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Free Homemade Pet Food Recipes
I have had so many people contact me asking for recipes for dog and cat foods.
I have to admit I am a pretty good cook but I haven't made much dog or cat food, myself. I have gotten a few recipes searching around the internet. I'm going to pass along the basic recipes and the web pages where you can get more.
I would love to hear from people who have good recipes for me to post on this hub. Please send your dog or cat food recipes to (asksusanpeters@hotmail.com).
Thanks,
Susan Peters
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Some advice from ASPCA - Note that some fruits and vegetables can be extremely harmful. For example, onions, garlic, chives, avocado, grapes, raisins and macadamia nuts can all cause illness when eaten by pets.
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Baby Food -
Works great for small dogs and cats. Easy to feed and easy to storey
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Recipe for a 15 pound dog
Start with:
- Small amount of vegetable oil in your pan
Add:
- Cooked, skinless chicken 1/10 cup
- Cooked Brown rice 1/5 cup
- Cooked Peas 10 grams
- Cooked pumpkin 50 grams
- Pinch of salt
Add Children multi vitamin/mineral to finished food
Recipe for a 45 pound dog
Everything the same as above except:
- 1/2 cup chicken
- 1 3/4 cup brown rice
- 1/4 cup peas
- 1/5 cup pumpkin
- Adult multivitamin added to finished food
Recipe for a 75 pound dog
Everything the same as above except:
3/4 cup Chicken
2 1/4 cups brown rice
1/4 cup peas 1/4 cup pumpkin Add Adult multivitamin
Julie Neva - check out this site for some great information
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Cat Food Recipe
Finicky Feline Diet
- 1 cup chopped cooked chicken
- 1/2 cup cooked rice
- 1/2 cup chopped broccoli, cooked until tender
- 1/4 cup chopped carrot, cooked until tender
- Chicken broth
Process all ingredients in a food processor or blender with enough chicken broth to hold together. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator. --------
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Dog Food Recipe by Michele, provided to her by her vet.
- Ground chicken
- Ground beef
- 4% small curd cottage cheese
- 2 cups quaker oats soaked in low sodium chicken broth
- peas
- string beans
- 2 tablespoons salmon or fish oil (health food store or break open capsules from grocery store)
- 2 eggs
- 2 boiled yams or sweet potatoes -this is great protein and helps keep everything moist.
Mix together and make into meatballs the size of your dogs portion. Bake them at 350 until they are completely done. Freeze into bags and warm up in microwave until warm and serve. They should love it and it is all digested so there is very little waste and smell. I am so sorry for all of the pet owners who have lost pets in this mess, I hope this recipe helps.
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Basic Chicken Stock
Dog Food Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 tablespoons corn oil
- 2 kilos chicken backs and necks
- 4 liters water
- 2 large cups baby cabbage chopped
- 2 cups carrots chopped
- Parsley 5 strings
- 3 liters water (chicken broth works great)
In a large kettle or pot, heat up 4 tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Add in the chicken pieces and brown them on all sides evenly. Remove the chicken and reserve. Add 1 cup of water to pot and deglaze it over medium heat. Make sure to loosen all the scrapings of browned bits. Add these dripping to the chicken and reserve this.
In the same pot, heat up the remaining oil over medium heat. Add in the baby cabbageand carrots and cook until baby cabbage are transparent. Add in the reserved chicken with the drippings, parsley, remaining water, and bring all this to a boil. Reduce the heat and let it simmer covered for 2 hours.
To obtain stock, strain the mixture and let it cool down to room temperature. Refrigerate. Remove any fat from the top surface. This can be used within several days or freeze and use in portions.
To make soup, remove all the chicken parts and serve the vegetables and broth over kibbles.
Makes 2 ½ liters.
More from these people (click here) Great web site!
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PJ says:
Recipe for doggie biscuits
- 1/3 cup margarine, softened
- 3 cups rye flour (I like to use brown rice)
- 1/2 cup powdered skim milk
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 3/4 cup water, room temp (I like to use chicken broth)
- 1 egg, beaten.
In large bowl cream marg and flour with pastry cutter. In small bowl dissolve powdered skim milk and garlic powder in water. Whisk in egg. Make well in flour mixture and gradually stir in egg mixture until well blended. Knead dough on floured surface, about 3 to 4 mins. Roll dough to 1/4' to 1/2' thickness. Cut biscuits with small cookie cuter, place on cookie sheets lind with parchment paper. Bake about 40 mins at 325F. Remove from pan immediately and cool on wire rack. Store in fridge but keep enough at room temp for 3 or 4 days. Also freeze well.
