Munchie Bone In

 So tonight was bone in night.  Munchie still isn't too enthused about eating boney pieces which really shocks me as he digs chicken bones out of the garbage can and eats the nobbys off the end of the bones.  He would take a bite into the chicken, feel the bone in his mouth and quit.  So I had to resort rto smashing the bones up in my Ninja.  He still wouldn't eat it so I had to mix maybe a teaspooon of canned food in with it to get him to eat it all..  Here are some pictures of him biting into the piece. 

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Cat Raw Recipe

My recipe is modified from this site for Munchie who has heart disease:
http://catinfo.org/?link=makingcatfood

 3 pounds of poultry thigh meat/bones/skin (If using Boneless add the eggshell or bonemeal powder)
 Liver - add 4 ounces of chicken livers per 3 lb of meat/bones/skin.  * For future recipes I am probably going to give 2oz of Liver and 2oz of Kidney as I feel they need the variety of the organs)
    1/2 cup water (or, preferably, more if your cat will eat it with more water)
    2 eggs - use the yolk raw but lightly cook the white
    5000 mg fish oil  Do NOT use cod liver oil!
    400 IU (268 mg) Vitamin E (powdered E in capsules is the easiest to use)
    50 mg Vitamin B-complex (capsules or tablets)
    2,000 mg taurine (use powdered - either in capsules or loose)
    3/4 tsp Morton Lite salt with iodine (contains potassium and sodium - make sure that it contains iodine)         (½) teaspoon of eggshell or bone meal powder is needed per pound of meat and organ ONLY if using Boneless meat
   
My Additional Supplements for Munchie's specific needs for arthrits, bladder and heart health.
2 Glucosamine MSM Tablets 1500mg (so he gets 250mg per day)
Lysine 12 scoops (needs 1 scoop twice a day) 500mg per day so 6000mg is what is needed
2,000mg additional Taurine
400 I.U. addition Vit E

It calls for 1 cup of water but that made it really liquidy so next batch am just going to do 1/2 cup of water.  I put the water in a bowl, then added the eggs and all the supplements and stirred until they dissolved, then added that to the meat mixture and liver, and then blended it up using my Ninja processor.

Munchie my 15# cat needs 2oz per meal twice a day.

Munchies Transition

Munchie is transitioning over to raw. Munchie has severe arthritis and was recently diagnosed with heart disease.  We are having an ultrasound done tomorrow to determine exactly what is wrong with his heart.  He is on a bunch of medications, but has decided he no longer needs to eat cat food, so we are making the transition to raw.

 

Munchie is a proud member of the clean bowl club

 

Mercedes takes matters into her own hands....

Mercedes (the one on the right) saw the Vet aka Grandpa yesterday for excessive dirty ear wax & eye discharge....she was diagnosed with allergies and put on a special diet (Natural Balance) at $1.50 per can per day...which is WAY expensive and going to kill our critter food budget, so hubby is strongly considering letting me switch at least Cedes to raw....well apparently our little mouse problem wasn't gone like we thought...she found this little guy in our office tonight.  Tiglet is the tabby who is helping.  I have a container over the mouse and am waiting for my hubby to wake up so he can do something with it as I'm not touching it lol.  I can handle touching the whole prey mice I feed the dogs but not a live little nasty critter lmbo.

Zoey's Fishy Birthday Cake

Mom made me a Mackeral & Smelt Birthday Cake (Grandpa said it was okay cause fish bones are soft)


It is really yummy!


Is that it mom? I know there has to be more....


I also's got some nummy treats but I am bery cold in this picture


Cedes & Tigger thought if they were cute mom would share my burfday cake...boy were they wrong, it's MINE!


I is also bery excited mom's says I am getting another Tiger Dreamz bed! Big ole mean Shellie dog ate my last one

**Mom's getting a good deal ($40 + shipping) on the trundle snuggle bed normally $58-$68, she's willing to pass it on to anyone who's interested they come in all sorts of colors
http://picasaweb.google.com/cprcheetah3/TigerDreamz#

I need to switch my cats to raw

The other day I heard a loud crash in the kitchen, I was in the pantry at the time organizing shelves...so I go out to the kitchen and this is what I found:

My ever so helpful Siamese, Munchie got on top of the freezer then somehow knocked over my dog storage drawers (they sit on top of another drawer system next to the dog cages) where Zoey had her organs she was refusing to eat...Munchie was trying to get to them...the little stink!

***If and when I do switch the cats to raw (waiting for hubby's approval) they won't be a problem, they are EVER so helpful when I'm feeding the dogs, I have to really watch Mercedes or she will walk off with their dinner.    So far they like just about EVERYTHING, pork, beef, chicken, sardines, smelt etc.