How To Prepare Raw Food For Cats

Though not widely done, if you want to know how to prepare raw food for cats, it’s not that hard and not scary at all! It seems like it would be a very in depth process to switch your cat from regular cat food to a raw food diet, but it truly is not. It’s a personal decision on what you feel would be best for you and your cat and there are different arguments for and against it, if you feel you might be leaning in the raw food direction its time to learn how to prepare raw food for cats.

What you’ll need:

• A list of meats your cat can and can’t eat
• A supplier
• The resolve to feed raw

1. Why Raw? Before animals were domesticated, cats ate raw food for thousands of years and a cat’s system is set up to handle the digestion of this type of diet. Since cats became domesticated and people started feeding them food that is nothing like what they would get in the wild and is full of additives. Many studies have shown that overtime this change in a felines diet has led to widespread infertility, heart legions, and joint trouble. A raw diet is closer to what your cat would get in the wild and thusly closer to the optimal intake for his body, learning how to prepare your raw food for cats is well worth your time.
2. Tips on food. The primary thing to remember when learning how to prepare raw food for cats is that cats need to eat fresh food. The food can certainly be frozen and defrosted, but you’ll need to make sure that the quality of the meat is fresh when you purchase and freeze it or it is likely that your cat won’t eat it. The second thing to remember when learning how to prepare raw food for cats is not to grind you cat’s food.  Cats need a particular amount of something called taurine that is naturally found in meat, however grounding the meat leaves it exposed to the air and an iodization process that kills the taurine. Lastly, make sure your cat’s food is warm as most cats will not eat food that is cold or frozen.
3. What food to feed. If you are learning to prepare raw food for cats, fear not! There is a wide variety of readily available types of meats that a cat can consume. Cats can eat small portions of rats, mice, rabbit, venison, eggs, goat, fish, duck, turkey, pork, beef, chicken, quail, lamb and most organ meats. Try to feed your cat as whole of a piece of meat as possible, resist the urge to dice.
4. When and how much to feed. Knowing how much to feed your cat is a big step in learning how to prepare raw food for cats. It is a skill that will develop with time and with practice. Keep and eye on your cat and adjust accordingly if she is getting to small or too large. The general rule is to feed your cat two to three percent of their body weight, which for most cats would be around 1/4 lb or less.  You can decide based on your lifestyle and your cat if you will feed once or twice a day, this part of the process is entirely up to you.