Homemade Cat Food Recipes - Safe Treats That Will Have You and Your Kitty Purring
The first thing we must get into when discussing homemade cat food recipes is that there are certain food items that we should never include in these tasty treats.
A cat's digestive system is set up very differently from ours and they just don't cope well with many of the foods that we eat.
Humans are omnivorous, whereas cats are considered pure carnivores, which means, they do very well on a very high protein, high meat diet.
They only time they actually ever need to eat any plant material is when they need to regurgitate the beaks, feathers, and other indigestible material after they eat a bird, kind of gross, but true.
When a cat needs to do this they will eat grass and throw up; it's very healthy for a cat's digestive tract, but we're digressing.
Foods to avoid when preparing these make your own treats would be onion, eggs, high toxicity deep water fish, dairy products, and lastly pork.
It's fairly well agreed upon by most experts that cats will have difficulty digesting these foods, so keep them out of any recipe you whip up.
Homemade cat food is wonderful because we have control over the ingredients unlike with store bought cat treats, which have a lot of poor and even toxic ingredients.
Therefore not only will your cat love the cat treats that you make but they will also be a super healthy snack.
Who could ask for more? It's a win-win situation.
Cats thrive on red meat, so the first ingredient in any make-your-own cat food treat is going to be red meat, usually beef, however lamb is also good, chicken is fine, and let's not forget organ meats.
Remember cats scarf down their prey whole, it's natural for them to eat organ meats in the wild, so it's also natural for them to eat them in your home as well, even if they make you a little queasy.
The basics of making these treats is to gather up your ingredients, your meat, a little healthy oil (perhaps sunflower seed or almond oil, even olive oil), a very tiny amount of vegetable material (carrots and celery work well), and lastly a little spice, probably garlic powder and some nutritional yeast flakes for the B vitamin content.
Now, simply make your own little patties with your hands, obviously make them into smaller patties than you would for any human guests, nice and bite sized is perfect.
Lastly, and this is up to you, you can pop the treats into the oven and cook them (350 degrees for 45 minutes) or simply serve them to your cat au natural.
Many cat owners believe that homemade cat food recipes should be served raw to keep the enzymes, vitamins, and minerals intact, your cat will no trouble digesting raw meat.
Either way you're doing your cat a great service.
A cat's digestive system is set up very differently from ours and they just don't cope well with many of the foods that we eat.
Humans are omnivorous, whereas cats are considered pure carnivores, which means, they do very well on a very high protein, high meat diet.
They only time they actually ever need to eat any plant material is when they need to regurgitate the beaks, feathers, and other indigestible material after they eat a bird, kind of gross, but true.
When a cat needs to do this they will eat grass and throw up; it's very healthy for a cat's digestive tract, but we're digressing.
Foods to avoid when preparing these make your own treats would be onion, eggs, high toxicity deep water fish, dairy products, and lastly pork.
It's fairly well agreed upon by most experts that cats will have difficulty digesting these foods, so keep them out of any recipe you whip up.
Homemade cat food is wonderful because we have control over the ingredients unlike with store bought cat treats, which have a lot of poor and even toxic ingredients.
Therefore not only will your cat love the cat treats that you make but they will also be a super healthy snack.
Who could ask for more? It's a win-win situation.
Cats thrive on red meat, so the first ingredient in any make-your-own cat food treat is going to be red meat, usually beef, however lamb is also good, chicken is fine, and let's not forget organ meats.
Remember cats scarf down their prey whole, it's natural for them to eat organ meats in the wild, so it's also natural for them to eat them in your home as well, even if they make you a little queasy.
The basics of making these treats is to gather up your ingredients, your meat, a little healthy oil (perhaps sunflower seed or almond oil, even olive oil), a very tiny amount of vegetable material (carrots and celery work well), and lastly a little spice, probably garlic powder and some nutritional yeast flakes for the B vitamin content.
Now, simply make your own little patties with your hands, obviously make them into smaller patties than you would for any human guests, nice and bite sized is perfect.
Lastly, and this is up to you, you can pop the treats into the oven and cook them (350 degrees for 45 minutes) or simply serve them to your cat au natural.
Many cat owners believe that homemade cat food recipes should be served raw to keep the enzymes, vitamins, and minerals intact, your cat will no trouble digesting raw meat.
Either way you're doing your cat a great service.
