Cats eating raw - we're looking for pictures!

[Anne]

We're working on a series of articles to be added to our article section next month, discussing various aspects of feeding raw. 

If you have good-quality pictures showing your cats eating raw, or pictures of raw food preparation, and you don't mind them being used to illustrate the articles with, please post them here. Credit will be provided, of course.

Thank you!

 

[beth laubenthal]

I have several photos.  If you need a bigger file, let me know. 

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• May 29, 2014

Benny eating a wing.

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• May 29, 2014

Benny eating duck. 

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• May 29, 2014

Food prep.

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• May 29, 2014

Balanced boned meal with beef heart.  Organs: chicken liver, pork kidney

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

Balanced heart meal with eggshell powder.  Organs: pork kidney, chicken liver

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• May 29, 2014

Benny eating egg

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• May 29, 2014

Stuffed cornish game hen.  Stuffed with enough meat and organs to make it balanced.  Fed 5 cats

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• May 29, 2014

Patches watching me prep food

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• May 29, 2014

Beef heart cut into bird sized bits.

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• May 29, 2014

Phantom (5 year old)

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• May 29, 2014

Phantom eating duck

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• May 29, 2014

Benny eating chicken

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

My 11 year old, Mooch.  No dentals.  Raw fed 4 years.

 

[addiebee]

Let me see what I can do, Anne. All I have is my cell phone camera and it takes meh photos.

 

[oneandahalfcats]

Balanced boned meal with beef heart.  Organs: chicken liver, pork kidney

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

Phantom (5 year old)

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

Phantom eating duck

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

My 11 year old, Mooch.  No dentals.  Raw fed 4 years.

Your cats have very nice teeth! ... The raw obviously agrees with them. Good stuff.

 

[ldg]

Oh if anyone has pictures of MAKING ground food, those would be great too!

(Like the prep pictures in addition to the other great photos, Beth! )

 

[beth laubenthal]

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

Food for 5 cats and a dog.

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• May 29, 2014

Taking apart a chicken breast to reveal tenderloin underneath breast muscle

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• May 29, 2014

Parting a chicken wing

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• May 29, 2014

Parting a leg quarter

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• May 29, 2014

Prepping food for 5 cats for 2 days, plus making up the weekly organ/sardine mix.

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

Organ mix: half pound of pork kidney, half pound of chicken liver, a can or two of sardines.

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• May 29, 2014

The turkey drumstick that will be deboned and cut up.

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

The wings and eggs.  The eggs were used for that day's meal.  Three eggs between 5 cats.  I normally do 5 eggs: one per cat per week.

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

Pork chops that will have the bones removed.

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• May 29, 2014

Mashed up the sardines after I rinsed them.

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• May 29, 2014

Noting that livers can be multiple colors.

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• May 29, 2014

Bowls that are labeled are ready

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• May 29, 2014

Organ mix ready.  The cats get 1 tablespoon of this a day.  

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• May 29, 2014

Organs are in the bowls.  White powder is egg shell powder for Mooch

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• May 29, 2014

Getting there in prep.  Just need to add the meat!

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• May 29, 2014

Weighing the meat.

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• beth laubenthal
• May 29, 2014

Weighing the meat, bone and organ to make sure I have enough for that particular cat.

 

[the3cats]

Hi there,

I have some pics as well. I have much more but I think most pics that have been posted here are already perfect so some that might fill in a gap:

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• the3cats
• May 29, 2014

Jasper always impatient

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• the3cats
• May 29, 2014

Jasper at the 'feeding dome' - food can be entertainment as well

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• the3cats
• May 29, 2014

Always stealing... nothing is too big

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• the3cats
• May 29, 2014

and a boring one ;-)

I'm very curious about your article! :-)

Furry greetings,

Silke and Linus, Jasper, Jinpa & Lucy

 

[wintermelon]

I love the food prep ones, Beth and the3cats!

I only have one each from eating and prepping, hope it helps

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• wintermelon
• May 29, 2014

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• May 29, 2014

 

[ldg]

I'm very curious about your article! :-)

Furry greetings,
Silke and Linus, Jasper, Jinpa & Lucy

It's a series of articles being published over the month of June. The articles include

Raw Feeding Cats: Is it Safe?

