Preparing Natural Food for Your Cat

Helping your cat transition to a natural and healthy eating regime can be one of the most rewarding things you do. If a cat is healthy, it will be happy and will love you for it. It will be more playful, pur all the time and just have more energy.

If you are interested in preparing natural and healthy food for your cat – it is because you care. Understand that initially this will seem like some effort is required – which is true. However after a short time it will become second nature to you much like any other habit you have formed. And your cats will live longer and happier lives because of it.

What is most important to understand when preparing natural raw food for your cat is WHY it is beneficial in the first place. Cats are born hunters. Just look at the way they move about, stalk birds. Look at their often camouflaged coat! It’s all because they were designed to hunt and eat live prey.

Now consider how most domesticated cats live: they are given kibble and tinned food from the store (even though you can barely call it food). They don’t have to do fight for it, and when they do eat it, it isn’t providing the nutrition it should. This makes for an unhappy kitty. Think about the single act of hunting down prey – this one thing stimulates parts of a cats mind that makes it feel happy and well.

When a cat has to hunt and kill it’s prey – the cat’s digestive system is activated in the process and means the cat will benefit more from it’s meal.

Although you can’t always simulate this environment, there are key things you can do to go a long way towards that for your cat.

One thing that cats love is when you give them larger pieces of raw meat which they can tear apart slowly. This alone will activate their digestive system and make it a more satisfying meal.

Meat grinders are popular among cat lovers. They assist you in processing raw meat. Sometimes you can cut it up into large chunks, while other times you can grind it down some more and mix it in with puree’d vegetables.

It is always important to include the right supplements with your homemade cat food. Calcium supplements for cats are a good example. Talk to your local veterinarian and explain what you are doing. Don’t expect every Vet to be totally supportive of your move to a more natural diet however (many Vets make money selling various cat foods and products).

There is much more to learn about creating healthy meals for your cat. I have created a FREE eCourse for you which is available to the right. In it I discuss more tips and tricks about natural foods and even give you specific recipes for your cat. Sign up right now, it’s FREE!