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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Thanks again everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Ardy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Felvtalk [mailto:felvtalk-bounces@felineleukemia.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Margo<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 8, 2016 2:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>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><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message--<br>--- <br>From: <a href="mailto:gidget43@aol.com">gidget43@aol.com</a> <br>Sent: Jan 8, 2016 10:55 AM <br>To: <a href="mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org">felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a> <br>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share? <br><br>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. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>No onions or garlic in these. The ones you want are Ham (no salt added), Chicken, Turkey or Beef with gravy. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Nancy & the gang<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original Message-----<br>From: dlgegg <<a href="mailto:dlgegg@windstream.net">dlgegg@windstream.net</a>><br>To: felvtalk <<a href="mailto:felvtalk@felineleukemia.org">felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a>><br>Sent: Thu, Jan 7, 2016 5:00 pm<br>Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Does anyone have homemade cat food recipes to share?<br><br>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><br>---- 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>> <br>> <br>> <br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Felvtalk mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org" target="_blank">Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org</a><br><a href="http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org" target="_blank">http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>