Raw Feeding Cats: Feeding Styles & Options

Raw Feeding Supplies (written by Anne)

Homemade food for cats: Proper Balancing and Supplementation

Homemade Ground Raw for Cats

Prey Model Raw for Cats (being written by TCS member Auntie Crazy (Tracy Dion))

Anne is also publishing a series of articles based on her interview with vet nutritionist, Martha Cline. June will include the article with the discussion of raw.

 

[the3cats]

Wow! Hell of a work. And all for us readers? This is exciting.

Are you planning an article about healthy homemade treats as well? I have a lot of pics of drying meat. Such as:

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• the3cats
• May 30, 2014

and the inspector:

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• the3cats
• May 30, 2014
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Furry greetings,
Silke and Linus, Jasper, Jinpa & Lucy

 

[roguethecat]

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• May 24, 2014

 Oberon, prior to dragging off some nude mice to eat somewhere I haven't put a mat on. He likes the furred ones, too, any color.

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Grisou, hard at work killing a dead chick... he loves them. Can't have too many though because they're like egg yolks with feet.

 

[ldg]

Oh you know I love Grisou! (Pawley's long distance twin!)

 

[ldg]

Wow! Hell of a work. And all for us readers? This is exciting.

They're not the most in-depth articles or guides, but hopefully instructive. Once reading the articles, for anyone with further interest, the forums are here for additional questions, information, and help.

 

[roguethecat]

 

[furmonster mom]

I went ahead and took some this morning....

The set up:  I have pre-packaged my meats and organs for the day (for 5 animals).  They are packaged as whole as I can manage, to reduce cut surfaces, then frozen.  I pull what I need from the freezer a day ahead for thawing.

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Now I chop it up for individual portions:  The cats are getting the wing bits, and the dog is getting the leg/thigh.

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• May 30, 2014

Portioning the liver (heart is on the plates already). 

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• May 30, 2014

What's this? 

I've pulled Belle's portion to the board for special treatment... since she only has 3 teeth to her name

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• May 30, 2014

Mommy SMASH!

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Then cut;  the skin is very strong, and the raw bones are actually easy to cut through with scissors

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Then I put all of Belle's portion into a bowl for even more special treatment.

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Clean up time!

First rinse....

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Then spray;  I use a 10% bleach solution with just a smidge of laundry soap added.  I use liquid laundry soap, because it is formulated to work with bleach.  Dish soaps have ammoniates that react badly with bleach.  Some folks prefer to use vinegar solution, and that's perfectly fine (I'm just an old school restaurant gal).

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• furmonster mom
• May 30, 2014

What's on the menu today, Mom?

Chicken, Beef Heart, and Beef Liver... you hungry?

YES PLEASE!!

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• May 30, 2014

OM NOM NOM NOM!!!

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• May 30, 2014

Oh Loki, you're such a messy eater... good thing I've got plenty of baby wipes for that.

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• May 30, 2014

Now Pippen is such a little gentleman...

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• May 30, 2014

... mostly.

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[furmonster mom]

Here's a peek at my freezer....  I buy in bulk and then portion out daily packages, then vac pack and freeze.

Organ meats on top shelf:  liver, kidney, heart, brain, melt, and there's even some small fishies back there somewhere...

Pork, chicken feet, beef on second shelf

Chicken and lamb on the third shelf

Individualized meal packages in the bottom bin for petsitting or "OMGi'mfreakinlate" days.

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• furmonster mom
• May 30, 2014

 

[Anne]

Excellent pictures! Thank you so much everyone!!!

 

[harrylime]

My god, as someone who just orders ground proteins and Alnutrin from hare-today, these photos make me feel downright lazy! 

 

[ldg]

There's nothing wrong with quick and easy!

 

[the3cats]

Because it looked so good ;-)

Goat with bonemeal, pumpkin seeds, a vitamin/mineral mix and grass

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• the3cats
• Jun 12, 2014