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25 Jun
Making homemade raw cat food using the Hare Today raw pet food component (meat/bone/organ). I use a recipe based on those at catinfo.org, catnutrition.org, and blakkatz.com. These recipes exceed AAFCO minimum nutrition guidelines, and I’ve personally used them for years. If you find my video helpful, please take the time to provide me a ranking so more people will find it. Thanks!
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Hi Lynette thanks for posting this video, this is one of the best ways to feed our carnivores.
Wish more people would do this.
Thanks Lynette, I am thinking about switching to raw and had no idea how to start. This was sent to me by a friend and is so informative!
Milly
Ultimately, it is best for all pets to eat hard, crunchy food. A kitten or puppy may need a combination of canned food and dry food for a month or more as their digestive system matures but do not mix milk in with your pet’s food, and do not soak any dry food in water. These are common mistakes that can really upset your new pet’s digestion. Again, ultimately, it is best for all pets to eat hard, crunchy food.
i like the concept but hare today is way too expensive. cheaper to buy meats at the grocery store as they come on sale.
Absolutely! I used to grind my own meat/bone/organ, but I got lazy.
There is no scientific evidence to support your claim. If dry food was good for cats’ dental health, how come over 2/3 of cats have dental disease by age 3?
Dry food is linked to CRF, diabetes, obesity, FLUTD, heart disease, arthritis, and other ailments.
I am not a scientist and therefore cannot deliver scientific evidences but I have empirical evidence. My cats are healthy with the cheapest dry food for 89 cent per kilo. I am sure all your cats are sick as you do not know what you are doing by feeding them the stuff you show us here on video. It is animal abuse the feeding experiments you are doing. Stop it, please.
I’m not a scientist, either, but I can deliver scientific evidence - lots of it… and I my own cats are all over age 10 and healthy. Two needed insulin when on dry food, but don’t on a wet diet. Two had IBD on dry food, but don’t on a wet diet. They were sick before, but are not now.
Even if you’re not a scientist you can still do research. Check out the Winn’s study on IBD and raw food. Cornell Veterinary school, Dr. Zoran, Dr. Hodgkins, Dr. Pierson… all recommend wet food only.
What body weight to food ratio do you use.
An average-sized adult cat will eat 4 to 8 ozs of prepared food daily. A pound of meat/bone/organ makes more than a pound of food, assuming you add some water. A typical adult cat will eat 7.5 to 10 pounds of Hare Today a month.
Kittens will need more.
Hi, thakns for the great video. I have a cat with diabetes. I’ve been giving her insulin for 5 years. I’ve wanted to try this but I’m scared. : ) I don’t know, I just have this ingrained thinking that raw food is dangerous from years of vets not really promoting and promoting what they sell at their clinics. I do believe this raw food thing is best for cats but how do you overcome that initial fear of change. And is salmonella any risk? And are the bone pieces a risk in any way. thanks!!
flamingowen - please learn to home test your cat’s blood sugar levels and feed him/her an all-wet diet (no dry food of any kind). Salmonella is not a risk for cats. I don’t feel small ground RAW bone bits are a risk. For more info, see my site and the Feline Outreach site.
Thanks! I do hometest before every shot and at her nadir, etc. I’m working on getting her diet to the all wet/low carb type. Why are raw bones safer than cooked? I’ll check out your site. Thanks again!
Cooked bones are very brittle and sharp - very dangerous. I do not recommend ever giving animals cooked bones.
i read on the usda web site that it wasn’t safe to defrost in warm water, only in cold but that leaves the raw food too cold for my cat and takes much longer. I notice on the video that you say you soak the finished small bags of raw in warm water before feeding. have you done that a long time? have you had any problems with it? maybe it’s ok for cats and not people? i’d really like to do this because it’s convenient but i want to be reassured that it is safe. thanks you so much!
I’ve been feeding my cats raw food since 2005, and warming in warm water prior to feeding that entire time. I’ve never had a problem.
fucking cat lady…
33lb half cougar half cat, ground bison bone, and 100% veal ribeye cooked medium rare.
wow that was great - very informational
wouldn’t it be better for your cats to eat meat chunks and bone instead of ground up nonsense? and i hate to say this, but all that supplements is unneccessary, you only need the salmon oil. the rest is redundant.
@neverendingcycle - at a minimum you MUST supplement with taurine! There have been documented studies that taurine deficiency will result (in death) from an unsupplemented raw diet. Taurine oxidizes very quickly - a diet of raw rabbit resulted in death for one cat and taurine deficiency in all others in the study.
@lynetteack i don’t feel the need to supplement with taurine. the taurine in ground meat is oxidized much faster, so i can understand why you supplement taurine. but i don’t feel there’s a need to supplement in my case when i’m feeding whole chunks which i find better for dental health and more stimulating for the cat, instead of a whole pre-chewed mush.
and why can’t you just put the entire egg in? my cats get an egg each once every two days.
@neverendingcycle I choose not to include raw egg white as raw egg white is known to create biotine deficiency. Egg yolks are very high in biotin content, so it’s probably not a problem - but I choose to err on the side of caution.
@lynetteack but the egg yolk will balance out the that effect from egg white. besides it’ll only cause a deficiency in biotine if fed in excessive amounts without the yolks. deficiencies generally take 6 months to surface, as balance is something over time. so i guess it shouldn’t be a cause for concern.
@neverendingcycle I agree. As I said, yolks are high in biotin, so it’s probably not a concern. I also agree on the chunks - I add chicken hearts and other chunks to my cats’ diet for dental health.
For more information, see Michelle Bernard’s book (Raising Cats Naturally) or Anne’s site ,or Dr Lisa’s site… this recipe is not MY creation - it’s a recipe used by MANY people for MANY years - and generations of cats…
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