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CHICKEN & RICE DELIGHT
- 1 whole chicken (okay, this one is cooked)
- 1/2 bag wild brown rice (cooked in with the chicken)
- 1 C Quick Oats
- small can of sweet peas or cooked fresh peas. *optional
Oats are added when chicken is done. Pour oats in and remove from heat. Serve as is or over dry kibble.
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This recipe is inexpensive and easy to make for your dog:
Turkey and Vegetable Mix
- two pounds of ground turkey and a bag of chopped
- mixed vegetables
I choose turkey because it's easier to digest than beef. (Using fresh veggies is actually a better idea because they have more minerals and vitamins in them.) This made a day's meals for my little Beagle. How much you'll need to make will depend on the size of your dog. You can always make up a big pot of this recipe, then refrigerate the leftovers. You can refrigerate the leftovers for up to a week. Then, for his or her next meal, just take out the desired amount and microwave it until it's just warm........
Dog Food Recipe Site
The dog food recipes that this site has to offer are based on nutrition and fresh ingredients. Most of them are things that ordinarily a person themselves would eat. And the ingredients are not difficult to find in the supermarket or market. Some of the recipes offered are extravagant whereas others are very simple to make as well as economical. The recipes include all the food variations such as biscuits and snacks, breakfasts, how to prepare your own kibble, sauces, main courses, special meals etc. Most of the recipes differ in their process of getting made but in the end they all contain a high amount of nutrients and vitamins since it is all based on fresh and natural ingredients.
Cat Food Recipes
*Warning from Susan Peters*
Tuna has thiaminase. Thiaminase is an amino acid that breaks down the thiamin in a cat's body/ Thiamin is necessary to aid in vitamin E absorbtion in the feline body. A steady diet of tuna is very harmful to the physical status of a cat.
As a cat lover and owner, you want the best for your cat. They're just like humans- the more nutrients and minerals they get from their food, the healthier they are. But cats can be picky eaters. Of all the store-bought brands of cat food on the market, one of my furry friends, Kermit, will only eat Meow MixTM, period. Fortunately, he will eat the homemade cat food recipes I make for him, so I know he's getting the foods he needs to keep him strong and healthy. Basically, cats prefer homemade cat food with meat, poultry, and dairy products. They don't know it, but they also need some vegetables in their daily diets as well. What they never need is onions, starchy vegetables, like peas and corn, salt, sugar, chocolate, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, caffeine, spices, peppers, and bones. Cats can usually chew up and digest soft, canned salmon bones, but they can't handle chicken and other hard, small bones.
Ask Susan Peters Other Sites Of Interest:
Cat Food Review - Cat Food Ratings
Cat Food Safe To Feed After The Cat Food Recall
Free Online Pet Food Recall Information - Buyers Guide - Understanding the Pet Food recall and why cats and dogs continue to get sick and die - written by Susan Peters
Dog Treat and Snack Review and Dog Food Ratings
Dog Food Safe To Feed After The Dog Food Recall
- Ask Susan Peters (click here)
This site will link you to all of the articles written by Susan Peters.
- Pet Care Information (click here)
Great articles on pet safety, grooming advice, nail care, and just about anything you might need to know.
- Class Action Law Suit Filed Against Pet Food Companies (click here to view the press release) Have you purcased pet food from these companies? If you have, you may join in the class action, too. Were you "duped" by these companies?
This guy is a vet and tells it all.... Wow is he something. He tells how the pet foods are making our pets sick. Anything from seizures to ear aches. He's really worth checking out!
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My understanding is that chicken bones become quite dangerous when fed to a dog. I have been told that when chicken bones break produce pointy splinters that can perforate the stomach or intestines. If this is true, a note should be added to your recipes that include chicken. (What about turkey?)
I believe the danger is with COOKED chicken bones. Actually, any cooked bone. Is that correct?
From what I have learned in the past ALL bones are bad for dogs! All can splinter, including beef. You should never feed your dogs bones, cooked or not. Also, from what I know, turkey and pork products are not good for your dogs. Chocolate and onions are also on the do-not-feed list.
Frozen beef bones are alright to feed your dog. Not to mention it is great for cleaning their teeth. All other bones avoid. Especially if they have been cooked.
