Eww. Apparently B vitamins smell like toxic waste to my four cats. Most recipes I've seen/approximately followed require some kind of B complex supplement.
Try as I might, no one will eat anything mixed with mashed B vitamin or else they will eat it and promptly vomit. I use about a twentieth of a pill (each whole pill contains 3 mg B1 (thiamin), 3mg b2, 20 Niacin, 2 mg b6, 6mcg B12, 10mg Pantothenic Acid) mashed up for the 4 cats a day spread out over 2-3 meals.
Is it a big deal if they won't eat the B vitamins if their diet is as follows?
75% beef or chicken muscle meat. I have started to sear the chicken quickly (~10 seconds) to kill bacteria and then cut into pieces--searing also seems to stop my most sensitive cat from throwing up chicken (Although, now I am wondering if just taking it off the bone and cutting it into small pieces is what keeps him from throwing up). The inside is raw, but the skin is not. I take out the bones now.
25% kidney, heart, and liver (beef or chicken)
Eggshell Powder sufficient to reach ideal phosphorous to calcium ratio--I can't get them to eat uncooked bones. A couple tried it, and decided now that it's no longer worth their time.
A bit of salmon oil.
Vit E
75mg taurine/day/cat to replace what was lost during searing and also just to be on the safe side.
Most recipes call for egg yokes, but no one will touch them or even eat anything dipped in them. So I have given up on that.
Also, if anyone notices something else that I am missing, I would really appreciate any feedback.
Thank you for all your support.
Try as I might, no one will eat anything mixed with mashed B vitamin or else they will eat it and promptly vomit. I use about a twentieth of a pill (each whole pill contains 3 mg B1 (thiamin), 3mg b2, 20 Niacin, 2 mg b6, 6mcg B12, 10mg Pantothenic Acid) mashed up for the 4 cats a day spread out over 2-3 meals.
Is it a big deal if they won't eat the B vitamins if their diet is as follows?
75% beef or chicken muscle meat. I have started to sear the chicken quickly (~10 seconds) to kill bacteria and then cut into pieces--searing also seems to stop my most sensitive cat from throwing up chicken (Although, now I am wondering if just taking it off the bone and cutting it into small pieces is what keeps him from throwing up). The inside is raw, but the skin is not. I take out the bones now.
25% kidney, heart, and liver (beef or chicken)
Eggshell Powder sufficient to reach ideal phosphorous to calcium ratio--I can't get them to eat uncooked bones. A couple tried it, and decided now that it's no longer worth their time.
A bit of salmon oil.
Vit E
75mg taurine/day/cat to replace what was lost during searing and also just to be on the safe side.
Most recipes call for egg yokes, but no one will touch them or even eat anything dipped in them. So I have given up on that.
Also, if anyone notices something else that I am missing, I would really appreciate any feedback.
Thank you for all your support.