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So, I recently decided that I was going to start making my cats food. In order to do that, I decided to go to the local Healthy Petfood store in town and see if I could find some recipe books. I ended up getting two. One is just for raw food - how to do it, a couple recipes for dogs and cats, some general information, etc. etc. But I also bought one called Made Out of Love by Lucy Postins.

Have any of you used it? Basically, it's a little pet food recipe book that has recipes for dogs, cats, dogs and cats, and a couple that are good for human consumption! I'm actually pretty interested in trying it out. I don't think it's entirely healthy for them (some of the recipes call for vegetables and I think I saw one that could be fed to cats, dogs, and people that had grain in it), but I don't think it's necessarily unhealthy for them either. Definitely not food that they could live on, but it looks like it would be nice for a little treat now and then. =)

There's even a couple sections at the back - one is for a couple basic raw diets, and one is for health concerns, so there's recipes for stress relief, diabetes, cancer, etc.

I obviously can't recommend it as I haven't made anything from it yet, but I thought I'd share that it's out there and see if anyone else has used it!
 
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I've not heard of any of these, but out of curiousity, do these cooked recipes call for additional supplementation after cooking? Do they claim to be nutritionally complete?

Personally, I wouldn't use a recipe book that called for veggies/fruits/grains in any recipe for cats. It would make me doubt their knowledge of feline nutritional needs. Just my two cents FWIW.
 
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I don't think they claim to be nutritionally complete (was just reading some of the notes to make sure). I'm pretty much taking it as a fun "Once in a while" treat instead of a full diet type book. There is a section that's "Just for cats" and it doesn't have too many extras (there is yogurt called for in one of the recipes).
 
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Ok, good to know. Let us know what your cats think of them. I love hearing cat reviews of new foods. You never know what to expect from them, although your cats don't seem very picky. I tried cooking chicken for my cat a couple of times. She was not impressed! LOL I have since learned that she loves beef.
 
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Envy said:
So, I recently decided that I was going to start making my cats food. In order to do that, I decided to go to the local Healthy Petfood store in town and see if I could find some recipe books. I ended up getting two. One is just for raw food - how to do it, a couple recipes for dogs and cats, some general information, etc. etc. But I also bought one called Made Out of Love by Lucy Postins.

Have any of you used it? Basically, it's a little pet food recipe book that has recipes for dogs, cats, dogs and cats, and a couple that are good for human consumption! I'm actually pretty interested in trying it out. I don't think it's entirely healthy for them (some of the recipes call for vegetables and I think I saw one that could be fed to cats, dogs, and people that had grain in it), but I don't think it's necessarily unhealthy for them either. Definitely not food that they could live on, but it looks like it would be nice for a little treat now and then. =)

There's even a couple sections at the back - one is for a couple basic raw diets, and one is for health concerns, so there's recipes for stress relief, diabetes, cancer, etc.

I obviously can't recommend it as I haven't made anything from it yet, but I thought I'd share that it's out there and see if anyone else has used it!
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I have not heard of the book or used it. You might want to consider consulting with your veterinarian for some guidance before making any major changes in your pet's diets. Just to see if there may be any physical issues you may need to be aware of. Also, there is an excellent raw forum here on TCS if you need any help in that area. There are a lot of experienced people in that forum that will be happy to help you in any way they can in that area. http://www.thecatsite.com/f/65/raw-feeding-for-cats
 
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I've actually already posted in the raw forum. =)  My girls have been eating raw for a few weeks (months? Guh, so bad at keeping track of this) now.  I'm not too keen on the idea of going to my vet for much nutritional advice ATM though because last time I went, they told me that the reason my cat was getting constipated (as in, needing surgery to remove blockages constipated) was because they were eating grain-free dry food that was too high in protein, and decided to switch them to a full-of-grain perscription dry food instead that neither of my cats would touch.
 
 
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