I’ve been searching form more up to date recipes that can realistically be made at home for cats. In the past the homemade recipes that included grains (photo above is of a common raw recipe I used to make for Winston and Marty. It is now commonly understood that grains are not particularly good for felines, but I still believe that recipe is much better than commercial food as it served my cats well for 17 years. Dr. Pitcairn’s book is still excellent, but I don’t have his revised edition. I am not sure if he still has grains in his recipes for felines.
Most homemade recipes for cats these days require that you grind whole chickens to get the right balance of bone, organ and muscle meat. Unfortunately I really can’t see myself doing that regularly. Fortunately I can purchase some very high quality raw food diets for cats in my neighborhood (Tolden Farms, Healthy Paws and Natures Variety but I’d still like to have a few homemade recipes in my pocket. If anyone can recommend a good raw meat, grainless recipe that doesn’t involve grinding a whole chicken -please let me know!
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Dr. Michael Fox’s Homemade ‘Natural’
Dietary Supplement/Meal for Cats
1/2 cup of peas, chick peas or lentils
Pinch of salt
1 T. vegetable oil (flax seed oil* or safflower oil)
1 T. wheat germ
1 T. cider vinegar
1 T. chopped canned clams in juice
1 t. nutritional yeast*
1 t. dried kelp*
1 t. calcium lactate/citrate/ or carbonate supplement*
1 whole chicken cut in pieces,
or 1 lb. hamburger (not too lean), or ground lamb, or turkey.
1 cup chopped chicken hearts and gizzards.
Combine all above ingredients. Add water to cover all ingredients, simmer and stir, and add more water as needed until cooked and thickened. Stew should be thickened enough to be molded into medium-sized or muffin-size patties (add a little oat meal or bran to thicken if needed). Also, add an egg or cup of cottage cheese. Immediately after cooking and cooling, de-bone and discard bones (cats should not be given cooked bones to eat since they can splinter and cause internal damage). This stew can be served as: 1/2 cup full for a cat with the rest of his/her rations. Freeze the rest of the stew as patties, or in muffin trays, and thaw out as needed. Serve one patty to a cat about three times per week with regular rations.
For variation, substitute 1 pound lightly cooked boneless fish, or mix equal parts of ground or chopped pieces of calf heart, kidney and liver. (NOTE: some cats are allergic to fish, corn, and also to beef and dairy products).
· * These items are available in health food stores. Ideally, all ingredients should be Organically Certified.
· NOTE: Add flax seed oil after the cooked food has cooled to room temperature.
**** In addition, give 4-6 DROPS of fish oil once a day.****
A daily multi-vitamin and multi-mineral supplement is also advisable, and one that also supplies essential amino acids and is recommended by feline vets is called Platinum Performance Feline Wellness. At a pinch, crush up one human a ‘one-a day’ complete multi-vitamin. & mineral supplement and put light sprinkling (about one-tenth or less)
On the cat’s food at one of the daily feedings.
T = Tablespoon
t = teaspoon
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Please have a look at his latest book on cats entitled CAT BODY CAT MIND: EXPLORING FELINE CONSCIOUSNESS AND TOTAL WELL-BEING will shortly be published by The Lyons Press.
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