I have two very large dogs and one medium dog who eats just about as much, so making food must be economical. Here is what I'm doing: first of all, I have horses, so I have to buy this 50lb bag of rolled oats. The oats are only around $9.00 for 50lbs! So that's a good deal right there. At the grocery store I get the big log of ground beef. At the discount store I get rice, pasta, canned or frozen veggies, and human type canned foods like spam or chili etc as a little treat for flavor. Here's what I do with all the stuff:I make the rice or pasta set aside. Brown the ground beef and add it into the cooked rice drippings and all. Then add some veggies or chili for flavor and finally the rolled oats and some extra water til it has the consistency of a stew. I only heat this to get the water hot so as not to burn the rice - I cover the pot, remove from heat and let it sit. As for ratio, it depends on your dogs, how much room you have to store the food and if you want to add more meat or more rice/pasta products. I make enough for a week and store it in freezer bags or tupperware. It freezes well and my dogs seem to love it far more than commercial food. Right now I have Pedigree dry food left which hasn't made them sick. When I feed the three dogs, I put 2cups dry Pedigree in a bucket and fill the rest with the homemade food, add water and mix. I also have cats who eat dry Purina but I'm starting them on tuna fish mixed with rice. As for their veggies I put those in the food processor to make them kitty sized. I also give the cats table scraps of chicken, turkey etc. Both the cats and dogs also enjoy hard boiled eggs and if you run out of meat one day, you can feed a rice or pasta mixture and chop an egg on top. Horse feed stores are fantastic, as there are pelleted foods and oats, rice bran etc. that you can buy in bulk economically and make up something your pet will like. My dogs have even eaten TDI horse feed (oats, corn, vitamins, minerals) in pellets. I'm not a vet so I don't know all the particulars about what all is good for dogs/cats but heck, anything's better than poisoning them. As for bones, I don't feed them to my dogs, but what I do is boil bones from leftovers to get the broth. Strain well and use it in your mixture. My dogs like sweet potatoes, mashed, yogurt, rice milk...My Shepherd is 11 and wolf-hybrid 10 and they're in great health and the vet is always happy with their condition. I also use a product called NZymes (www.nzymes.com) that seems to help my oldest dog. It is also far cheaper to buy the horse grade MSM, Glucosamine liquid - higher concentration means you use way less - I take it too! Hope this helps you - Best wishes to you and your pet-children!
Can anyone tell me what human foods are not good for your dog. Garlic? Nuts? etc.
dazzled,
Onions, grapes, chocolate, certain mushrooms, and corn isn't easily digested by dogs I've heard. You can do a search on the web for more information. Hope this helps.
The Cat Fanciers Society has a link to poisons for cats at: http://www.cfa.org/articles/plants.html. for some odd reson chocolate isn't on this list.
The Americal Kennel Club web site at : http://www.akc.org/index.cfm?nav_area=homepage mayu have a similar list for dogs.
Human foods to avoid: Chocolate, Grapes, Raisins, Garlic, and raw onions.
I happen to work in a pet store. Whats funny is all your "Home Made" pet foods contain just as much if not more grains than some of the higher end pet foods. Number 2, it was not the pet food COMPANIES that did this, it was the manufacterer of the wheat gluten.Malamine is being added to wheat gluten to make the protien content look better.these used in these products, wich the majority of wich are not healthy for your animal anyways. If people were to feed a higher end dof food such as DVP or Cannidae, instead of going to wal mart and grabbing the "convinient" crap food, it would save them alot of trouble. ITS HOW LARGE GROCERY STORES WORK. they tell the comapines this is how much well pay for it and then they make it so they can make a profit. PEople really oughta get some brains. Making your own food can be worse for your dog or ESP your cat. If a cat doesnt not get taurine, wich most cat foods have, the will go blind and cause other serious problems. People amaze me.
AS far as the 'Pet Store' worker, You can buy taurine at any Health food store in caps or powered form. It's NOT some exotic supplement! I myself use it! I pay about $3.00 a bottle. A small bit of reading on nutrition will help you in your job at the Pet Store, I'm sure. I was feeding my cat Nutro brand, which was suggested BY the Pet Store I shopped at, which of course turned out to be tanted. After $300.00 in Vet visits my Vet suggested Hill's Science Diet,...now, that's also on the list! Making your pet's food at home is very simple and the internet and libraires have more then enough information to help you make healthly SAFE food for your pets. Don't listen to people who THINK they know what's what. Arm yourself with knowledge and protect the aminals that count on you for their safety! I feel lucky this mess has only cost me in Vet Bills, my heart goes out to all those who have lost their beloved friends over this mess. God Bless.
