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

[Kelley S]

For homemade food, the best I know of is Dr Piersen's.  She has an
extensive page on what cats should eat.  http://www.catinfo.org

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Margo <toomanykitties2 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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--
> ---
> 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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