Natural cat food recipes attract those cat owners who have had enough of the scares of the pet food recalls and really wonder what goes into those cans and packets. The pet food recalls of 2007/2008 finally cued the masses to the fact that they had been duped. The billions spent on a skilful campaign to convince cat and dog owners that pet food companies cared about pets and that their product was superior was proven utterly false.
Many people turned to natural cat food recipes and were surprised to find that the ingredients were easy to find, easy to put together and cost less than the commercial product. Some of ingredients are amazingly free!
Cats on natural fresh food thrive from the variety offered to them, their health improves and the owners save money on both trips to the vet as well as on the expensive commercial food.
Monday 29 June 2009
Friday 26 June 2009
Fresh Homemade Cat Food versus commercial
The arguments for fresh homemade cat food versus commercial continue unabated and for good reason. Many cat owners have grown utterly frustrated and weary of seeing their favourite feline in poor health. The more so when they are knee deep in vet bills. There really is a simple way to keep your cat out of the revolving door of your vetinary practice.
When you feed your cat yourself and source its food, you know exactly what goes into your pet's bowl. Knowing that ninety percent of cat health problems are diet related, cat owners are rightly suspicious of exactly what goes into those tins and packets of food with their glossy labels and a picture of a cat on the front, obviously in great health. There are thirty or so man made chemicals that can end up in your cat's meal that can lead to everything from diabetes to arthritis. The "meat" that goes into tinned food has come from a rendering plant and been heated up to high temperatures, a far cry from what your cat would eat naturally.
A diet of fresh natural food will enable you to skip the harmful chemicals of commercial food and the rendering plant with its diet of dead feed lot animals and other disturbing waste products. Most importanly you will see a marked improvement in your cat's health, a drop in vet bills as well as adding up to an extra eight years to your cat's life. It is never too late to turn to a diet of fresh natural food especially when you know that not only is it human grade food, but amazingly some of it is even free!
When you feed your cat yourself and source its food, you know exactly what goes into your pet's bowl. Knowing that ninety percent of cat health problems are diet related, cat owners are rightly suspicious of exactly what goes into those tins and packets of food with their glossy labels and a picture of a cat on the front, obviously in great health. There are thirty or so man made chemicals that can end up in your cat's meal that can lead to everything from diabetes to arthritis. The "meat" that goes into tinned food has come from a rendering plant and been heated up to high temperatures, a far cry from what your cat would eat naturally.
A diet of fresh natural food will enable you to skip the harmful chemicals of commercial food and the rendering plant with its diet of dead feed lot animals and other disturbing waste products. Most importanly you will see a marked improvement in your cat's health, a drop in vet bills as well as adding up to an extra eight years to your cat's life. It is never too late to turn to a diet of fresh natural food especially when you know that not only is it human grade food, but amazingly some of it is even free!
Monday 22 June 2009
Low Protein Cat Food
Cats on special diets have special needs; and recipes for low protein cat food using natural ingredients can be a great way to get your feline friend everything he or she needs. Why would a cat need a low protein diet? Well one of the most common reasons is CRF or chronic renal failure. Sadly once the kidneys are damaged, that damage is ireversable but with a diet of fresh foods you can provide premium nourishment to your cat.
With a diet of low protein cat food you can help your cat cope with it's disease in a humane manner. With a diet of fresh homemade food your cat's system will be able to break down the protein and be able to gather a vast store of nutrients not found in commercial food.
Low protein cat food is the best way to ensure that a cat with kidney problems gets what it needs in every meal. It's kidney issues should improve along with its coat and temperament plus of course it's lifespan.
With a diet of low protein cat food you can help your cat cope with it's disease in a humane manner. With a diet of fresh homemade food your cat's system will be able to break down the protein and be able to gather a vast store of nutrients not found in commercial food.
Low protein cat food is the best way to ensure that a cat with kidney problems gets what it needs in every meal. It's kidney issues should improve along with its coat and temperament plus of course it's lifespan.
Thursday 18 June 2009
Homemade Cat Food for Cats With Sensitive Stomachs
An important issue for any cat owner is just how do you set about making homemade cat food for cats with sensitive stomachs? The usual merrigoround is for a cat with a sensitive stomach to just be moved from one commercial food brand to another hoping for the best. Needless to say this leads to a huge amount of waste of both food and money
Vets will often assume the problem lies with the cat not the food. The reality of course is that commercial food contains a number of chemicals, toxins, preservatives, sugars, fats and waste products. If you saw these laid out on your kitchen table to feed your friend you would be rightly shocked. When combined in a tin with a fancy label you would assume it was good honest fare.
The answer of course is to source and make your own delicious food your pet will love and NOT waste. Unbelievably all of this food is human grade and some is even free, yes I hear your disbelief, but each week I collect two bags of free food so good I have made a pie from it and eaten it myself!
For sure in a recession there is not much given away but pet food still is, an immediate and welcome saving for any pet owner. This is just part of the answer to helping feed a cat with a sensitive stomach.
Vets will often assume the problem lies with the cat not the food. The reality of course is that commercial food contains a number of chemicals, toxins, preservatives, sugars, fats and waste products. If you saw these laid out on your kitchen table to feed your friend you would be rightly shocked. When combined in a tin with a fancy label you would assume it was good honest fare.
The answer of course is to source and make your own delicious food your pet will love and NOT waste. Unbelievably all of this food is human grade and some is even free, yes I hear your disbelief, but each week I collect two bags of free food so good I have made a pie from it and eaten it myself!
For sure in a recession there is not much given away but pet food still is, an immediate and welcome saving for any pet owner. This is just part of the answer to helping feed a cat with a sensitive stomach.
Monday 15 June 2009
Homemade Dry Cat Food
How to set about making your own home made cat food?
Well why would anyone want to? Why go to all the trouble when there is such a vast array of brands and flavours sitting on store shelves to choose from?
I guess we would all choose a natural diet for our cats if we knew he or she:
Making your own cat food whether dry or wet is simple quick and easy and gives you peace of mind. You'll know for the first time what your friend and companion is really eating. What is more the food your cat eats is no longer wasted. My neighbour compains that she throws away at least three quaters of every can she buys her cats! In these recessionary days that really adds up.......
Well why would anyone want to? Why go to all the trouble when there is such a vast array of brands and flavours sitting on store shelves to choose from?
I guess we would all choose a natural diet for our cats if we knew he or she:
- Could live up to two decades or much longer?
- would have a naturally boosted immune system?
- Would not be ingesting toxins that break down its health?
- Is already naturally attracted to the ingredients?
Making your own cat food whether dry or wet is simple quick and easy and gives you peace of mind. You'll know for the first time what your friend and companion is really eating. What is more the food your cat eats is no longer wasted. My neighbour compains that she throws away at least three quaters of every can she buys her cats! In these recessionary days that really adds up.......
Welcome to my blog
Hi there
Welcome to my very first blog. I'm really excited to be able to share with you some important information on an alternative and safe way to feed our feline friends. Importantly how to understand what really goes into commercial pet food, vital information on how to protect your cat. How to ensure your cat stays healthy and vital as nature intended and NOT in the vets.
Welcome to my very first blog. I'm really excited to be able to share with you some important information on an alternative and safe way to feed our feline friends. Importantly how to understand what really goes into commercial pet food, vital information on how to protect your cat. How to ensure your cat stays healthy and vital as nature intended and NOT in the vets.
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