Great arguements. Feeding the pets at home may not be a good long term solution if the food maker is not informed about good nutrition. The recipes I've posted are listed just to help people get through this crisis. If anyone is interested in making pet food for the long hall they should study what the pet's diets require.
Top End food....that's not the answer. We've seen SO many of these top end foods are made by the same companies with the same make-up as the low end foods.
I'm sure your employer (the pet store) has some excellant reading material on animal health and the effects of poor diets. Ask for a copy and share what you learn. I think you'll find yourself ashamed to suggest usage of several of the products your employer sells.
The Sunday before Christmas my otherwise healthy blue point himalayan just suddenly dropped dead at 7 years old. While this was weeks before the pet food debacle started I can honestly say my daughter and I had several conversations about thinking something was wrong with his food in the week before he died. Since then my mother's two dogs suddenly died within the same week of each other. They are never going to report accurate numbers on how many animals have actually been affected but for sure my family's hearts have been ripped out because of it.
I have since researched the whole "store bought vs prepare your own" debate as I bought another dog and two more cats this year and want to ensure I feed them food that is not destroying them. The person that works at the pet store is right in the aspect that additives and preservatives are put into the dog and cat foods (both wet and dry) that will give them a longer shelf life. These ingredients leave crystal deposits that can cause irreversible damage to the liver, kidneys and other parts of the body and take years off their lives. They can also cause cancer and have more immediate effects like loose stool, skin problems and even cause your animal to smell bad. Not a good suggestion. In purchasing my new family additions I met a breeder who used to work with Iams when the product was still small and only sold in pet stores. She said she used to be their biggest proponent. Then Proctor & Gamble bought them ... corporate America - 'nuff said.
In the end I found a site where a man (an MD) had lost his own pet and paid a private research firm to find the 10 best (healthiest) dog food companies. The company could only actually come up with nine. I paid $47 to get this information and if you are interested I'm sure you can look and find the site too. The information that you purchase explains all the ingredients in the products that made the list and the reasons other companies did not (usually lists negative ingredient and what damage it causes). Very good knowledge worth less than the cost of a trip to the vet, for some peace of mind. You get a lot of other things for the money but this is the one I was after.
So that you don't think I am trying to sell you on anything here I will tell you that I am posting the names of the companies that I would recommend so that you can go look at them for yourselves. If the person I paid $47 to wants to sue me for suggesting companies on his list then he cares more about the money in his pocket than helping save an animal so here goes:
APD Select Choice, the Blue Buffalo Company (also makes good cat food), Canidae, Fromm Family, Halo, Holistic Blend, Natura, Newman's Own and Wellness. I went to the web sites for each product. I will say that Natura impressed me. They have always had their own personal factories for their dry food but had to go through Menu Foods for their wet. Even though their stringent codes (they are rated ISO9001 among other things) kept them from being created in the same Menu Foods plants as the tainted foods, the Board took immediate action and placed a Quality Assurance person onsite for now at the Menu plant to oversee and approved the budget for them to build their own wet food plant. I thought that showed a lot of dedication to safeguarding what our pets are eating.
Hope this was helpful and that no one else reading this has to suffer a loss.
Bless you
This is for the person who works at the Pet Food Store! Eventhough it was not directly the pet food companies don't you find it a little odd that one company produces almost all of the pet food in America?? I have a 4 month old Catahoula puppy that I have been feeding Nutro Healthy Choice. Does that rank up there with the higher end food to you??? Just curious cause I live in New Orleans where it is still hard to shop even at Walmart in a post Hurricane Katrina world. I also have three cats who ate the same brand cat food who I bottle feed from the time they were born. So all I am saying is that people need to educate themselves and there is nothing wrong with people looking up pet food recipes online because they love their animals.
Check out this site for some really good information. Hit the Read more icon underneath the beginning of the article.http://www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359
My animals make me happy so last week we grilled the puppy a steak and served it to him with brown rice, scrambled eggs, green beans and a little brown gravy. HE LOVED IT!!!!
Here's a link that discusses the dangers of commercial dog food, and as well, lists out home made dog food recipes to improve your dog's health, http://www.squidoo.com/dogfoodsecretsreview
I began making dogfood a few years ago . Before I go on...let me say that IF you choose to make your dogfood, do NOT microwave it. Microwaving any food ( including your own) destroys what nutrients, if any, are in that food. I would make a large batch and then make large meatballs of the mixture or patties and then freeze them and thaw as needed and mix with a high quality organic dry dog food or serve alone.
