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All- Wanted to share!! Worked on a 3year old IBD cat with a vet for a year! Prescription food @58.00 for 7lbs, steroids, meds, etc....nothing worked. Given an ultimatum by my significant other- afterall- no one should live with cat feces all over the home no matter how little-, couldn't get the vet on the phone to help me, started seriously researching other possibilities on my own and fast. I found a vet site about raw diets, I tried Raw - and it worked IMMEDIATELY. The cat jumped on the food like he was wild- his stomach settled IMMEDIATELY!!! No More runny butt, no bloating and a clean house. Contacted my vet and let her know we were having success. She found me a diet she was most confortable with. We get chicken quarters at Walmart for .56 per LB!, salmon oil at Walmart, vitiamins at the drugstore. I cut up the chicken and store in rubbermaid babyfood plastic jars in the freezer. I prep once a month. I get 10-12 jar from 4 chicken leg quarters at 5-6 oz a jar. I am actually cutting him back to 4oz a day (oh- got the weight scale at Walmart too- cheap and easy to use and clean). I have added other chicken parts like gizzard, heart. And chicken liver instead of liver powder. Some folks use liver powder but my cat loves the raw liver.
It IS possible to fix some of these little guys. As long as it is just irritation and not some physical defect, don't be afraid to test this option. Afterall- they are little meat eaters. My outdoor cats ate 90% raw meat they caught and 10% dry cat food so this indoor guy is just doing what comes naturally!
I had to share because I was absolutely at wits end trying to help this absolutely Wonderful cat- he is SO cool, so well behaved, so friendly- Nap buddy, Greeter, doesn't claw anything, Super cute little guy we got from a kill shelter. No doubt someone else was also frustrated.
This is the Vet recipe we use- it is online on the vet's site. Note- I do not use eggs- they make Bo throw up. He is Strictly a cooked fish and raw or cooked chicken cat.
Use the following ingredients - in amounts listed - per 3 pounds of raw meat/bones/skin. (calletina note: I use 4 chicken leg quarters in a single batch)
1 cup water (or, preferably, more if your cat will eat it with more water)
2 eggs - use the yolk raw but lightly cook the white
2000 mg (minimum) wild salmon or fish oil (a good source of essential fatty acids - I often use 4,000 - 6,000 mg) (calletina note- I use the pump bottle and use 4-6 squirts in 4 leg quarters -or just squirt some on the food when you serve)
400 IU (268 mg) Vitamin E (powdered E in capsules is the easiest to use) (calletina note-each capsule is 400 UI when you buy them at your local grocery store Easy to find)
50mg Vitamin B-complex (capsules or tablets) (calltina note- each capsule is 50mg when you buy them at your loca grocery store)
2,000 mg taurine (use powdered - either in capsules or loose) (I have to get these at a Whole Foods Grocery that has a specialty vitamin area- but you can find them any place that has a large variety of vitmains. Use 4 capsules when you guys the 500mg caps)
3/4 tsp Morton Lite salt with iodine when using chicken parts - see below**
(Contains potassium and sodium. Make sure that it contains iodine.)
Liver -
add 4 ounces of chicken livers per 3 lb of meat/bones/skin.
Also note- you can microwave the catfood for 2-3 seconds to partially cook it if your cat won't take straight to raw. I have one cat that won't eat raw at all. But she will eat it cooked. So just don't OVer Cook- ruins the nutrients.
And we feel cooked chicken with no seasoning as treats. Just keep em in the ****!
I hope you guys have good luck.
Here is the vet reference to help you with your research: http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood
Her name is Lisa Pierson, DVM
It IS possible to fix some of these little guys. As long as it is just irritation and not some physical defect, don't be afraid to test this option. Afterall- they are little meat eaters. My outdoor cats ate 90% raw meat they caught and 10% dry cat food so this indoor guy is just doing what comes naturally!
I had to share because I was absolutely at wits end trying to help this absolutely Wonderful cat- he is SO cool, so well behaved, so friendly- Nap buddy, Greeter, doesn't claw anything, Super cute little guy we got from a kill shelter. No doubt someone else was also frustrated.
This is the Vet recipe we use- it is online on the vet's site. Note- I do not use eggs- they make Bo throw up. He is Strictly a cooked fish and raw or cooked chicken cat.
Use the following ingredients - in amounts listed - per 3 pounds of raw meat/bones/skin. (calletina note: I use 4 chicken leg quarters in a single batch)
1 cup water (or, preferably, more if your cat will eat it with more water)
2 eggs - use the yolk raw but lightly cook the white
2000 mg (minimum) wild salmon or fish oil (a good source of essential fatty acids - I often use 4,000 - 6,000 mg) (calletina note- I use the pump bottle and use 4-6 squirts in 4 leg quarters -or just squirt some on the food when you serve)
400 IU (268 mg) Vitamin E (powdered E in capsules is the easiest to use) (calletina note-each capsule is 400 UI when you buy them at your local grocery store Easy to find)
50mg Vitamin B-complex (capsules or tablets) (calltina note- each capsule is 50mg when you buy them at your loca grocery store)
2,000 mg taurine (use powdered - either in capsules or loose) (I have to get these at a Whole Foods Grocery that has a specialty vitamin area- but you can find them any place that has a large variety of vitmains. Use 4 capsules when you guys the 500mg caps)
3/4 tsp Morton Lite salt with iodine when using chicken parts - see below**
(Contains potassium and sodium. Make sure that it contains iodine.)
Liver -
add 4 ounces of chicken livers per 3 lb of meat/bones/skin.
Also note- you can microwave the catfood for 2-3 seconds to partially cook it if your cat won't take straight to raw. I have one cat that won't eat raw at all. But she will eat it cooked. So just don't OVer Cook- ruins the nutrients.
And we feel cooked chicken with no seasoning as treats. Just keep em in the ****!
I hope you guys have good luck.
Here is the vet reference to help you with your research: http://www.catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood
Her name is Lisa Pierson, DVM