Homemade Raw Cat Food Recipe That's Cheaper Than Friskies! S6 E3 Complete Balanced Raw Cat Food

PLEASE NOTE: I am so used to making large batches of homemade raw food for the cats, and keeping organ meats to around 10% of the ingredients, that I didn't realize this recipe only used 5 lbs of chicken instead of the 10 lbs I used in the video. Please DOUBLE the amount of supplements in the recipe OR ONLY USE 5 lbs of chicken thighs. Items featured in this video: Kitchen Scale - amzn.to/3qkIidl KitchenAid Metal Food Grinder - amzn.to/3qtALsp KitchenAid Mixer - amzn.to/3QqWFXR Taurine Capsules - amzn.to/3eAoDTO B Complex 100 Capsules - amzn.to/3KXew7I Fish Oil For Cats - amzn.to/3qnSpOk Kelp Powder - amzn.to/3TTLV7v Vitamin E Capsules - amzn.to/3Bq2h0j Amazing Grass Amazing Trio - amzn.to/3B27muh Weston Butcher Series #12 Meat Grinder - amzn.to/3DbiPun Avanti Compact Upright Freezer - amzn.to/3x4NOV2 16 oz Ice Cream Containers With Lids - www.webstaurantstore.com/choice-1-pint-white-paper… 8 oz Ice Cream Containers With Lids - www.webstaurantstore.com/choice-8-oz-double-poly-c… Ingredients Basic Recipe: 5 lbs raw chicken thighs with skin on and bone in 7 oz raw chicken livers 14 oz raw chicken hearts (or 4000mg taurine and 14 oz chicken thigh meat) 4 raw egg yolks 2000 mg taurine 4000 mg fish oil 200 mg vitamin B complex 200 iu Vitamin E 1 1/2 tsp lite salt (I used 2 tsp kelp powder) My additions: 1 scoop of Amazing Grass Amazing Trio powder 2 cups of steamed non-starchy vegetables (I used carrots and zucchini) PLEASE NOTE: I used 10 LBS of raw chicken thighs instead of 5 LBS. There is an ongoing debate as to what percentage of cat food should be liver (5% or 10%) or heart. Recipes for cat food vary widely with regards to ingredients and amounts. Make sure to feed your cats a varied diet to compensate for what is still unknown and up for debate with regards to cat food and nutrition. Thank you to feline-nutrition.org/ for their Basic Raw Cat Food Recipe - feline-nutrition.org/nutrition/making-raw-cat-food…

I grew up in a 2 generation Veterinary clinic and was groomed to become the 3rd. In all my YEARS/DECADES in this field, I have NEVER seen A BETTER, MORE PRECISE, WELL PRESENTED with GREAT INSTRUCTIONS for making one's own cat food! I can't recommend a BETTER video than this one! The ONLY suggestions I could make are options with using Organic meats and specific supplements that I KNOW are made from the highest, human grade quality, which I'd be happy to share with you! This video is better than ANY OTHER I've ever seen! I can't wait to share with all my 😺 lover friends and also to watch EVERYTHING you post! Much, much thanks ❣️ 😻🐱😻❤️

I've been using this recipe for over four years for my seven cats. They have the softest fur, bright eyes and are extremely healthy. A great benefit of feeding raw is that the litter box does not smell as bad. Their bodies digest the majority of the food, so there's way less poo, and the pee is not as strong because they're getting more moisture from their food, and because they're not eating carbs. I don't grind the bones, I dry and grind the egg shells instead. I make around 65 pounds at a time.

For a boneless recipe if you don't have a grinder or yours can't handle bones: Add about 1/2 tsp of powdered eggshell per lb of meat, or 3 grams per lb.

My dog was injured years ago. She could barely walk after tearkng a tendon and the surgery was expensive. I started her on a raw meat diet of chicken and ground venison with organ meats. She was walking within 3 weeks. She is 12yo now and looks like she's 5! I have adopted a new cat last month and have been looking for this recipe. Thank you from a new kitty lover!

I just wanted to share my experience with raw food, one of my cats (i have 5) suddenly got severely ill he started limping then couldn’t walk i took him to three vets one said he is constipated , tried laxative but he still couldn’t walk properly, two others said it’s a feline virus that caused neurological issues with him, and there isnt much to do on the long term as it’s fatal so they had him on steroids and b12 shots and physiotherapy for almost a week, he responded well to it & he started barely walking again, but the dr wouldn’t give me much of a solution and told me he might relapse within a week or so, he lost 1.5-2 kg within a week, felt helpless after plenty of research i came to a conclusion that its the lack of nutrition ( he only ate dry food) and so i decided to transition to raw food, everyone was skeptical but i changed his diet to raw food mimicking a prey diet, he is now not only walking properly he became super active that he is now the trouble maker among his siblings 😅 (his name is on top of the list when something gets broken around the house ) but hey i dont mind as long as he is active 🥰 he gained the weight he lost and his coat is shiny & overall he is happy healthy cat..