I use organic ground turkey and steamed it and then added organic green beans, some rosemary ( for their arthritis) a LITTLE organic brown rice, sweet potato. Then, I would sprinkle some Barley Dog greens on the mixture right before serving to ensure they received adequate nutrients. Too much brown rice tends to cause dogs to graze the lawn due to poor nutrient intake. You can find info on Barley Dog at : http://www.greenfoods.com/pet_products/index.html
When I don't make my own dog food, I give my dogs canned and dry foods by :
Pet Promise and Wellness brands of dogfood and fortunately, they have not been recalled. Chicken Soup (for the soul) for Dogs is another excellent brand of dry dog food.
An Apple a Day Dog Treat
2 cups whole-wheat flour½ cup unbleached flour½ cup cornmeal1 apple, chopped or grated1 egg, beaten? cup vegetable oil1 tablespoon packed brown sugar? cup water
Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray cookie sheet with vegetable oil spray. Lightly dust work surface with flour. Blend flours and cornmeal in large mixing bowl. Add apple, egg, oil, brown sugar and water. Mix until well blended. On work surface, roll dough out to ?-inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters of desired shape and size.
Place treats on prepared sheet. Bake in preheated oven 35 to 40 minutes. Turn off oven. Leave door closed for 1 hour to make the treats crispy. Remove treats from oven. Store baked treats in airtight container or plastic bag, and place in refrigerator or freezer. Recipe makes 24 servings.
Excerpted from "Fifty Fantastic Dog Recipes" at http://www.Fifty-Fantastic-Recipes.com/dog.htm
An Apple a Day Dog Treat
2 cups whole-wheat flour½ cup unbleached flour½ cup cornmeal1 apple, chopped or grated1 egg, beaten? cup vegetable oil1 tablespoon packed brown sugar? cup water
Preheat oven to 350° F. Spray cookie sheet with vegetable oil spray. Lightly dust work surface with flour. Blend flours and cornmeal in large mixing bowl. Add apple, egg, oil, brown sugar and water. Mix until well blended. On work surface, roll dough out to ?-inch thickness. Cut with cookie cutters of desired shape and size.
Place treats on prepared sheet. Bake in preheated oven 35 to 40 minutes. Turn off oven. Leave door closed for 1 hour to make the treats crispy. Remove treats from oven. Store baked treats in airtight container or plastic bag, and place in refrigerator or freezer. Recipe makes 24 servings.
Excerpted from "Fifty Fantastic Dog Recipes" at http://www.Fifty-Fantastic-Recipes.com/dog.htm
I have many dog food recipes at my blog, http://www.homemadehealthypetfood.com
Bonnie,
Thanks for the recipe. I'll get it posted.
Jason,
Do you have a favorite recipe you would like for me to post here with a link back to your site?
Susan Peters
Susan, here is a recipe for you to post. Thank you. Jason
DOGGIE BROWNIES 3 to 3 1/2 lbs of liver, beef or chicken 1 C whole wheat flour 4.25 oz jar fresh minced or crushed garlic 2 C white flour 1/2 C corn meal 1 med shaker of grated parmesan cheese
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover cookie sheet with foil, coat with cooking spray, sprinkle lightly with corn meal and set aside. Process liver and garlic in food processor or blender until it looks like milk chocolate. Pour into large mixing bowl and blend in the rest of the ingredients. Spread evenly onto cookie sheet (the mixture will be thick) and sprinkle lightly with corn meal. Bake until no pink is left. You should bake them for about 30 min for one pan and then turn the oven off but leave the brownies inside until they are cool. Cut in pieces, and you’re done!!!
Let us not forget that before all these commercial dog foods became a fad and a craze we fed our pets homemade dog food and they were healthy.We have become too dependent on fast food even for our pets.What a pity! I think this pet food recall crisis should be a wake up call for us not to trust any of these feeds from foreign countries.We are at the mercy of greedy traders.Let us get back to homemade dog food and in the process build our local farmers.
I think it is a very healthy development that we now become much more conscious as to what we feed our dogs. I am just wondering why we (human beings) still eat all that industrialized fast food while for our dogs we would prepare it all naturally:-) I guess our dogs might be living a healthier life than we do...
Nice hubpage. Here's another article on healthy dog food. http://www.squidoo.com/healthy_dog_food/
Interesting conversation. I occasionally lightly scramble an egg for my cats--they love it. But, I might try making other food for them too. I tried raw food (you keep it frozen until you serve it), but they didn't like it. Homemade pet food doesn't sound radical at all. I figure my cats are my babies, and I want them to be as healthy as possible.
