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Hi all, my cat was recently diagnosed with IBD and the specialist wants him to eat only rabbit at the start of his treatment. I'm assuming this will be a short term elimination type test but I will clarify that soon. His previous diet was mostly poultry and seafood. The vet recommended rx Rayne Rabbit Maint canned food which I bought, but I want to mix in home cooked rabbit because the Rx food seems very high in carbs. I want to do boneless rabbit meat because of his IBD and I picked the Balance IT Carnivore supplement since it doesn't have any other liver proteins. Ideally I will transition to feeding only homecooked and add in a couple more proteins after some time and try out the EZComplete mix. Possibly raw in the future once we get more comfortable with a routine. I also have a healthy cat that is sharing the meals.
I found the following recipe on Balance IT. Can someone help me understand how this could possibly have 59% moisture and why it doesn't call for adding any water? If I roast the rabbit it is going to be pretty dry right? And then it only shows adding in a pretty small amount of oil and no additional water. Does the oil function as a moisture source?
I did a dry run of this recipe yesterday where I slow cooked the rabbit in 1 cup of water and put it in the food processor to make a pate. I ended up adding all of the cooking liquid to get a pate consistency. Without the water it was dry and crumbly. I didn't want to add the oil because I'm mixing it with the rx canned food that already has a lot of fat and carbs. Did I mess up the balance of the recipe by using 1 cup water instead of 4.5 tsp of oil? I did use the full 30g of supplement. I would think the water is just thinning it out as a whole vs unbalancing it but want to be sure.
I found the following recipe on Balance IT. Can someone help me understand how this could possibly have 59% moisture and why it doesn't call for adding any water? If I roast the rabbit it is going to be pretty dry right? And then it only shows adding in a pretty small amount of oil and no additional water. Does the oil function as a moisture source?
I did a dry run of this recipe yesterday where I slow cooked the rabbit in 1 cup of water and put it in the food processor to make a pate. I ended up adding all of the cooking liquid to get a pate consistency. Without the water it was dry and crumbly. I didn't want to add the oil because I'm mixing it with the rx canned food that already has a lot of fat and carbs. Did I mess up the balance of the recipe by using 1 cup water instead of 4.5 tsp of oil? I did use the full 30g of supplement. I would think the water is just thinning it out as a whole vs unbalancing it but want to be sure.