Concerned About What’s in your Commercial Pet Food? Try These Homemade Cat Food and Treats
November 2, 2009 by admin · 37 Comments
Every day lately, it seems there is another pet food recall, warning dog and cat owners not to feed their pets different brands of foods. This is getting scary. Who knows which pet food will be recalled next. Though I am still using the kibble my cats normally eat, I am now supplementing my pets with a few homemade recipes. These are not meant for feeding your pets forever, since I”m not a vet or nutritionist but they are good for filling their furry tummies while we wait out the lowdown on the canned foods, which seem most affected by these pet food recalls. Here are the basic recipes I am using, don’t add other ingredients unless you know for sure that they don’t hurt your pets. We all know chocolate is off-limits to pets, as are other foods such as onions. Stick with these ingredients, which seem to be pet safe, according to pet experts I’ve read about.
Homemade Cat Food
2 cups ground chicken, lean beef or turkey, thoroughly cooked and diced;
4 cups rice, cooked in chicken or beef broth;
1/2 cup potatoes, ground;
1/4 cup spinach or carrots, ground;
1/4 cup green beans, ground;
2 tbsp melted butter;
dash of garlic powder
Mix everything together in large pot or bowl. Make sure it is completely cool before feeding to your cat. Store in covered container in refrigerator.
Homemade Cat Treats
1 1/2 cup oats, ground;
1/4 cup butter;
1/2 cup flour;
1/2 cup chicken broth;
1/4 cup cubed or shredded American or mild cheddar cheese -or- shredded chicken
Mix all ingredients together, form small cookies and bake on greased cookie sheet until done at 350 degrees. Roughly 25 minutes but check as ovens vary. Do not overcook.
Our pets deserve food that is safe, so hopefully, this current pet food crisis will alert the authorities to make sure they buy quality products and be more careful of what they put in their pet food recipes. Cats have specific nutritional needs so don’t feed them any of these recipes on a long term basis, as I do not know the breakdown of nutritional value for them. But, by using fresh, healthful ingredients, cooking the meat thoroughly and storing the food you make in the refrigerator, it can help to tie your kitty over until it is safe to go buy food at the store again. Enjoy.
Watch the video related to beef recall
he US Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that is being investigated for mistreating cattle.
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Carolyn McFann is a scientific and nature illustrator, who owns Two Purring Cats Design Studio, which can be seen at: http://www.cafepress.com/twopurringcats. Educated at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York, Carolyn is a seasoned, well-traveled artist, writer and photographer. She has lived and worked in Cancun, Mexico, among other interesting professional assignments in other countries. Clients include nature parks, museums, scientists, corporations and private owners. She has been the subject of tv interviews, articles for newspapers and other popular media venues.
my kitty!
wow
you eat buffalo ?!
i stopped eating beef 4 years ago and now im 15 [yes, i stopped eating beef when i was 11]
my family still eats it though and im glad i stopped eating it because things like these make me sick to my stomach
what does buffalo taste like ?
and dont say "it tastes like chicken !"
lol
This one is so disturbing since an undercover video was released a while back to the media. It made me cry. Nice to know all of this abused and diseased cattle made it to our kid's mouths. I'm more committed to not eating red meat than ever before. I hope the workers caught on tape get charged with something… regardless of what they say they were told to do, they know better. We'll see what happens to the bosses and owner.
? but would like to also know.
The local store that you bought the beef from should have that information readily available, if they sold beef from that numbered allotment, they will have been notified of the recall, and are obligated to inform you.
Its effing sick and so damned cruel…f**k the meat industry.All of it is full of artificial crap…one of the products the put it in it is a by product of plastic and another is a form of formaldyhide (I do not know how to spell it thought).Because of this we only eat what we raise or grow,its healthier.
I can't trust the media about beef, ever since Bill Clinton signed America up for (Codex Alimentarius) It's supposed to go into play Dec 31 2009. It makes it a law that All meat products in the world are to be injected with sub clinical treatments and unconfirmed growth homones, Believe it. here is some one else who agrees with me. Please listen to the lecture after the cartoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9vRjWKqZFE
I saw it too. And though it was hardly my 1st realization of animal cruelty, it still broke my heart.
Each & every time we buy beef (or any meat) from mass grocery stores, this behavior & cruelty is what we are supporting.
I fully understand that God gave us animals to eat, but He also gave us the responsibility of caring for the animals.
The best advice I can give is to buy your beef/ pork from your small, LOCAL farmers or ranchers, preferably one you know well. We do this, and I know for a fact that our beef comes from a very happy cow, that had a good & happy life, even until the end.
PLUS I know it has been corn fed, and not pumped full of growth horomones and/or antibiotics.
Just cook it well done. I hate to see good food go to waste.
I saw the new coversage of the slaughter huose in Chino California. I cant watch another video. I was talking on the phone when I saw the clip on the news. I had to stop talking and I started crying because I JUST CANT BELIEVE HOW BAD HUMANS CAN BE! I havent eatten any meat since I saw that clip.
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