The question of feeding is one of the most difficult for a pet owner. There seems to be a lot of arguing whether one should trust a commercial cat diet (but which one to choose?) or you should give your pet homemade food (again, which recipe to trust?).
I never believed that anyone should be fed dry food.
I mean, it's dry. It has less than 10% of moisture in it and it doesn't look like a proper alternative to mice and birds that a cat would eat in the wild. And you can't ever be sure what it's actually made of.
After some further reading on the subject I decided to give my cat a diet of cat canned food (for the balance of the added vitamins) and homemade dishes (for some fresher sources of protein). So I started to alternate between those two.
Naturally I researched the market of canned food and found 3 best European brands available in my country.
But to my greatest surprise none of them were right for my cat. After being fed with any of those he showed various simptoms of digestive problems that were quite ugly and I spent a lot of time washing my floors, his litter box and his legs. Poor thing was gassy, the smell was awful and I started my day by scrubbing my bathroom floors and aerating the apartment instead of having my cup of coffee.
But on the days when I fed him quail eggs, raw chicken hearts, raw turkey, fresh yogurt and quark I noticed that my cat's digestion was fine and the final product in his litter box looked like it was ment to be an exhibit at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures :)
So there was no question of torturing him with any more of the commercial pet foods, I just had to research the principles of a balanced homemade diet for cats in order to keep my dear pet as healthy as possible and to start my mornings with the aromas of coffee and fresh pastries :)
Here's Tisha at the age of four months when he became a raw fed kitten without any health problems. His fur became shiny, his eyes and his ears cleared and he started to smell like a clean cozy sweater.
I never believed that anyone should be fed dry food.
I mean, it's dry. It has less than 10% of moisture in it and it doesn't look like a proper alternative to mice and birds that a cat would eat in the wild. And you can't ever be sure what it's actually made of.
After some further reading on the subject I decided to give my cat a diet of cat canned food (for the balance of the added vitamins) and homemade dishes (for some fresher sources of protein). So I started to alternate between those two.
Naturally I researched the market of canned food and found 3 best European brands available in my country.
But to my greatest surprise none of them were right for my cat. After being fed with any of those he showed various simptoms of digestive problems that were quite ugly and I spent a lot of time washing my floors, his litter box and his legs. Poor thing was gassy, the smell was awful and I started my day by scrubbing my bathroom floors and aerating the apartment instead of having my cup of coffee.
But on the days when I fed him quail eggs, raw chicken hearts, raw turkey, fresh yogurt and quark I noticed that my cat's digestion was fine and the final product in his litter box looked like it was ment to be an exhibit at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures :)
So there was no question of torturing him with any more of the commercial pet foods, I just had to research the principles of a balanced homemade diet for cats in order to keep my dear pet as healthy as possible and to start my mornings with the aromas of coffee and fresh pastries :)
Here's Tisha at the age of four months when he became a raw fed kitten without any health problems. His fur became shiny, his eyes and his ears cleared and he started to smell like a clean cozy sweater.
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