<div dir="ltr">For homemade food, the best I know of is Dr Piersen's. She has an extensive page on what cats should eat. <a href="http://www.catinfo.org">http://www.catinfo.org</a></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Margo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:toomanykitties2@earthlink.net" target="_blank">toomanykitties2@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Remember that baby food is NOT a "complete and balanced" diet. <br><br>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><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>Good Luck :)<br><br>Margo <br><br><br><blockquote style="padding-left:5px;margin-left:0px;border-left:#0000ff 2px solid;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;color:black">-----Original Message--<br>---
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<br><br><font color="black" size="2" face="arial">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.
<div>No onions or garlic in these. The ones you want are Ham (no salt added), Chicken, Turkey or Beef with gravy. </div>
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Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share?<br>
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I have used baby food, just make sue that it does not have any garlic or onioin, Gerbers is pretty good.<br>
I have also boiled chicken for my soup and held out some before I put in garlic and onion. <br>
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---- Ardy Robertson <<a href="mailto:ardyr@centurytel.net" target="_blank">ardyr@centurytel.net</a>> wrote: <br>
> Hello everyone,<br>
> <br>
> My FeLV+ cat Tigger is doing very well at the moment, however, he did have a<br>
> swollen lymph node, and even though he is past the initial period of<br>
> illness, he is still positive. He does seem to be cold quite often even<br>
> though we have the thermostat turned way up for him, and he also seems to<br>
> sleep a lot more than he ever did before so I am now giving him a liquid<br>
> vitamin/mineral supplement with iron in it.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> When he was very sick and not eating/drinking, the vet told me to feed him<br>
> anything he wants. What he chose was Friskies salmon pate canned food. Now<br>
> that he eats better, he has really cut down on eating the Blue Buffalo dry<br>
> food. In my reading I have heard that it is not good for him to have any<br>
> "fish-based" food. I have seen this mentioned in several articles. I think<br>
> it has something to do with bacteria but I'm not sure.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> I am wondering if any of you make your own cat food. I once had to boil<br>
> chicken and rice together for a cat who was sick, and as I remember she<br>
> didn't like it much. So - I am looking for a way to make something out of<br>
> "people quality" meat and maybe put a little rice in it, but I am thinking<br>
> it will have to have a "pate" consistency and be fairly flavorful. This<br>
> kitty doesn't seem to think he should eat any people food, whereas my other<br>
> one believes she should only eat people food.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Any ideas would be appreciated - I will go to whatever lengths needed to<br>
> make a good food for him. (I have tried the fresh cat food at Pet Food Plus<br>
> and he won't touch it. I have also tried all the other canned stuff, even<br>
> the super expensive kinds.)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Thanks!!<br>
> <br>
> Ardy Robertson<br>
> <br>
> Osseo, WI<br>
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