Does anyone know of any easy recipe for cat food? What do cats like and what can they not eat?

The answer to your question is more complicated than you probably expected.





Read this for all you'll ever need to know about properly feeding your kitty a healthy, species-specific diet:





http://www.catinfo.orgDoes anyone know of any easy recipe for cat food? What do cats like and what can they not eat?
Home made cat food is a difficult thing. There are people who can tell you how to make it and web sites with recipes but I would talk you out of it. Cats are nutritionally complicated little buggers and I don't see why the cat food companies would have any interest in killing off their customers. Longer lived cats, more cat food sold right? If you must it's Taurine they need for their little hearts. DO NOT FEED A HOMEMADE DOG FOOD. CATS ARE NOT LITTLE DOGS. Sorry to shout but a cat on dog food will die.Does anyone know of any easy recipe for cat food? What do cats like and what can they not eat?
The catinfo site is great about what cats should eat. You can go to www.littlebigcat.com and read some of Jean Hovfe, DVM's articles on cat diets.





I consider my recipe for raw cat food easy. I use a commercial supplement powder to mix with my meat. Make up my ';meatloaf'; and freeze it, then thaw as needed. And then I have been doing it for seven years.





It is not ';easy'; in the sense that it takes a lot of commitment to get it right and is not like opening a bag or a can. It is the best thing you can do for your cats.





I recommend you join the Yahoo group Holisticat or Feline Future to find people who will gladly share their experience, recipes and give you support through the whole process. There are a number of other groups on Yahoo too. Those two are just two I visit frequently.





Actually taurine is present in all raw meat, especially hearts. It is no longer an issue in cat food as it has been added to all commercial cat food for the last ten years.Taurine is destroyed by cooking so the raw meat is the greatest source.





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Be careful with home recipes for cat food. There is an ingredient in commercial and vet cat food that prevents enlargement of the heart. I believe it's Taurine, but don't hold me to that. Many strays die of this disease because they don't have access to this ingredient. They must have access at an early age, or their heart will enlarge at about the age of two, and kill them even with treatment by the age of 5. The voice of experience with a stray kitten...
if you make your own cat food you will possibly miss out on some additives that are beneficial for cats that the good foods put in... certainly the foods sold in Wal Mart and grocery stores are CRAP but there are good foods out there





cats are true carnivours they need primarily meat protein - some plant matter is ok, rice in particular


milk and fish are BAD since they have high amounts of calcium and calcium contributes to urinary tract health problems and of course cats are lactose intollerant so shouldnt have milk anyhow... (or cheese...)





pumkin and beet pulp are ok and help with hairballs and digestion