I've been reading a lot about the raw diet and have a few questions.
Lets start here;
I currently feed my 8 month old cat 3 times a day. All 3 meals he gets canned wet food and some dry food. Morning and evening meals are larger then the afternoon, which is a snack.
My current plan is to feed 2 or 3 dinner meals a week with homemade / raw. So all other meals will still be canned wet food and some dry, with the possibility of eliminating the dry all together.
I will not be going full homemade / raw diet yet, maybe in the future.
- I do not currently have a grinder to make the food.
- I do not really have freezer space currently to store made food.
Currently what my cat has tried are the following.
- Sardines in spring water - I gave him 1 piece of sardine for a meal which he loved. My plan is to only feed him sardines two times a month.
- Raw boneless pork loin - I cut a few strips of raw boneless pork loin from a meal I was making for him to try. Once he figure out how to chew pieces off the strips, he gobbled them up.
The last food I tried, I made a poached egg for him. I kept it whole when I gave it to him. He didn't seem interested in it. I broke the yoke and cut some of the whites up into small pieces. He licked some of the yoke and walked away. I decided to chop up the egg and mix it with the yoke. No interest in it.
I will try making a scrambled egg for him and see if he likes it that way.
I would like to try a raw chicken wing. I've read on the web it's ok to feed chicken wings to cats because they have small bones. To me the main bone in a chicken wing compared to a cats mouth seems pretty big to me.
Do cats break the bone up chewing it to eat the bone itself?
It just freaks me out a little.
Next time I get chicken breast for a meal I will will try some strips of that.
With my current plan of feeding 2 or 3 dinners, with all other meals being commercial prepared cat food, would I need to worry about any nutrient deficiencies that would need supplements?
Just read a thread on the site about chicken gizzards. I have seen them at the store. My have to see if he likes those. Looking for anything to help maintain healthy teeth and gums. Currently I do brush Buddy's teeth.
We had 4 cats before him and all 4 needed dental work at some point.
Buddy enjoying raw boneless pork loin strip.
The sardine can came with 4 hunks of fish. Individually wrapped the other 3 pieces of fish to freeze for later meals.
Lets start here;
I currently feed my 8 month old cat 3 times a day. All 3 meals he gets canned wet food and some dry food. Morning and evening meals are larger then the afternoon, which is a snack.
My current plan is to feed 2 or 3 dinner meals a week with homemade / raw. So all other meals will still be canned wet food and some dry, with the possibility of eliminating the dry all together.
I will not be going full homemade / raw diet yet, maybe in the future.
- I do not currently have a grinder to make the food.
- I do not really have freezer space currently to store made food.
Currently what my cat has tried are the following.
- Sardines in spring water - I gave him 1 piece of sardine for a meal which he loved. My plan is to only feed him sardines two times a month.
- Raw boneless pork loin - I cut a few strips of raw boneless pork loin from a meal I was making for him to try. Once he figure out how to chew pieces off the strips, he gobbled them up.
The last food I tried, I made a poached egg for him. I kept it whole when I gave it to him. He didn't seem interested in it. I broke the yoke and cut some of the whites up into small pieces. He licked some of the yoke and walked away. I decided to chop up the egg and mix it with the yoke. No interest in it.
I will try making a scrambled egg for him and see if he likes it that way.
I would like to try a raw chicken wing. I've read on the web it's ok to feed chicken wings to cats because they have small bones. To me the main bone in a chicken wing compared to a cats mouth seems pretty big to me.
Do cats break the bone up chewing it to eat the bone itself?
It just freaks me out a little.
Next time I get chicken breast for a meal I will will try some strips of that.
With my current plan of feeding 2 or 3 dinners, with all other meals being commercial prepared cat food, would I need to worry about any nutrient deficiencies that would need supplements?
Just read a thread on the site about chicken gizzards. I have seen them at the store. My have to see if he likes those. Looking for anything to help maintain healthy teeth and gums. Currently I do brush Buddy's teeth.
We had 4 cats before him and all 4 needed dental work at some point.
Buddy enjoying raw boneless pork loin strip.
The sardine can came with 4 hunks of fish. Individually wrapped the other 3 pieces of fish to freeze for later meals.