[Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share?
Ardy Robertson
ardyr at centurytel.net
Sat Jan 9 12:36:14 CST 2016
Thank you very much for the ideas……..I too have had to toss out a lot of the $3.00 cans to who-knows-what outside where we live.
I will look for some of these brands…………my vet told me to keep on with the salmon flavor since he will eat it. She also said the chicken-flavor dry Blue Buffalo is okay for him as long as he eats it. I’m just taking it one day at a time, and supplementing with liquid vitamin/minerals including iron. I don’t give him the full dose, not sure why.
Thanks again everyone!
Ardy
From: Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces at felineleukemia.org] On Behalf Of Margo
Sent: Friday, January 8, 2016 2:21 PM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
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
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From: gidget43 at aol.com <mailto:gidget43 at aol.com>
Sent: Jan 8, 2016 10:55 AM
To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org <mailto: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
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From: dlgegg <dlgegg at windstream.net <mailto:dlgegg at windstream.net> >
To: felvtalk <felvtalk at felineleukemia.org <mailto: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 <mailto: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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