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No kidney in this recipe. I use a glandular support product for kidney and pancreas enzymes.

I'm following Dr Becker's raw food recipe for my cats. She mentions that you can add more gizzards into the recipe, allowing you to remove some of the muscle meat. At the moment, kitties are getting this mixture: - 2kg ground chicken necks - 1.4kg boneless chicken thigh - 0.5kg gizzards -...

Yes, this is the recipe I use. Kitties get their organic meat and their blended organic veggies and they seem to be doing very well on the regime. Dr Becker also advises supplying digestive enzymes - so mine get a broad-spectrum human-grade digestive enzyme along with their raw.  Incidentally...

If your baby was older, I would suggest getting an xray to look at what is happening under the gums - BUT, I would just say it was part of kitty teething. Runny stools are something you should indeed watch out for - and a high quality probiotic (I would say minimum 10billion CFU + 10 or more...

In terms of what you can feed your cat, basically there are many organs that you can add that would benefit her - liver, kidney, hearts, pancreas - even brain if you can find it. Mine get beef liver, chicken liver, beef heart, chicken heart. I can't find more exotic stuff where I am at the...

Basically, the healthier the meat was raised, the less parasites and the lower the risk of contamination. Think cattle raised in those feedlots, tiny, badly cleaned, open wounds. No wonder the meat is frequently contaminated with all kinds of nasties. On the other end of the spectrum, your...

If I want to try a new food with my fussy kitties, then I add it to a little bit of tinned salmon or sardine. Works a charm ;)

I can really sympathize with you on the vomming. Also had the same problem when I started feeding my babies raw. Egg is great by the way - amazing amount of high quality protein and nutrients (some kitties do not handle raw egg well, and need it lightly cooked instead.). Back to your vomming...

Hi Guys, Peaches08 - yes there was a hairball in his vomit - Day 4, lunch time. That was actually the first time that I've come across a hairball with this guy. In terms of transition speed - I think I've been transitioning over a period of a month / month an a half. I've read that some people...

Your babies look awesome :) Sorry to hear about the troublesome neighbours though. I know you mentioned that the difficulties with fencing due to the many trees - but I have seen some 'cat-fences' which are attached to the top of the garden fence. These cat fences are at an angle and deters the...

Hi, I am transitioning my cats to raw (or at least attempting to). I'm following Dr Becker's recipes, using chicken meat from local, responsible free-range farmers. My girl is a fussy madam, so I'll be asking some questions on my transitioning methods in another post, but really, I need some...

Hi Louise - I think you could be dealing with some form of redirected aggression. The cat feels threatened (perhaps by the close proximity of other cats), and lashes out at the closest person to her - in this case, you. When I adopted my boy, we brought him home and - following some bad breeder...

Hi Guys, Thanks for all the welcome messages. MServant - I hope everything goes well for you baby. It's hard when they end up with a condition, but at the end of the day, it's about owner education and making healthy decisions. A cat that is fed a healthy diet and has high quality supplements...