[Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share?

Fri Jan 8 14:30:23 CST 2016

My two (Kit and Baby) are eating Holistic Select and at times Fancy Feast Classics Chicken or Turkey.  Gee, if there are any homemade recipes
that are good for them, I would love to hear about them.  Holisitic Select is a no grain, no gluten food.  As for the fish?  No way would I feed any
of mine fish or anything with fish in it.  It's very bad on the bladder and, yes, will eventually cause debris and sediment, which leads to crystals
and stones.  

Nancy & the gang.

-----Original Message-----
From: Margo <toomanykitties2 at earthlink.net>
To: felvtalk <felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Fri, Jan 8, 2016 3:21 pm
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share?

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--
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From: gidget43 at aol.com
Sent: Jan 8, 2016 10:55 AM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
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 <dlgegg at windstream.net>
To: felvtalk <felvtalk at felineleukemia.org>
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 <ardyr at centurytel.net> 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
> 
>  
> 

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