Everyone
should be conscious of the
fact that cats are not omnivores like pigs. Cats
are carnivorous animals, which only nibble at grass and their
only vegetable intake is the stomach contents of their prey.
Cats need 80 - 90 % of animal protein! Regular dry
food contains mostly only 30 % meat, premiumfood
can contain as much as 40 - 50 % meat.
Therefore many
owners also feed
canned food in addition (please note that this canned food
should contain only meat - no cereals). An ideal
replacement for canned food is raw meat - beef, poultry
or rabbits.
Note:
- > fish
and pork must
never be fed raw.
- > all bones -
particularly poultry
bones - must only be served raw
Besides raw meat -
(frozen) chickens, chicks, quails and other poultry - our
cats sometimes get Miamor Fine Filets and
stewed fish. We don't feed dry food anymore.
For grinding chickens, quails and so on, we use a sturdy meat grinder:
Jupiter Universal Grinder 885.500 (German product).
With a plate: hole size 0.551 inches and a
two bladed knife this one
grinds chickens, quails, chicks and
rabbits complete with bones,
innards and skin.
If you interested in raw
food please take a look at the following
useful links:
The
carnivore
connection to nutrition in cats
Max
House Feline
Nutrition
Cats are different
The
Pottenger Experiment
Holisticat
Abyssinian
Homepage - nutrition
FelineFuture
The
Original Holisticat FAQ's - Raw Diets
Rawlearning.com
Shirleys
Wellness Cafe
Catnutrition.org
The BARF
Diet
Cats and
the Natural Raw Food Diet
Elimination
of Common Diseases In Dogs and Cats Through Diet Alone
How
to Prepare Raw
Meals for Dogs and Cats
Nutrient
Requirements of Cats
USDA
Nutrient Database
El
Sham´s Calcium-Phophor Calculator
Nutrient
Composition of Whole Vertebrate Prey
What´s really in pet food?
Cat
Food
Uncovered
Food
not
Fit for a Pet
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