Friday with Cody: Learn to Make Cat Food!

Hopefully this topic isn't way too 'out there'. =)

Also, if you're squeamish about raw meat, give this one a pass.

[I did mis-speak, when I said 80% meat. That includes the heart, which is considered a muscle meat and not an organ]
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I feed from a variety of animals, usually consisting of rabbit, chicken, turkey, duck, cornish hen, pheasant, beef, and goat. Many raw-feeders use pork, because it's cheap, but for fear of bacteria and certain bugs, I don't.

The recipe is as follows:
70% meat, including cartiledge, tendons, fat, skin, and sinew
10% edible bone (usually chicken wings, or cornish hen)
10% heart
5% organ meat (kidney, spleen, tripe, sweetbread, thiamus, pancreas, lungs, brain)
5% liver

Each cat eats 2-4% of their body weight each day. Usually I'm just always thawing food, and when all the stuff I've put up is gone, I throw down more. They stay healthy, get great exercise and have clean teeth from gnawing their way through meat, and I don't have to worry about some cheap company poisoning them to save a few bucks.

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[FATKATKY]

thanks for the info. It makes sense since that is what they do in the wild. Has your cats vet commented on your method to feed your cats? I have began looking into making my own cat and dog food. Something else.......do you worry about the plastic containers and what the plastic might do to the food/pets? thanks so much!

[legoboy865]

are you a girl ore a boy

[b1locat]

Of course she chose pussy food...

[divinelola]

nice work dude!! nice work indeed!!!

[Bella329]

very interesting! thanks for sharing!

[XXY4LIFE]

That was really exciting, I'm glad I stopped by. My cats, my cats are very picky, they pick out all best bits in cat food and won't touch all the soy additives! Or maybe it's called Tofu? Whatever it is the cats don't like it. So all I need now is a freezer....damn I'll have to buy a fridge too, well a bigger one anyway, much bigger.

[911Some1]

Respect :P

[CodyOriole]

@ZeBeFruity - Common sense indeed! Your response here just made my otherwise shitty day much better. Thanks =)

[ZeBeFruity]

@CodyOriole its very cool that you have SIX cats eating raw in this backwards society. AND that its not processed raw. the whole prey step isn't all that important. one reason whole prey was essential for my dog was that i feared she'd gulp and choke on pre cut pieces because she is not a dainty eater.

i know exactly what you mean about peoples reactions. to me feeding raw is common sense. why would anyone feed their loved one dog or cat food? i don't get it.

[CodyOriole]

@ZeBeFruity - ha ha, 7 lbs? Only one of my cats is that small. Wish I could get them to eat whole prey, but only one is interested, and I've been trying all year now.

Thanks for the encouragement. =) I'm used to getting nothing but confused, derisive comments when the topic comes up.