Organic Cat Food Recipes

If you consider your cat a member of the family as most people do who own cats, then it behooves you to try to save them from premature death.  The frightening pet food recall that we have all experienced has led many people to make their own pet food rather than chance giving their pets cat food that has either been tainted by poisons or that have almost no nutrition at all.

Cats, as many of our pets, are considered a carnivore (meat feeder), and this is borne out by watching an energetic cat catch, play and then eat a mouse or bird.  Mice and birds once provided a healthy meal for undomesticated cats, giving them not only fresh meat and bone, but in eating the innards of said mice or bird, provided the cat with whatever the prey ate.  Thus, they were receiving millet, grains, vegetables and such within the food. Therefore the “wild” cat was eating a well-balanced and highly nutritious meal that was low in fat and high in vitamins and minerals.

Internet suggestions for organic feeding of cats seem to center mainly around complicated and involved recipes.  This need not be so.  Looking up the caloric values in human food can help you adhere to caloric values for your cat by careful measurement of portions. Ascertain from your vet what the caloric needs of your particular cat are. Certified organic foods have had to be held to the highest standards for manufacturing procedures, record keeping and cleanliness. Organic meats for your cat can be purchased either on the Internet, or even through your local grocery store if you live in a metropolis.

By making your own cat food, you can feed your cat a meal that does not contain the infamous “by-products” which may consist of animal feet, feathers, nails, hooves and other unexciting and possibly sickening animal parts.  Also, many times, commercially made cat food has additives such as cellulose in it, which basically can be defined as wood.

A limited list of foods that should not be fed to a feline are, salt, chocolate, garlic, chives, onions, grapes, raisins, and coffee.  This is, of course, an incomplete list, but it does contain some of the more offensive and dangerous things that a cat should not ever be fed.

Some table scraps are acceptable when fed in moderation.  Again, human food is often much healthier than what is found in cat food that can be laced with practically anything!  It is so very unfortunate that so many pets died from the contamination we’ve experienced, or were rendered sick enough to be put down.

The biggest point in making your own cat food is beyond the safety of the product, but rather in how your cat is going to react to being properly fed. Your cat will have more energy than before; it will show a dramatic change in vitality and be much healthier than before, and possibly its eyesight will improve too. Is that worth making your own cat food?  You bet!