Raw Cat Food
Commercial cat foods may not be the best for our pet because of the basic fact been ignored by most pet owners that all cats are carnivores. After all, the main reason we started domesticating them as pets was to kill and eat mice, bugs, and others.
Recently, raw cat food has gained prominence due to its close proximity to the diet cats usually get in the wild and it is physiologically attuned to them. To get your cat healthy, grains, vegetables, fruits, taurine, certain enzymes and essential fatty acids can be a supplement. Avoid over-processed canned foods and kibbles it may compound to the cat health problems.
Raw Cat Food Diet
Cats do well survive on high protein, low carbohydrate diet. Commercial cat food containing high level grains, fruits and vegetables, are not good for their digestive system and can cause some health issues which include mouth and gum infections, bladder infections and heart lesions. Cat foods to lookout for are.
Raw grounded bones
Grounded liver and gizzards
Raw muscle and organ meat
Raw nuts and seeds in small amounts
Egg yolks
Vitamin B, C, E, B complex and fatty acid
Salmon oil
Raw cat food like chicken, beef, pork, lamb, salmon or tuna are good for cats, however, you need to supplement the high protein with some carbohydrates like cooked white rice, oatmeal and barley of around 50grams each day. Fiber should also be added at 1/5 cup daily with fat diet components like olive oil or fish oil. This diet prone cats from diseases facial deformities, skeletal deformities, organs malfunctions, excess parasites as it provide them with health benefits such as natural weight control, healthy skin and coat, and naturally clean teeth.
Recipes
Homemade cat food can be made effortlessly with ingredients from any local butcher. You need the following ingredients for the homemade cat food.
Ingredients
Whole fowl or rabbit, including bones, organs, and skin (3 pounds)
1 cup water
2 eggs
Wild salmon oil (2000 mg)
400 IU vitamin E
Vitamin B-complex (100 mg)
Taurine, powdered (2000 mg)
¾ tea spoon of salt
4 Oz liver (In case the meat does not include organs)
Psyllium
How to prepare
Put 3 pounds of your cut meat in a bowl and add in the bones, organs and skin. Pour a cup of water and eggs to the mixture. . Use the raw yolks of the eggs, and lightly cook the whites before adding the rest of the supplements. Add vitamin E in powdered form while vitamin B-complex should only be given in small amounts at start because of it very strong odor. For scarcity of Taurine, (14 Oz) 400 grams of raw heart can be used as substitute. The best for your is the real foods and not supplements.