Hi
I normally feed my male cat Pi a combination of baked chicken (boneless thighs or breasts), baked duck breasts, and also Weruva Pumpkin/Chicken & Halo Spots Stew Turkey & just recently a smaller amount of Halo Spots Stew Beef/Chkn. I add Balance-It to the baked meat. I'm still cowardly about the raw because when I first got him as a stray/abandoned kitty I gave him a bit of raw milk & he got really sick that night. I know the raw milk is different than raw meat but I will pursue that on another thread.
The Weruva I've had qualms about for a few reasons. It is made in Asia, Thailand I believe. I don't know how they treat or regulate chicken feed, care, etc. It also has tapioca in it which I think sometimes helps gets his system moving and it's hydrating (it's given to babies or children I believe for constipation) & when I stop giving it to him altogether he honestly seems less well & does get constipated. But I also know it's not something a cat would eat in nature. He loves it and as long as I give it as PART of other foods it's seemed okay. The Halo also seems to make him stay feeling well, the pate form seems to help him digest and feel better & it has the least amount of rubbish in it as far as I have found. Maybe it's not ideal to feed canned pate but again if it's part of the combo I've described it seems to work.
Sorry for the massive intro. So the problem is the stove/oven has quit working & I'm trying to figure out what to buy to replace it. Right now I can't bake his chicken/meat & I feel not great about it. He's been eating a bit more of the Weruva & now he's gotten much looser stools and a gurgling stomach & it MAY be from the tapioca. I've noticed this before so normally I try to keep it as maybe 1/4 of what he eats (the Weruva Pumpkin/Chicken pouches).
This sounds odd maybe but if I got a camp stove to set up outside I could boil stuff. I've never tried boiling chicken but would that be alright to feed him? (With the supplement added). Or is there another way of cooking chicken on the stove? I could get an enameled casserole pot and slow cook it with water, maybe not totally submerge it so that it stays more succulent. I usually use glass Pyrex in the oven with a few cups of water and slowly bake it.
One other question, he doesn't seem to like pumpkin or squash when I've offered it in his food but the other day he followed me around for freshly cooked asparagus I was eating. I gave him a tiny amount and he loved it. Would asparagus be okay to give in very small amounts mixed with his home cooked chicken?
I'm working on getting a real oven but it may take a few weeks or a month to choose and install one. I'm getting a wall oven this time so it's taking time to figure that out. I was going to get a mini oven in the meantime but they all have non stick coatings and I'm too worried about that. Thanks!
I normally feed my male cat Pi a combination of baked chicken (boneless thighs or breasts), baked duck breasts, and also Weruva Pumpkin/Chicken & Halo Spots Stew Turkey & just recently a smaller amount of Halo Spots Stew Beef/Chkn. I add Balance-It to the baked meat. I'm still cowardly about the raw because when I first got him as a stray/abandoned kitty I gave him a bit of raw milk & he got really sick that night. I know the raw milk is different than raw meat but I will pursue that on another thread.
The Weruva I've had qualms about for a few reasons. It is made in Asia, Thailand I believe. I don't know how they treat or regulate chicken feed, care, etc. It also has tapioca in it which I think sometimes helps gets his system moving and it's hydrating (it's given to babies or children I believe for constipation) & when I stop giving it to him altogether he honestly seems less well & does get constipated. But I also know it's not something a cat would eat in nature. He loves it and as long as I give it as PART of other foods it's seemed okay. The Halo also seems to make him stay feeling well, the pate form seems to help him digest and feel better & it has the least amount of rubbish in it as far as I have found. Maybe it's not ideal to feed canned pate but again if it's part of the combo I've described it seems to work.
Sorry for the massive intro. So the problem is the stove/oven has quit working & I'm trying to figure out what to buy to replace it. Right now I can't bake his chicken/meat & I feel not great about it. He's been eating a bit more of the Weruva & now he's gotten much looser stools and a gurgling stomach & it MAY be from the tapioca. I've noticed this before so normally I try to keep it as maybe 1/4 of what he eats (the Weruva Pumpkin/Chicken pouches).
This sounds odd maybe but if I got a camp stove to set up outside I could boil stuff. I've never tried boiling chicken but would that be alright to feed him? (With the supplement added). Or is there another way of cooking chicken on the stove? I could get an enameled casserole pot and slow cook it with water, maybe not totally submerge it so that it stays more succulent. I usually use glass Pyrex in the oven with a few cups of water and slowly bake it.
One other question, he doesn't seem to like pumpkin or squash when I've offered it in his food but the other day he followed me around for freshly cooked asparagus I was eating. I gave him a tiny amount and he loved it. Would asparagus be okay to give in very small amounts mixed with his home cooked chicken?
I'm working on getting a real oven but it may take a few weeks or a month to choose and install one. I'm getting a wall oven this time so it's taking time to figure that out. I was going to get a mini oven in the meantime but they all have non stick coatings and I'm too worried about that. Thanks!