an extensive page on what cats should eat. http://www.catinfo.org
On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Margo <[email protected]> wrote: > Remember that baby food is NOT a "complete and balanced" diet. > > The only time I have ever had a cat voluntarily eat something I so > lovingly prepared, was when I had a cat with IBD who could only tolerate > raw. And I'm a GOOD cook <g> > > I have hesitated to respond to this, because my practice is often frowned > upon. I like to feed canned foods with no grain, no carbs and (gasp) > by-products are allowed. I avoid fish for most of them, but only because I > do think it may be a trigger for stone-formers. Of course, my two blockers > are also my two FeLV+'s. So most of the time, I don't offer fish based > foods. > > I also tried many of the gourmet, grain free, special, amazing (ly > expensive) options that Chewy had to offer. I have now decided that feeding > Fancy Feast Classic pates (they're currently eating beef or chicken) and/or > Sheba pates (same flavors) is fine. Some would eat one kind, some another, > but hundreds of $ worth of the "Good Stuff" went to the ferals and > raccoons. I don't feed dry (the stone forming thing again) often. If you > have only a few cats, I had pretty good luck with Hound and Gatos and Wild > Calling carb free varieties. > > Good Luck :) > > Margo > > > -----Original Message-- > --- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Jan 8, 2016 10:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to > share? > > If you use Gerbers, make sure you use stage 2 only. the small 2.5 oz jars > because they are strictly meat and water with a tad of cornstarch in it. > No onions or garlic in these. The ones you want are Ham (no salt added), > Chicken, Turkey or Beef with gravy. > > Nancy & the gang > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dlgegg <[email protected]> > To: felvtalk <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, Jan 7, 2016 5:00 pm > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to > share? > > I have used baby food, just make sue that it does not have any garlic or > onioin, Gerbers is pretty good. > I have also boiled chicken for my soup and held out some before I put in > garlic and onion. > > ---- Ardy Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > My FeLV+ cat Tigger is doing very well at the moment, however, he did > have a > > swollen lymph node, and even though he is past the initial period of > > illness, he is still positive. He does seem to be cold quite often even > > though we have the thermostat turned way up for him, and he also seems to > > sleep a lot more than he ever did before so I am now giving him a liquid > > vitamin/mineral supplement with iron in it. > > > > > > > > When he was very sick and not eating/drinking, the vet told me to feed > him > > anything he wants. What he chose was Friskies salmon pate canned food. > Now > > that he eats better, he has really cut down on eating the Blue Buffalo > dry > > food. In my reading I have heard that it is not good for him to have any > > "fish-based" food. I have seen this mentioned in several articles. I > think > > it has something to do with bacteria but I'm not sure. > > > > > > > > I am wondering if any of you make your own cat food. I once had to boil > > chicken and rice together for a cat who was sick, and as I remember she > > didn't like it much. So - I am looking for a way to make something out of > > "people quality" meat and maybe put a little rice in it, but I am > thinking > > it will have to have a "pate" consistency and be fairly flavorful. This > > kitty doesn't seem to think he should eat any people food, whereas my > other > > one believes she should only eat people food. > > > > > > > > Any ideas would be appreciated - I will go to whatever lengths needed to > > make a good food for him. (I have tried the fresh cat food at Pet Food > Plus > > and he won't touch it. I have also tried all the other canned stuff, even > > the super expensive kinds.) > > > > > > > > Thanks!! > > > > Ardy Robertson > > > > Osseo, WI > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > [email protected] > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >
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