I should also say that he is a bundle of energy and gets really wound up when he plays so he burns a lot of it off.
I don’t trust anything without at least a little synthetic in it. That’s because there are vitamins that are lost in processing, packaging, transportation, even storage in your freezer. So adding them back in helps counter some of that loss. Calcium, Choline, Magnesium, Thiamine, Maganese, these are all pretty standard, necessary, and safe. This looks like a good recipe. I would feed this to Krista if she liked lamb.I actually keep finding smaller, local companies that do the food similar to Rad Cat (so I keep hearing, as I wasn't here when they were operating) and I'm wondering, maybe this is the case as well in different parts of States, especially in the bigger cities like LA and New York? My source of knowledge is small, independent chain (10 shops in the city) of pet store and they know everything what happens in the raw food world across the State. I'm happy about this as I've almost transitioned one cat to commercial frozen raw but I insist on variety, seeing here what happened to all the cats left without Rad Cat (that name is disturbing to me btw ).. So I keep giving them more brands, hoping that the other cat will find something she likes too.
Therefore I have a question... Is this food decent? It's raw lamb (and my girl likes lamb and I haven't come across it before in raw food), Darwin's:
Natural Selections™ Raw Cat Food:
Ingredients:
Free-Range Meat and Organs (98%): Lamb Meat, Lamb Heart, Lamb Livers
Trace Minerals and vitamins (2%): Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Tomato Pomace, Taurine, Sea Salt, Magnesium Proteinate, Inulin, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E, Zinc Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Manganese Proteinate, Iodine, Folic Acid.
Marine Oils (Under 1%):Fish Oil 18/12 EPA/DHA (Derived from sea-harvested wild Sardines)
It seems they use synthetic minerals which in my case might be good, because my girl dislikes something in commercial raw (although she eats raw muscle meat without supplements with huge pleasure) so it might as well be the upgrade from canned. They say they follow AAFCO rules.
I only kept feeding the raw beef because the breeder I got him from gave me a tube and said he had been eating it. He has allergies to grains so I cannot give him cheep grocery store catfood. The grain caused him to scratch off a lot of his beautiful coat. That has stopped now that he is off foods with grain. I have never seen a cat in the wild eating a cob of corn. Why is it in their food???The meat itself is not balanced. So no matter what else you feed him, that’s off-balanced. Like a shot of phosphorous with very little calcium. Either reduce it to a treat portion or balance it with a supplement pre-mix. EZ Complete, Alnutrin, TCFeline, Better In The Raw, there’s lots to choose from and most will send you samples.
We all try the best we can. Until we know better. Then it's wise to do better.I only kept feeding the raw beef because the breeder I got him from gave me a tube and said he had been eating it. He has allergies to grains so I cannot give him cheep grocery store catfood. The grain caused him to scratch off a lot of his beautiful coat. That has stopped now that he is off foods with grain. I have never seen a cat in the wild eating a cob of corn. Why is it in their food???
I am trying to do the best I can. I guess it isn't good enuff.
This is much better than just the raw beef. This has heart, liver, and bones. You're probably okay with this without any additions. That still looks like too much phosphorous to me but at least there is calcium in this. I don't know if I would split hairs over that but maybe someone else on this forum might have some input. Don't add anything else to this. It would be too difficult to figure out what to add anyway.I just went to the Blue Ridge page and grabbed this info on what I am feeding Theodore. I get the 2pound tubes in a case of 15. He gets the ground beef kitten grind. And recommended serving size as per the site (I am below this). I had bought Kitty Bloom vitamin powder but it has cheese in it so I stopped(possible lactose intolerance). Also, my vet said not to add them because he would get too much and cause problems. Could be part of the reason he was scratching off his fur. That has stopped now.
Kitten Mix (Cats)
Ground Beef, Ground Chicken, Ground Beef Heart, Ground Beef Liver, Ground Chicken Bone
Protein- 18.57%
Fat- 6.85%
Fiber- .32%
Ash- 1.39%
Moisture- 73.52%
Calcium- 145 mg/100g
Phosphorus- 216 mg/100g
1298 kcal/kg