Not only did you save money but you made something that was about 100 times more nutritious. Very good.

My kitty loves her raw food. I found a vintage meat grinder for $20 and have made this twice. She runs to eat now and finishes every speck. Her hair is fluffy and shiny. Thanks for sharing this with us and taking the time to answer so many questions. ❤

To debone a chicken thight ; Use a sharpened boning knife. (A short flexible blade knife) Scrape around the larger hip end of the bone. Down the sides. Until you can hold on to the end of the bone. Scrape all the bone until the other end. Then cut it free from the meat. 🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗🍗😺😽😸 Love from Norway 🇳🇴

About 20 years ago I had a feral born cat that developed chronic urinary crystals. The poor guy was at the vet multiple times. The vet finally said, to save his life, we needed to give him an operation to basically change him into a girl. She had me feeding him a very expensive prescription diet for urinary tract health. I did a bunch of research and found a raw food recipe very similar to yours (I used organic whole chicken or turkey, canned pumpkin, Missing Link supplement, egg yolks, various supplements, etc). I bought a hard-core grinder (I did the first grind with medium holes and then reground it on the small holes). I then would pack it into individual 1 cup glass bowls (with lids) and store them in the freezer. I had two cats so these individual servings worked well for me. END RESULT: I no longer had to buy him the special prescription food, I knew exactly what was in his food, I saved money...eventually, he loved his food, AND he never had another urinary tract issue again. Ever. He filled out, had an amazing soft glossy fur coat, and even the vet was amazed at his abundant health! He lived a strong, happy, and healthy life with no further medical issues ever. I strongly recommend a homemade raw diet. This video nailed it. The ingredient information, the process, everything. I had to make my batches once a month. It was worth the effort to see my cat regain his health and beyond! Thank you for making this video!

If you have dogs who need medication, chicken hearts are nature’s perfect pill pocket!

I've got a meat grinder as present for my wedding and I have 3 cats. I've been thinking about switching their diet to raw food for quite some time, since I want the best for my fur babies! So glad I got this video in my recommended section ❤ Thank you so much, the instructions are so clear, it's like fate!

I was so nervous clicking on this video because I know how difficult it is to make sure that cats get all the correct vitamins and nutrients from their food. Glad I did though because this is amazing! Thank you!😊

My grandmother (I'm 63) used to give steamed green beans to her feral cats that lived under her house. They loved them. (My grandma lived in the country and people were always dumping unwanted cats out there.) Every time I visited Grandma, it was my challenge to somewhat tame one of the kittens (there were always kittens) so I could play with it and cuddle it. It took a great deal of patience for a child, but so rewarding when I succeeded!

Thanks. I think I'm going to start experimenting making my own food. I don't trust the pet food companies to not kill my cat putting garbage in the food.

I had one additional comment to my long post earlier. When I make the raw food I mix everything together before running it through the grinder. It makes it easier at the end. That includes all of the eggs, supplements, organ, meat, etc. Some of that stuff is hard to ensure even distribution, but it definitely helps to do it this way

Now this is a TUTORIAL. You did an amazing job here...very informative and easy to follow. You've even provided written instructions and links to everything. Absolutely fabulous job .. thank you so very much for sharing 😊😺

I'm so happy I found this video! Ive been looking for a more affordable option with cat food. I have 4 indoor cats and I care for a colony of about 10-12 feral, stray and abandoned cats that live in the alley near my house, and it's so expensive trying to feed everyone and I'm struggling, but I love each and everyone of them and I won't give up on them and hope to one day be able to build them cat houses/shelters to keep them warm during the winter and cool during summer, I just want them to have a safe place to go. Can't wait to try this recipe.

I used to grind up food for both my cats and dogs and I found if the meat was at least partially frozen, it went through the grinder very easily and no splatters. Shortly after it was ground, because of the smaller size, it was thawed out and easy to mix/blend. I also found out that if the meat was slightly frozen, it cut up much easier as well.

Here in the UK, using these ingredients would make it almost twice as expensive as premium cat food!