Our Raw food recipe
10 lbs Chicken drumsticks (with skin on and bone in)
2 lbs Heart (chicken or beef)
0.5 lbs Liver (chicken or beef)
0.5 lbs Kidney or other organ (chicken or beef)
a bit of water
All ingredients listed are completely raw. I use the Tasin TS-108 Electric Meat Grinder from http://www.onestopjerkyshop.com/ with a 3/4" meat grinder plate to give a courser grind. I bag it all in medium freezer bags, about 2lbs in each bag (but you may want to put in less if feeding only one or two cats), and freeze it all.
At feeding time I add a multivitamin to the food daily (Avoid any that contain Rice, Rice flour, or Soy), as well as pet grade salmon oil once a week. I would suggest at the very least to add Taurine (250mg/cat, or 1/16th of a tsp/cat) to the food once a day. It is very important that cats get enough Taurine in their diet, otherwise major health issues can arise. Taurine can be found in capsules at many health food stores or can be purchased online through Amazon.
It is a great idea to occasionally give different types of protein to get them used to eating different things, as sometimes cats can develop an allergy.
I also feed my adults whole raw chicken drumsticks, chicken/turkey gizzards, or chicken/turkey heart every evening. They absolutely love them, and it is a great way to keep their teeth clean as well as work their jaw. If you have a kitten you can start off by feeding larger chunks of meat, chicken heart, or cut up gizzards, and just work your way up in size.
2 lbs Heart (chicken or beef)
0.5 lbs Liver (chicken or beef)
0.5 lbs Kidney or other organ (chicken or beef)
a bit of water
All ingredients listed are completely raw. I use the Tasin TS-108 Electric Meat Grinder from http://www.onestopjerkyshop.com/ with a 3/4" meat grinder plate to give a courser grind. I bag it all in medium freezer bags, about 2lbs in each bag (but you may want to put in less if feeding only one or two cats), and freeze it all.
At feeding time I add a multivitamin to the food daily (Avoid any that contain Rice, Rice flour, or Soy), as well as pet grade salmon oil once a week. I would suggest at the very least to add Taurine (250mg/cat, or 1/16th of a tsp/cat) to the food once a day. It is very important that cats get enough Taurine in their diet, otherwise major health issues can arise. Taurine can be found in capsules at many health food stores or can be purchased online through Amazon.
It is a great idea to occasionally give different types of protein to get them used to eating different things, as sometimes cats can develop an allergy.
I also feed my adults whole raw chicken drumsticks, chicken/turkey gizzards, or chicken/turkey heart every evening. They absolutely love them, and it is a great way to keep their teeth clean as well as work their jaw. If you have a kitten you can start off by feeding larger chunks of meat, chicken heart, or cut up gizzards, and just work your way up in size.