I feed a balanced raw diet to my 10 month old. He gets a mixture of cornish game hen (with bone), liver, chicken (with bone), turkey, beef and pork. He's thriving on it. I don't follow a recipe per say because I've been feeding my 10 year old IBD kitty a raw diet for 3 years and have managed to figure out what I need to feed and when and in what portions. I make sure that the meals balance within a 2 week time frame. I get my meats from the local grocery store (non chain as they buy local meats-which seem to be the only ones my IBD kitty can handle).
On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Maryam Ulomi <ava...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Do you use dr. Lisa Pearson or Dr. Pitcarns recipes for homemade food for > cats? > I'm planning on starting to feed homemade food to Kitty, 11month FeLV > positive girl > I rescued . Any suggestions? > I have their recipes but any other suggestions are welcome, > > Thanks, > > Mally and Kitty > > Sent from my iPhone. > > On Jun 7, 2013, at 7:17, Margo <toomanykitti...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > Hi Chris, > > > > It's very possible to make your own cat food, and I > have/do. It isn't as simple as chicken + a cat vitamin, but it isn't that > difficult either. Google "Home prepared cat food" and start reading > recipes. I use no grain and very few (if any) veggies and fruits. Essential > are taurine and calcium, unless you're feeding raw with bone, then you can > skip the Ca. > > > > I liked the list, as well, as it gave me new foods to look > into, but I was disappointed in most of them when I looked at the > ingredients. The only one I use from there is Hound and Gatos. The other > canned varieties seem to have too many extraneous ingredients, and I don't > feed raw to the FeLV group, not even my own preparation. Tiki is way too > expensive for me to even consider (I think the Hound and Gatos is too > high, as well, but I do keep it in the mix) and most varieties have fish, > which may not be good for my FLUTD/FeLV boys. I confess that I feed some > "lpw-end" foods, simply beause I like the ingredient lists better than some > of the high end ones. It's all a choice :) > > > > HTH > > > > Margo > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cer...@new.rr.com > Sent: Jun 6, 2013 9:53 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] New To Group-Lance > > ************ > That’s a great site-thanks! > > I’ve been feeding mine Tiki Cat, and I was wondering...in > looking at it and reading the ingredients list, wouldn’t it be > a lot cheaper and just as good to boil some chicken and add > a cat vitamin? > > Chris C. > > > *From:* Lance <lini...@fastmail.fm> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 06, 2013 6:32 PM > *To:* felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > *Subject:* Re: [Felvtalk] New To Group-Lance > > Ember was four years old when she tested positive, but she must have had > the disease prior to that. She might have been as young as two or three > years old when the infection became persistent. We still don't know how the > virus got into the house, whether through Ember herself or a stray kitten > my parents took in who was later euthanized due to symptoms a year and a > half later. > > About lymphoma, please join the feline lymphoma Yahoo! group. The support > there is amazing, and a vet frequently comments there. > > I'm glad that the others aren't showing symptoms. My Ember has thankfully > had very few issues with the virus. Her main symptoms are: low white blood > cell count, anisocoria (one pupil is fully open all the time), and some > very minor bouts of diarrhea (not in the last few years) and upper > respiratory infections. For the most part, she gets sick like a normal cat. > > You may want to check this blog post that covers cat food: > > < > http://www.naturalcatcareblog.com/2010/12/the-7-best-natural-commercial-cat-foods-so-far/ > > > > Ember eats Tiki Cat these days, which is the priciest stuff, but other > brands like Hound & Gatos and Great Life Essentials are more affordable. > > On Jun 6, 2013, at 5:33 PM, kasia mosko <kasia...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hi Lance, > > > Are any of your FeLV+ cats showing symptoms? > ***Besides Jack, who has lymphoma, none of the other cats show any > symptoms. > Lance, when was your girl diagnosed with it? > Kasia > > > _______________________________________________ > > >
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