Homemade Cat food turned raw meat diet

Thanks to Reuters for the picture.

My husband and I have been on the road to feeding our family more healthy, natural, homemade foods and it just dawned on us that we had forgotten our cat!

I started reading some of the ingredients (and lack of real ingredients) in the store bought brands, and I determined we were just feeding her a bunch of filler and garbage. After spending a number of hours researching homemade cat food recipes it occurred to me that cooked grains and vegetables was not what domesticated cats ate in households even 100 years ago and for thousands of years before that.

After more reading, more website visits, and joining some eGroups, it led me to agree with many raw feeding enthusiasts: raw meat, bones, organs, etc. are what cats should be eating. Cats are obligate omnivores; they need flesh of other animals to survive and can't break down plant matter. They naturally have grinders (teeth) specific for tearing flesh and bones for eating and they're natural predators. This makes so much sense to me.


We are raising our own poultry for eggs and eventually for meat, and plan to get some meat rabbits in the spring or summer (after my husband is finally finished his Bachelor degree), so why not raise some extra for the kitty? And mice, too?

I'm looking into it, getting some advice from veteran raw feeders and looking for the most simple and economical way to feed my family, including the animals. Hopefully when we make the transition it will be easy for us and good for her (it's all about balance).

Jenn