My cat just simply won't touch raw meat. Can I sautee or fry it a bit? Because my cat loves fried chicken (not that I feed him that) and I think he'll like sautéed meat. Some nutrition will be destroyed but it's still better than kibble, no?
I'm planning to switch from kibble to homecooked. And I'll also use supplements of course.l do. l don't often give mine cooked food, but when l do, it's usually something left over that we don't want to eat after a couple of days so the cats get it. l keep raw in the fridge sometimes for 3 days, so l'm sure lightly cooked meat could be treated the same. You could also cook it and refreeze it in portion-sized baggies as l do with the raw. lt makes their mealtimes easier.
Are you just augmenting their diet, or switching over to homecooked? Do you use calcium and other supplements?
Did you read the comments in the thread? I think even though that is an old and in some ways out dated study there are still things to be learned from it but that cats shouldn't be fed a cooked diet isn't one of them. Cooking certainly depletes some nutrients but it doesn't completely destroy them. And, studies have shown that cooked meat is easier with regards to energy expenditure for even obligate carnivores like cats to digest although I don't know of any such study that included cats.What do you think of this though: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/250047/a-real-study-on-raw-vs-cooked-diets
No, you should never feed cooked bone to an animal. Cooking makes the bone hard. Even if ground the bone can have sharp points that when made hard by cooking can increase the risk of them puncturing or at least irritating the GI tract.Oh and how about the bone? I'm planning to grind the chicken first then sautée it. Will the bone be safe to eat?
How foods are cooked can have a big impact on its nutrient content. That's because many of its vitamins
are sensitive to heat, and air exposure (in particular - vitamin C, the B vitamins and folate.) And, the
longer the time and the higher the temperature, the worse it becomes. Then, during the cooking process,
the water used for cooking can dissolve and wash away (if the cooking water is tossed out) even more of
those vitamins that are water soluble. Therefore, any cooking that minimizes the time, temperature, and
amount of water needed will help to preserve the nutrients.
Microwave cooking is one of the best ways to preserve nutrients because it needs minimal water, and the
cooking time is very short. Pressure cooking under steam is the next best method because it too minimizes
time, and it requires little water. Other methods that are also good to use for the purpose of maximizing
nutrient retention are steaming with little water, stir frying, or boil in bag.
Because microwaving and pressure cooking are both good ways to hold in nutrients, I suggest you go ahead
and use the method you prefer.
There are a few other tricks you can employ to preserve nutrients. Minimize the surface area of the food
you are to cook so that fewer vitamins are exposed to air where they will be destroyed. That means cutting
vegetables into bigger pieces. Always cover your pot to hold in steam and thus heat, which will help to
reduce cooking time. Use any leftover cooking water for soups, sauces, and stews, or vegetable juice drinks.
Eat fruits and vegetables raw whenever possible, or cook until just crisp tender. Use as little water as
possible when cooking.
The best way to destroy vitamins is to cook your fruits and vegetables in an open pot of boiling water.
Only use that method when you're making a pot of soup and the broth and all will be eaten, and even then,
put a lid on it!
This short bake won't affect the bone?Check out www.catinfo.org for how Dr. Pierson partially cooks the food, especially for a rather stubborn won't-eat-raw cat of hers. I used to bake mine only enough to kill surface pathogens and then shock it in ice water to stop the cooking process. Maybe that could work for you? Definitely don't cook the bone!
No, the idea is to cook the outside but leave the inside, where the bone is, raw. You do have to be careful that you don't over cook and so end up cooking the bone and that there is no exposed bone that might get cooked even if the center is still raw.This short bake won't affect the bone?Check out www.catinfo.org for how Dr. Pierson partially cooks the food, especially for a rather stubborn won't-eat-raw cat of hers. I used to bake mine only enough to kill surface pathogens and then shock it in ice water to stop the cooking process. Maybe that could work for you? Definitely don't cook the bone!