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Home-cooked renal diets
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The main thing with CKD is controlling the phosphorus level. By substituting bone (which shouldn't be fed cooked anyway) with eggshell, the phosphorus is reduced dramatically, because while the primary source of calcium, bones are also high in phosphorus. A raw meat/organ diet with a few supplements and eggshell as a source of calcium is a diet that is about 0.8% phosphorus - and discussion on Tanya's CKD site ( http://www.felinecrf.org ) basically says - the most important thing is that a cat eat. And while the prescription renal diets target a level of phosphorus BELOW AAFCO minimum recommendations (they target 0.4%), anything under 1% (these are measured on a dry matter basis) is good. Well - home cooked or raw using eggshell results in 0.8%. And don't forget - One VERY important aspect of feeding this diet is the digestibility. It is minimally processed, it is VERY high quality protein, you have COMPLETE control over ingredients. These three things means it will be the easiest diet on the kidneys. And if your kitty is late stage, you can lower the phos even further by substituting up to 10% of the food with egg whites (if kitty will eat it like that ) - very high protein, but no phosphorus.
You can use the semi-cooked method of Dr. Pierson. Just substitute the weight of bone (about 10% of the total weight) with meat/liver in a 95% / 5% ratio, and use eggshell at the rate of 1/2 teaspoon per pound of food: http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood No grinder would be necessary as you're not grinding bone, you just need a food processor to mince the meat - and you can use a variety of proteins, not just rabbit or chicken thighs. Or combinations of meat. Of course, anything should be introduced slowly, and treat each protein as a separate introduction.
Transition tips: http://www.thecatsite.com/a/transit...-to-a-new-type-of-food-canned-raw-or-homemade
You can also use any of these recipes - these cooked recipes use eggshell, not bone: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/263751/cooked-recipes-thread
There are links in the posts by mschauer to a collection of recipes with various proteins. You can either balance yourself as per the recipes, or make it easy, and use the recipes with Alnutrin with eggshell, also included.
Hope this helps, and please feel free to ask any questions!
You can use the semi-cooked method of Dr. Pierson. Just substitute the weight of bone (about 10% of the total weight) with meat/liver in a 95% / 5% ratio, and use eggshell at the rate of 1/2 teaspoon per pound of food: http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood No grinder would be necessary as you're not grinding bone, you just need a food processor to mince the meat - and you can use a variety of proteins, not just rabbit or chicken thighs. Or combinations of meat. Of course, anything should be introduced slowly, and treat each protein as a separate introduction.
Transition tips: http://www.thecatsite.com/a/transit...-to-a-new-type-of-food-canned-raw-or-homemade
You can also use any of these recipes - these cooked recipes use eggshell, not bone: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/263751/cooked-recipes-thread
There are links in the posts by mschauer to a collection of recipes with various proteins. You can either balance yourself as per the recipes, or make it easy, and use the recipes with Alnutrin with eggshell, also included.
Hope this helps, and please feel free to ask any questions!
Oh - Dr. Pierson's recipe (catinfo.org) works for food that is lightly baked or seared, leaving the inside raw. If you are going to cook completely, best to use any of the recipes that are complete and balanced as per mschauer in the other link. The recipes aren't at all complicated, and are complete and balanced - but low phosphorus, as they use eggshell, not bone. 
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