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No. Totally depends on the cat. All of mine do love beef pancreas (freeze dried or fresh), and most like spleen (4 prefer it freeze dried). 6 love hearts; 1 hates and 1 eats. 4 like kidney (one LOVES it), and 4 don't like liver. Three that don't fresh liver do like FD liver. Those that had fresh kidney also hate freeze dried liver. :lol3: I've never tried lung. I have one cat that likes green tripe (fresh), three that will eat it. I've never tried it FD.
 

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If you're using it for flavor, there's nothing wrong with boiling/baking liver. If you're using it for its nutritional value, a lot of the vitamins and minerals are lost in that boiling water, so that should be added back into something the cats eat.

...as to the freeze dried lung, there's probably lots of things you might not have thought to look for. :lol3: Freeze dried hearts, freeze dried green tripe (as Pat pointed out!). I use human supplements to provide freeze dried beef brain, thymus, etc. :lol3: A great topper for Tuxedo is freeze dried kidney powder.
Which supplements do you buy? I recently added Immoplex to my cats' food.
 

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Hello my name is Randall. T....And I happen to live in a farming community.

Which makes me kill 60 sheep per week........for Vancouver Island (mostly human) consumption.

Naturally when one's killing 60 sheep, there are lots of body parts.(like liver).

Like livers and hearts and tongues, etc....not to mention sheepskins.

This week I've tried giving my cat (Pablo) tripe (which really, really stinks).

Understandably he seems to only like it, when starving.

Sheep's liver he loves though - and he would eat it a lot.

I;d feed him a lot of liver if it weren't for the "warnings"....

Warnings which state that cats can EAT too much liver..

I'm trying to get him accustomed to eating the tripe because tripe is supposedly the best food on the planet for them.

I'm just starting to learn some good techniques for "handling" tripe..

And I wonder what else I could feed him as well......
 

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Hi, and welcome to TCS! :wavey:

Yes, the warnings about too much liver are because of the high level of vitamin A. Vitamin A is not water soluble like many vitamins, so it can build up in their bodies and create toxicity. :nod:

Unbleached, fresh tripe ("green tripe") is a very healthy addition to a kitty's diet! One of mine loves it, three will eat it, and four think I'm trying to kill them with it. :lol3: Unlike other "meat" portions (in prey model raw feeding, tripe is considered a "meat," not an organ), tripe is already properly balanced for calcium.

You can feed your cat just about any part of the sheep - other than the bone - literally. The heart is very high in taurine, and most cats love them. All of the organs - including the eyes and brain - are very healthy for him!

BUT... they need to be fed in small amounts. It sounds like you might want to do some reading up on Prey Model Raw feeding. Think "mouse." The liver, kidneys, spleen, etc. are all very small parts of the total mouse. Our cats do best when everything is fed in those proportions. You can get additional help if you post in the Raw and Home-Cooked forum: http://www.thecatsite.com/f/65/raw-home-cooked-cat-food

And there is a Raw Feeding Resources thread, with links to sites that specialize in Prey Model Raw feeding: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/264154/raw-feeding-resources There are several links under the General Raw Feeding Resources that I'm sure you'd find helpful. :nod:
 

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Hey thanks for the info !.....The eyes and brains ???.....

I'll look into the links you've provided, and,

I LIKE your feisty feral avatar's SMILE !

Looks like one smug cat ! lol

Also appreciate your efforts in helping all ferals
 

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:lol3: That's Chumley. He was a "3 or 4" year old feral kitty when we trapped him - and never released him into the colony. He has the most amazing smile! It's those big Tom Cat cheeks (because he was so old when neutered) - combined with his being SO HAPPY (and relieved!) to not have to fight for food any longer.

I don't know your kitty's name - but three of our 8 are B&W kitties (technically four of them, but one has very little white, and just on her underside) - and yours looks like a real imp. :lol3:
 
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Ooops - forgot to add: the brain is fatty (as is the pancreas) - but it's very healthy fats. Full of DHA, an omega 3. :nod: Just make sure you read up so you understand the right proportions to feed. :)
 

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I recognize mschauer's signature. :)

And WHAT a cutie! I LOVE Pablo's nose! :thud: :lovegrin2:

Yes, especially with such a healthy diet, he should be your pal for quite a while. :D

Lastly, there's no need to freeze dry meats. Actually, when making stuff like that at home, I think the best we can do is dehydrate, not freeze dry. That pretty much requires rather industrial equipment to get the crumbly texture. If Pablo likes to chew, then he might enjoy dehydrated food.
 
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Go over to the raw feeding forum, there's plenty of help there. If you want to feed raw in the meantime, the easiest way is to purchase commercial raw food or use a premix.

I hope Pablo's outdoor time is supervised. There's lots of outdoor dangers that can shorten the 10-20 year estimate. Even in the city where I live there are coyotes. Two of my neighbors had their kitties eaten by coyotes, and these are only the ones I heard of through the grapevine, I am sure there are lots more.
 
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