Homemade Cat Food Diet: Recipe, Main ingredients, Storage Instructions, Heating Instruction
If you know how to eat a healthy,
well balanced diet you can apply that same principle to feeding your cat. Only
the ratio of meat to carbohydrates and size proportions will changes.
Recipe:
Item
|
Grams
|
Main food ingredients to be
mixed together:
Protein
source: Chicken, dark meal, cooked
Carbohydrate
source: White rice, cooked
Fiber
source: Sweet Potato, cooked w/o skin
Fat
source: None added
|
83
50
30
|
Supplements to be mixed in the
food:
Balance
IT Feline
|
2.7
|
These are cooked weights and
amounts of each food ingredient per day for a 5.4 kg or 12 lb (optimal weight)
adult cat.
All items should be blended
together to prevent your pet from picking out single food items. A
nutritionally balanced homemade food could result in an imbalanced intake of
nutrients if ingredients are allowed to separate and the animal does not
consume the entire food mixture.
A 5.4 kg (12 lb) cat’s daily
energy requirement is estimated at 300 kcal and this diet contains about 1.81
kcal per gram as fed, therefore the cat should eat about 165 grams of this diet
daily. Please weigh the cat weekly while eating this diet.
Protein,
Carbohydrate, and Fat
The protein source may be
substituted with another type of meat (beef, lamb) or poultry (chicken, turkey)
or dark fish (salmon, tuna). The carbohydrate source may be substituted with
another cooked grain (pasta, oatmeal, barley, corn, peas) for variety. The fat
source can be added if cat begins to lose weight on this recipe. If losing
weight, add ¼ tsp of oil such as fish (tuna, mackerel, sardine) or vegetables
(corn, olive) food daily and reweigh the cat in 2 weeks.
Fiber
The source of fiber in diet is
also desirable for intestinal health. The fiber source such as sweet potato.
Adding vegetables and fruit is more “filling” than nutritive but can be fed
once the full daily nutrient intake as been consumed. After washing, they make
great treats fed raw or cooked but should not relied upon to provide
substantial amounts of nutrients. Remember it is not safe to feed onions or
garlic (cooked or raw), chocolate or grape/raisins to your cat.
Supplements
Supplement to this diet are not
optional. Supplement help complete the nutritional balance by adding macro- and
micro-minerals, vitamins and in some cases, amino acids.
Balance IT Feline (amount per 2.9
g/red scoop) typical nutrient analysis
Biotin
|
0.010
|
mg
|
Ca
to P ratio
|
2.020
|
n/a
|
Calcium
(Calcium, Ca)
|
376.250
|
mg
|
Chloride
|
0.159
|
g
|
Copper
(Copper, Cu)
|
0.264
|
mg
|
Cysteine
|
0.037
|
g
|
Folic
acid (Total Folate) DFE (Folate, DFE)
|
17.400
|
mcg_DFE
|
Iodine
|
0.099
|
mg
|
Iron
(Iron, Fe)
|
4.638
|
mg
|
Magnesium
(Magnesium, Mg)
|
11.501
|
mg
|
Manganese
(Manganese, Mn)
|
0.458
|
mg
|
Methionine
|
0.028
|
g
|
Methionine-cystine
|
0.065
|
g
|
Niacin
|
2.561
|
mg
|
Pantothenic
acid
|
0.373
|
mg
|
Phosphorus
(Phosphorus, P)
|
186.250
|
mg
|
Potassium
(Potassium, K)
|
231.250
|
mg
|
Pyridoxine
(Vitamin B-6)
|
0.084
|
mg
|
Retinol
(for species unable to use carotene) (Retinol)
|
111.786
|
mcg
|
Riboflavin
|
0.181
|
mg
|
Selenium
(Selenium, Se)
|
10.643
|
mcg
|
Sodium
(Sodium, Na)
|
101.250
|
mg
|
Taurine
|
0.122
|
g
|
Thiamine
(Thiamin)
|
0.279
|
mg
|
Total
Choline
|
120.750
|
mg
|
Vitamin
A RAE (Vitamin A, RAE)
|
372.625
|
IU,
Vit A
|
Vitamin
b12 (Vitamin b-12)
|
1.247
|
mcg
|
Vitamin
D
|
40.125
|
IU,
Vit D
|
Vitamin
D (D2 +D3)
|
40.125
|
IU,
Vit D
|
Vitamin
D2 (ergocalciferol)
|
40.125
|
IU,
Vit D
|
Vitamin
E (Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol))
|
14.225
|
IU,
Vit E
|
Vitamin
K (Vitamin K activity)
|
34.887
|
mcg
|
Water
|
0.131
|
g
|
Zinc
(Zinc, Zn)
|
5.450
|
mg
|
Storage
instructions
This diet may be made in
multi-day batches; however, the food must kept in the refrigerator between
meals. Homemade diets generally lack preservatives and antioxidants so food
must be stored in small quantities at cold temperatures (0-4 ºC) and in large
quantities at freezing temperatures (-20 ºC). Homemade diets contain 70%
moisture or more, and without a preservative system, are highly susceptible to
bacterial, fungi and mold growth when left at room temperatures for more than a
few hours.
Heating
instruction
Warmed food is more palatable than cold food
and homemade diets are more palatable when wetted and slightly warmed before
feeding. After re-warming cold food mixtures in a microwave oven, the food
should be mixed well and carefully checked for hot spot that could burn the pet’s
mouth. Homemade diets are more like a canned food than a dry kibble and may be
rejected by a pet that favors a dry food. You may try baking the mixture at
210-230 ºC for approximately 20-30 minutes to make a dry or crunchy food or
treat.
Reference:
Rebecca L. Remillard, Ph.D.,
D.V.M., DACVN, Veterinary Nutrition, MSPCA-Angell Boston. http://support.mspca.org/site/DocServer/MSPCA-Angell_Generic_HM_cat_diet.pdf?docID=1561
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