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Here's The PURRFECT Way To Homefeed Your Feline Friends
After a lifetime of unintentionally poisoning my favorite cats,
I've learned the most important thing:
Cats MUST eat RAW MEAT
Please read How To Start Homefeeding Your Pets first
Cats are the finickiest eaters on the planet. Unfortunately, felines instantly become addicted to the chemicals in commercial foods and would rather starve than eat a healthy meal of real food. It isn't always easy to be smarter than one's pets but, if you want your cat to live healthier and longer, bite the bullet now and switch to raw food. They NEED raw food because they haven't evolved enough to eat dry out of a bag or cooked from a can. They also can't get the chemicals from a bag that stimulate their natural instincts so they are slaves to their addition.
You might have to take all food away from your cats for several days before they are willing to try ground raw turkey or chicken. (cats can go for two weeks without food!) If you have been feeding dry food, you can expect them to go through withdrawal symptoms for 30 days, a detox equal to heroin in humans. Start out homefeeding cats with only raw ground turkey or chicken. You might have to bridge the way to raw through the transition with canned tuna in water or some cooked chicken or turkey for a week -- anything to get them off of the crunchies. A few weeks after they start to eat the raw meat, you can occasionally add the grains and vegetables. Their systems can tolerate all the bacteria that are found in raw meat = don't worry. It's convenient to buy raw, ground turkey or chicken frozen in tubes and squeeze it out.
The fact is that cats are obligate carnivores, they are required to eat raw meat -- it is biologically essential to their survival. (It's in the dictionary!) They also are intolerant to most carbohydrates. Therefore, the ideal diet for cats would be the raw, fresh meat of rodentia (mice, voles, squirrels, rats and rabbits) and birds including the contents of their stomachs -- not a pretty picture! Logic tells us that domestic felines do NOT like to get wet, nor do they bait a hook and fish for their dinner, therefore fresh-water fish is not an indigenous food for cats.
Don't expect to share many meals with your feline friends but do watch for their cues about when they want a sample of something you're eating. Be sure it doesn't include chocolate, dairy, onions or pork.
Cats must have TAURINE, which is an amino acid found only in fresh animal and seafood tissue. It does not cook out of seafood so you can occasionally give cats canned tuna packed in water or other seafood delicacies. A deficiency of taurine causes blindness and cardiac problems. Artificial taurine is added to commercial food and is not acceptable.
A cat can NOT drink enough water to compensate for eating dry kibble. When they are fed raw meat they won't need to drink as much water.
If you have been feeding your cats from a bag, get ready for the 30-day detox. I suggest taking away all food for the first 24 hours, then introduce raw, ground turkey or chicken until they begin to eat it. You can bridge the gap with cooked poultry or canned tuna in water.
This is what I actually feed my cats.
It's inexpensive (cheaper than vet bills)
It's easy (squeeze out the turkey or slice with a knife)
It works! My cats are glorious!
Feline Feeding Formula:
Meat 98%
ground raw turkey
ground raw chicken
seafood (does not lose taurine when cooked)
tuna in water (occasionally, not daily)
Grain 1%:
Oatmeal, oatbran, rice, barley (grind into flour in blender or food processor)
only feed grain occasionally
Vegetables 1%:
puréed, juiced, raw or steamed -- this should ideally be a salad.
only feed salad occasionally
Bone meal: Mix 1/4 teaspoon into raw meat every few days
Allow cats to eat as much as they want for a month until they have detoxified and you will get an idea of how much to feed them. When eating a strict diet of commercial food, cats do not feel satiated but, when they eat real food, they will tell you how much they need.
Natural Supplements For Cats
Use a balanced vitamin & mineral supplement with chelated amino acids -- I use only Dynamite Specialty Products specifically Liquid Purrformance.
Water - H²0 Cats should not big water drinkers because they get most of their moisture from raw food but keep fresh water in front of them daily.
Do
NOT Feed Cats the following:
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Chocolate contains theobromine which is a cardiac stimulant and a diuretic; the darker the chocolate, the higher the toxic effect
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Dairy (milk, cheese, yogurt, cream and raw eggs) As soon as kittens are weaned from their mothers they become lactose intolerant to ALL dairymilk products. Sure, they like to lap up milk but it acts as a purge to their systems. Continued feeding of dairy can actually poison most cats.
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Onions, shallots, elephant garlic & leeks all members of the Liliaceae family (except for garlic) contain large amounts of thiosulphate which causes hemolytic anemia.
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Grapes/raisins have a mold that causes acute renal failure
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Pork
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Raw lamb meat carries the coccidia parasite that can be transmitted to humans
- Dry, processed cat food contains artificial nutrients which cats can't use; causes skin allergies, cancers, tumors, digestive tract problems, diabetes and shortened lifespan.
Favorite Feline Food
1 pound frozen raw, ground turkey in a tube
1 tablespoon oatmeal
1/4 cup chopped Romaine lettuce
Defrost the roll of turkey; cut off the end of the tube and squeeze into a bowl.
In a blender or a food processor, puree the oatmeal into flour, mix in a bowl with the turkey and portion out into individual servings. (from 1/3 to 1/2 pound a day) Serve fresh and store leftover in baggies or individual containers.
Puree the lettuce in the blender or food processor. Add 1 teaspoon of this salad to each portion once a week or less.
Important Tips
Cats will use up every bit of raw food that you give them. That means they won't have frequent stools.
Cats will urinate more because they are getting the proper level of fluids in their diet.
Hairballs disappear when you homefeed cats raw meat!!!!
Cats do NOT need crunchies to clean their teeth. All they need is good food and their teeth will stay clean.
Homefeeding raw foods to your cats will only cost a few cents a day more than the commercial high-priced crunchies and will save you huge vet bills in the future.
You can actually reverse the effects of commercial pet foods but it will take time. However, teeth will not grow back....
After 120 days on raw, a cat's entire system will be rejuvenated. They will be healthier and more playful.
Our allergies to cats disappear!
Please feel free to contact me with questions or if you need moral support.
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