So Tiki Cat Puka Puka is the absolute go to food in my house for the two little cats. The good thing is each cat's daily requirement is only about 2/3 of a can because the cats are so small. The bad thing is it's still about $3/can so it still adds up fast! I'm getting some traction with mixing and may find that mixing also works with slightly less expensive canned foods thus stretching the expensive food a bit longer, but at the moment the mix includes a food with a similar cost. Right now I'm ignoring the prices basically, but longer term I really would like to find a way to cut costs a bit.
So I was thinking about trying a home cooked diet. While this wouldn't be raw (I don't think I want to deal with homemade raw) it at least would have advantage of knowing what it in the food and how it was made. I know there are a couple of mixes I can buy that would make it easy to get a properly nutritious food. What I'm wondering is how to get the shredded texture of the Tiki Cat, which I gather is important. Although, I'm not really sure what it is that draws them to the Tiki. Maybe it's not the fact that it's shredded, but it seems the most likely since I don't seem to get as much success with other types of cans, at least with the one cat. The other distinct aspect of that food is that it's in a thin broth. That should be easy enough to replicate I would guess. But I'm not used to cooking much in the way of meat at home, just a couple of simple things. Maybe this would be equally simple though.
Do you folks have any thoughts on how to go about cooking something similar to what comes in the blue can (as we call it around our house, LOL)?
So I was thinking about trying a home cooked diet. While this wouldn't be raw (I don't think I want to deal with homemade raw) it at least would have advantage of knowing what it in the food and how it was made. I know there are a couple of mixes I can buy that would make it easy to get a properly nutritious food. What I'm wondering is how to get the shredded texture of the Tiki Cat, which I gather is important. Although, I'm not really sure what it is that draws them to the Tiki. Maybe it's not the fact that it's shredded, but it seems the most likely since I don't seem to get as much success with other types of cans, at least with the one cat. The other distinct aspect of that food is that it's in a thin broth. That should be easy enough to replicate I would guess. But I'm not used to cooking much in the way of meat at home, just a couple of simple things. Maybe this would be equally simple though.
Do you folks have any thoughts on how to go about cooking something similar to what comes in the blue can (as we call it around our house, LOL)?
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