Organic Cat Food Recipes

As a child I remember tales of my mother's familydiet consisting of carbohydrates.
cats, with Uncle Tom being kept in the dark that itCats are designed to obtain most of their water with
was his sister's cat that had enjoyed his favouritetheir diet since their normal prey contains
bird. Cats and birds shared the house; cat in house =approximately 75 percent water.
bird in cage; bird free in house = cat outside screenLook for a muscle meat (preferably, not an organ
door; I don't remember any of our cats dining on ourmeat like liver) as the first ingredient. A muscle meat
birds though mother lost several budgies by goingis "chicken," or "turkey," etc. Not "chicken
outside forgetting they were on her shoulder.by-products" or "chicken by-product meal," or
A long preamble perhaps but when animals are an"chicken broth" or "liver". "Chicken meal" is technically
integral part of your life one tends to treat them asa muscle meat but the term "meal" denotes that it
family. So that, as one becomes more conscious ofhas been rendered (cooked for a long time at very
how one lives, by respecting the planet, eatinghigh temperatures) and is lower quality than meat
healthily, not wasting food surely the same thingthat has not been as heavily processed. A "meal"
applies to how we feed our pets. I guess theproduct is more commonly found in dry foods.
principles of a healthy diet for a cat would be anBy-products can include feet, intestines, feathers, egg
organic, holistic one. Cats are carnivores - observeshells, etc. and are much less nutritious than meat.
the number of mice that one has to dispose of,Meat from known organic sources
usually just the liver and intestines to be fair - ourTable scraps only as occasional treats
cats are thorough, unless they play with them first ofVariety
course, in which case its mouse eradication fromDefinite No-Nos:
underneath grandfather clocks, heavy chests of- Alcoholic beverages
drawers and the kitchen sink. So if one has a plentiful- Chocolate
supply of mice a lot of problems are solved - pest- Coffee
extermination naturally, fresh raw meat, especially- Grapes & raisins
bone. However most cats have managed to- Mouldy or spoiled food
domesticate humans and prefer a more varied diet.- Onions, garlic & chives
Trawling through many web sites night after night- Poultry bones
the main principles of a Healthy, Organic diet for your- Salt & salty foods
cat is:- Tomato leaves, stems & unripe fruit
Feed the diet that nature intended for your carnivore- Yeast dough
- as close as possible to the form and nutritionalDon't forget, though, that cats have different
composition that your cat would eat in a naturalnutritional needs to humans so it's the principles ones
setting. The diet that I choose to feed is very basic.follows not the actual diet.
Some of the elaborate and complicated recipes foundResources.
on the internet are enough to cause anyone toWritten by Frank & Anne Brown
abandon the idea of making their own cat food andWe have owned, lived with, loved and bred cats
that is a shame. It does not have to be thatsince we were both kids. The recent revelations of
complicated and involved. The diet of a wild cat isthe horrors of the 2007 - 2008 pet food recall led us
pretty basic - they eat whole carcass prey, oftento totally re-evaluate how we cared for our pets.
leaving the stomach and intestines behind. In the wild,We now source and prepare all our own cat food.
your cat would be eating a high protein, high-moistureThe change in both cats has been dramatic, their
content, meat-based diet, with a moderate level ofhealth, energy and sheer vitality have changed so
fat and with only approximately 3-5 percent of hermuch.