I do not trust pet food companies anymore?
Is there any way to home cook a good cat food? I have 7 cats, 5 of my own and 2 belong to my adult son who is living with us. The animals are members of my family and we want to provide the best and not have to worry whether they will die from some commercial pet food on the market. I know that cats need taurine. I am going to try study on what is essential in a feline diet and try to cook a healthy food at home for them. Is this possible?Anyone know of a company that uses good quality meats and grains to make their product?
Absolutely! We have done this for years. To get a start, try the following recipes found at http://www.simplypets.com/pet-recipes/ or Google ‘pet food recipes’ and examine the many links.
Most of this is common sense, in fact, you can save a good deal of money by using the least expensive cuts of beef, chicken, fish, ground up with an assortment of vegetables, even cereals to make up patties, sort of like a small meat loaf. These freeze well. In no time at all, you can quickly determine what appeals most to the cats and then it gets to be pretty simple.
Best of luck to you, it will be fun.
I am very concerned but recognize that I do not have the time or the expertise to cook for my animals. I use a high quality commercial food called California Naturals which I selected because it has the fewest ingredients of any commercial food as is designed to be hypoallergenic (I have one dog with allergy issues). It contains no wheat products. They make cat food also. It is balanced and after doing my research I am comfortable using it. There are several other brands out there that I believe to be high quality and you should be able to select one of those.
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I would look at the ingredients on the cans in the grocery and then try to cook those same kind of ingreients at home, chopping them or cutting them fine to suit my cat. This may be more expensive but it will put your mind at ease about food safety for your cat. Maybe you will find it fun to cook, too.
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All of the food that contianed the rat poison was wet food. If you have dry food, your pets will be find. However, some pets need to have wet food in their diet. What you can do is put some dry food into the bowl of water, and that counts as wet food.
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Absolutely! We have done this for years. To get a start, try the following recipes found at http://www.simplypets.com/pet-recipes/ or Google ‘pet food recipes’ and examine the many links.
Most of this is common sense, in fact, you can save a good deal of money by using the least expensive cuts of beef, chicken, fish, ground up with an assortment of vegetables, even cereals to make up patties, sort of like a small meat loaf. These freeze well. In no time at all, you can quickly determine what appeals most to the cats and then it gets to be pretty simple.
Best of luck to you, it will be fun.
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I heard a new story about this on the radio the other day. It was in reference to the dog food aspect, so I’m not sure if this is applicable to cats. The person they were interviewing said to stay away from grains for dogs. Their diets should be more "meat oriented", with viatamin supplements as well.
Unfortunately, I can’t find the new story, because the speaker runs a company that more natural pet foods.
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I feed my dog Natural Way, it an All Natural food, they make cat food also. There are no preservatives or artificial ingredients in it. I would try it!
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There are many very high quality pet foods. Look at this website for a highly recommended brand: http://www.canidae.com/
The foods are corn, wheat and soy free and they get all ingredients they use from the US.
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Yes, you can find recipes for homemade diets for cats online, or through your vet. But, be reasonable: there have have been recalls/tainted food alerts on EVERYTHING from hamburger to spinach! So, someday you may make your cat’s own food to find out the meat you used has a problem, too – these things happen from time-to-time. Don’t overeact.
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You are actually better off by using a commercial product. They have the resources to test the ingredients and test the final product. Unless you have a chemistry lab in your garage you have no way to do this.
The simple fact of the matter is that all of life involves risk. Menu Foods had no reason to suspect contamination of their wheat gluten simply because they were checking for contaminants that have been known to occur in that product.
The fact of the matter is that it is impossible to protect against an unknown hazard.
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Our cat is ridiculously finicky – he won’t even eat people food!
The other day I switched him to Felidae – he likes it and their website has pretty interesting info. They say there are no hormones or antibiotics in their meat supplies and there is cranberry for urinary tract health.
I agree, the typical large pet food manufacturers really make me wonder what’s going on.
It seems as if unscrupulous companies are getting rid of garbage by rendering it into pet foods. It’s horrible and why should we pay premium price for essentially crummy by-products? If the cattle are in that bad of shape, they should just burn them and get rid of them.
Castor & Pollox is also supposed to be a good brand, but I’ve not yet checked into it.
Cats and dogs need their own various nutrients, cats need Taurine for example. It might be easier for you to find a brand of food you have confidence in. Otherwise, check with your Vet and see if you can supplement your pet’s diet safely with a vitamin additive. Too much of a good thing can turn the other way around and end up bad for them. Cat’s biochemistry is different than a dog’s also.
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http://www.canidae.com/
http://petsitusa.com/blog/
It does seem that everybody is into this kind of stuff lately. Don’t really understand it though, but thanks for trying to explain it. Appreciate you shedding light into this matter. Keep it up
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