Thread:4paws/@comment-26904473-20160715153034/@comment-27643406-20160718083906

Hi Heidi- sorry for the late reply. Wanted to make sure my head was screwed on straight.👀🐲👀🐲 I had to make my own cat food when I was overseas. A can of friskies was more expensive than fillet mignon in VE. At that time I used Dr. Pitcarins Natural Health for Dogs and Cats I had shipped to me. A fabulous book. I've done a lot of investigation into commercially prepared cat food and except for those small companies that guarantee human grade - I believe the whole industry puts out garbage stuff. There is a site - the truth about pet food that I discovered after my dog- one I personally rescued from hurricane Katrina died from the melamine poisoning in 2007. He was my soul mate. I had been feeding the rescue kitties Pro-Plan as that is what they would have to eat when they went to the adoption in PetSmart and I had wanted to keep the same diet. Then I got a bad batch. Thousands in vet bills and the loss of 9 precious lives. So that was it. I went back and earnestly researched current info. I strongly recommend at least a grain free food. There is no control over the level of aflatoxins mfg are allowed to go into pet food. I used Dr. Piersons recipes when I was making it on my own- except I did not do the rabbit or salmon oil due to cost. Just chix leg quarters and heart- sometimes I would add some liver to change it up in smell/flavor. When I made my own- I did not grind - but deboned the chix after I put it into the oven and added the bone meal. In place of the salmon oil I used high quality N. Atlantic sardines or Booleans. All my supplements I get from IHerb.com as they carry some of the highest grade. For instance when I get a FeLv Kitty in I developed a regime for detoxing using as assaic tea and aloe Vera and IHerb has the highest quality.

I was lucky to find a lady that makes up human grade dog food for breeders and who is also very knowledgeable in animal nutrition. Her price if you can believe it is about the same as a can of Friskies-which is about $.50 for the 5.5 oz can. She even raises her own rabbits for her mixes. She has a lot of the show dog people too. Anyway I gave her my recipe to make up for me - all I have to do is add the sardines. Her grinder is so good I don't even have to have it double ground. I have checked each batch she makes up for me and I have never found a sliver of bone. She makes it up in Two 3-lb bags will cover me A day- at an average of 6-7 oz per cat per day. Never package more than a 2-3 day supply in one baggie. So for each cat that would be 18 oz for 3 days. 2 kitties 36 oz. For a week that's about 6 lbs or so for 2 cats.

I use the forti-flora sprinkled on the food to help with the transition to raw. So far I have only one failure. Meana Nina.

With regard to seafood- it causes more chance of crystal formation. And since the manufacturers use garbage seafood- stuff not fit for human consumption- then there was Fukushima- plus all the hormones and antibiotics used in farmed salmon. The only time they get seafood now is if I have to mix in meds- and then I use the sardines in tomato sauce. Kitties love tomato sauce!!😘😘😘😘🐾🐾🐾🐾