I actually have a question not a comment. For the recipe for a 75 lb dog it does not specific how many times a day you would feed a dog this amount. Does anyone have the answer to that? I want to start my dog on this recipe and my only concern is that I will be feeding him enough. Thank you in advance to anyone tht can help
Teresa,
Make the recipe as directed. Divide the portions in thirds, then feed three times a day. If you are feeding only twice a day then divide in half.
Susan
<a href ="http://www.dogfoodmall.com">Dog Food</a>Dog Food
Dogs deserve to have a healthy diet too - great recipe!
Chris,
Cooking for your pet can be fun and is a great idea, too!
Susan
I need help!! My 12.5 year old bichon-poodle has decided she doesn't want to eat. I'm waiting on lab results but in the meantime, the only thing she seems to want to eat is chicken. We've tried 6 different kinds of dog food and baby food to no luck. Any suggestions?? Thanks.
Karen
Feed her chicken. You bichon is very wise. It may not be tained pet food but I'll bet your dog is telling you that her system will not tolerate any more grains. Select a grain free brand of dog food to see what happens. There are other things to look for in the diet, too, such as BHA, BHT, and other forms of antifreeze. Please keep advised. Where all 6 kinds of dog food the same brand? What were you feeding when she quit eating, etc. Details please.
Susan
Tuna is very bad for cats as it has a high mercury level which is not good im sure it causes kidney failure and also it is high in salt which is also not good.I would never feed my cats tuna put it that way.
Jade,
I agree with you on the use of Tuna. These are recipes from my readers but I am going to offer a warning. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
Susan
Please use caution in feeding using these recipes. Many of them are not balanced and many contain bad ingredients. Cats, for one thing are obligate carnivores. Aside from a tiny, teeny, amount of seeds and grassed found in the stomachs of mice, they do not consume vegitation and should not be fed grains, fruits, and other innapriopriate foods.
A few good sites:
catnutrition.org
catinfo.org
rawfedcats.org
Michelle,
I agree with you. These are not my recipes and I, too, suggest using caution!
Susan
There are problems associated with feeding Broccoli. There is information at the following site http://www.vetinfo4dogs.com/dtoxin.html#Broccoli%2 you have to scroll down the list. I think it might be ok ocassionally but not every day. Our pets vomit and have aweful gas when they eat broccoli.
Not food but...we were recently warned about using Fabreeze and other cleaners around our pets. The site above sorta hints that it may not be a problem. I don't agree. Our Vet. is the one that told us about the problem. It stands to reason because those things aren't great for us to inhale. Our pets have much smaller livers and kidneys than we do.
I think it may be ok ocassionally but not daily. My pets vomit and have aweful gas if they eat broccoli.
There are certain human vitamins that are not sutiable for pets. I was told that Vit. C can cause problems. There are some companies that sell special vitamin mixes specifically for cats and dogs. If I find my list I'll post them.
Several years ago when we were trying to get our cat with kidney disease to eat we were warned about there possibly being garlic and/or salt in raw chicken sold in most stores. From what I remember it could be in the chicken but didn't have to be listed on the package??? Don't remember all the details.
Okay, with all these wonderful recipes and suggestions I have one question. What is good for a cat ( my family queen)? She is in the early stages of renal failure and the vet (banfield) is not offering much in the way of suggestions. I need some recipes that are appropriate and not harmful to her. She is refusing the prescription diets and has lost 2 pounds in 3 months. She still has some residual body fat and seems to feel good, so I am not too concerned if I can get started on an appropriate treatment plan that works for us all. She has a lot of pet humans rooting for her and willing to do handstands to make her world as right as possible. Thank
Thanks for the recipes and I'm glad that you mentioned some recipes from vets. If you have a recipe from an unknown source, it's important to have your vet evaluate it for nutrition and health.
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sunsetts00 says:
2 years ago
If your Dog is sick with diarehha, vomiting put it on a bland diet for a while. It will help. Bland diet- Cooked Oatmeal or Rice (rice will bind up bowels to help with diarehha). Cooked Sweet Potatoe (is a pro-biotic), Ground up Turkey (boiled), Plain Yogart (pro-biotic), can even add some baby food to it. Pedialite (for babies) will help with the dehydration. I have done this and had much success. To all those who lost pets over the pet food recall, my heart goes out to you. I hope JUSTICE is served for the loss of so many pets and hurting people. No More Commercial dog/cat food for my pets. I'm Done!!! They will eat what i eat and that makes me feel Alot safer...