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DIY: Homemade Meal!

 

This moderate cat diet has 19% Protein, 3.8% Carbs, 9.9% Fat, and about 70% Moisture! 1005 calories per batch.  All you need is:

Chicken                                16 oz.

Rice

(brown, long Grain, cooked)           1/3 cup

Mixed Veggies                    1/3 cup

Salmon Oil                           1 1/2 tsp

Centrum Adult

Multivitamin/ Mineral                  2 tablets

Calcium Carbonate (lime or

oyster shell w/1100-1200 mg CaCo2) 1 tsp

Salt (light, mixture)                     1/2 tsp

Nature?s Way Choline Bitartrate

(250 mg/ tablet)                         1 tablet

Taurine                                 1 gram

  Now, pan fry ground chicken, draining the fat. Cook the rice, and steam or finely pulp the veggies. Add all ingredients except the Centrum as cooking or reheating the vitamin will destroy it, so add when serving.   This feeds 4 Cats!

Bon Appetite!

Did you know the average 10# cat needs 200-250 kcal/day?

 

Higher Moisture Better For Cat?

 

Well,  when it comes to canned food, the higher moisture means your getting less calories per can. An analysis of AvoDerm Natural � Sardine, Shrimp & Crab Entr�e showed that it?s moisture content was 83%, but was 67 kcal/ 3 oz can. So you should be aware of moisture content over 80% because the average cat would need to eat 3 cans of food per day!

Some canned foods with lower moisture are:

        Instinct: 75% moisture

        Royal Canin: 78%

        Wellness Core: 78%

 

Water:The Pill Chaser

 

 Giving your feline a pill doesn?t scream a good time for you or your cat.  There is a simple step you can do to make it easier to swallow: give your kitty at least 1 tsp of water after the pill to avoid damage to the esophagus. A pill that doesn?t make it all the way down right away can cause serious damage to the throat, and pain that may even inhibit the cat from eating like it should.

    So Bottoms Up! 

 

?Get Off The Counter!?

 

Cats sure do love to munch on those leftovers! When they get left out, it?s just begging for your cat to end up with  intestinal problems. Especially with those turkey strings! So avoid emergency surgery and make sure those leftovers are somewhere kitty can?t go.

 

The Transition:

Getting your Kitty to eat Canned Food

 

There can be four problems with dry cat food?

1. Type of Protein (too high plant based versus animal based)

2. Carbohydrates are too high

3.  Water content is too low

4. Food is excessively processed 
                       

When starting to change your kitty?s diet, you should do it when they are healthy. Switching to canned food can prevent a urinary tract infection.

Leave the food down 20-30 minutes then remove the uneaten portion, repeat this a couple times a day . You can also try playing with toys before hand, sprinkle his favorite treat on top,  crush some dry food and put in on the canned food, and anything else that will stimulate your cat?s appetite.  If your cat free-feeds, switching to an am/pm schedule can help you verify how much your cat is eating, and how much canned food your cat will need to eat. Some cats lose weight during the transition, so monitor this at home.
                  The key is to have patience and know that a process  like completely changing your cats diet should be a gradual change.