How to prepare yummy nutritious food for kitties - broken up into boneless and grind mix recipes, (to read additional information about basics as well as the full version recipe page, click on "Basics and rawfeeding options"), and how to get them to eat said meat.
Shawn's Calisto's got the raw eating part down pat.
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Home-made eggshell powder (ESP) and bone meal powder |
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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Make your own eggshell powder (ESP) and bone meal powder
I use ESP and bone meal powder for my cat Pigpen who is allergic to chicken, duck, turkey, and game hen but thankfully not to their shells or their membranes. Over the 13+ years I have been running my list/forum, I have met far too many cats who are allergic to poultry. If your cat is allergic to poultry and won't accept whole prey, using ESP (substitute emu, quail, or ostrich for chicken eggshells) or bone meal powder still beats commercial food.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 September 2010 10:17 |
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Read more... [Home-made eggshell powder (ESP) and bone meal powder]
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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Pork chunks Recipe
This recipe is for those kitties who like their meat cut up into chunks, as opposed to ground-up. It is better for cats as it gives their jaws a bit of a workout. Not as much as with raw meaty bones or whole prey but it's something. My cats prefer chunks to ground, so this is what I feed on non-whole prey days.
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Last Updated on Friday, 09 March 2012 20:18 |
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Read more... [Chunk recipe]
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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Pre-ground rabbit with bones, head, feet, and organs
Several vendors sell the above in 1, 2, and 5 pound (lb) chubs/vacuum-sealed bags. To save on shipping, you can order a large amount. It will arrive in a semi-frozen state, at which point you can open up all the bags, prepare the mix, and then portion out to be frozen in glass canning jars.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 06 August 2011 01:13 |
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Read more... [Ground rabbit with bones]
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Boneless/No Grind Recipes |
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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A cautionary note before you begin -- feeding a boneless diet day in and day out is not recommended because we simply do not have complete data on the nutritional composition of small cat prey.
That said, a boneless raw diet is far superior to commercial food (most of it containing very little if any real meat) which is cooked to within an inch of its life after which minerals including calcium, and vitamins are added to it.
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Last Updated on Monday, 01 August 2011 05:04 |
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Read more... [Boneless/No Grind Recipes]
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Written by booeymom/Sandy Arora
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Because of our IBD-cat Pigpen who is allergic to poultry, we grind rabbits and deer. The other 3 cats eat cut-up cornish game hen (CGH) but at times prefer ground so we also grind CGH, guinea fowl (from local farms), and heritage turkey (at Thanksgiving). However, I am going to discuss chicken here because it is more readily available for most people. There are recipes on the site for chunked pork meat & pre-ground rabbit from a farm.
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Last Updated on Monday, 05 July 2010 08:59 |
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Read more... [Ground Raw Meat Mix]
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