Yesterday, I decided I’d try making home-made food for the cats and Bobby. Dr Susanna also shared with me a “delicious chicken stew” recipe.
This is the “delicious chicken stew”, made with chicken meat and skin, liver, potato, carrot and beans. and I added some asafoetida and organic seasoning (I tweaked the recipe a bit, so this is my version).
I steamed sardines as well, and mixed it with some carrot.
Quality Control Officer testing the food first…
Did I pass?
I think I did, because Wii was outside and was mewing for some…
But Bunny was terrorising him…
What do you want?
Wii had an “elevated” meal.
My “delicious chicken stew” wasn’t a bit hit with the gang. In fact, they were not quite interested in it, except for little Suki who didn’t mind licking up the gravy.
The steamed sardines was more popular, provided I mixed some canned sardines with it! Maybe I should add some organic tomato sauce to it?
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12 responses to “Home-made food, but not so glorious!”
Hi, would you mind the recipe? Especially the steamed tuna. Thanks!
It's sardine.
Buy whole sardine fish from the market.
Cut them up into small pieces.
Add some carrot and beans/peas.
Steam with hot water.
Mash with spoon.
I'm also planning to add some organic tomato sauce later. But just a little, for taste.
Tomato is definitely toxic to cats, Kah Yein. I read that they cause the bursting of the red blood cells and the cat goes anemic several days later. One small tomato is sufficient to kill a cat.
Many well-meaning people dish out a lot of misinformation about cats without checking things out (this is the information age, thanks to internet) but a lot of research has been done on cats during the last 10 years because cats have greatly increased in popularity as household pets (people start living in more confined apartment spaces, and cats are very suitable pets).
Many so-called facts have been debunked, much understanding and truths has emerged regarding them, including the fact that cats do not have the poison pathway in the liver that we humans do and die of poisoning very easily.
We have also learned that many things are alright for dogs but assumed alright for cats are actually toxic to them.
Most of all, we need to stop making the mistake of treating cats as if they are little dogs.
They are cats and need to be treated as cats.
I don't like giving fish to cats because it spoils their taste buds and they will refuse to eat anything else, especially chicken which is better food for them. Fish will interfere with certain vitamin B in their bodies and in the long run, end up with body weakness, nerve problems and brittle bones.
It is indeed sad that most of the commercial canned food for cats now only contains fish because fish is commercially cheaper (business, business).
Dr. Chan, you can cook for your cats, but do check out the AAFCO daily requirements for healthy kittens and cats because several essential vitamins needed for healthy nerve development, etc. are destroyed by heat, one example is taurine.
All the best, enjoy all your furballs!
But Tiger refuses to eat chicken and any other meat (unless it's masked in the kibbles), so what should I feed him? He still eats chicken kibbles, though.
Don't give him fish?
Tiger refuses to eat chicken? Try mixing a LITTLE steamed/boiled tenggiri (kembong is quite bad for any injuries causing boils and pus in wounds, especially when neutering).
Dr. Chan, it is worthwhile to train Tiger to eat chicken because it is such a useful food for the cat at times when it is sick, having stomach upset or having soft or water stools and diarhea. Lightly steamed/boiled chicken breast (I often short cut and buy steamed chicken breast from the chicken rice stall) are great food for the cats when they are having watery stools. I mash them up for very young kittens to give them the much needed additional protein for rapid growth since cats are ultimate carnivores.
Saves much money as a substitute for the expensive Hill's I/D when having diarhea.
But such homecooked food lacks the essential vitamins needed because they are destroyed in cooking and the cat will need supplements. That is why even though I give them steamed chicken, their staple is still good premium kibbles.
Tiger doesn't eat chicken at all. I have tried for three years now. But he eats chicken kibbles. I give him Royal Canin.
If you could give me some tips on how to "train" him to eat chicken meat, I'd be most grateful.
He just loves sardines and mackerels (the canned ones).
He doesn't even eat any canned wet food that contains any form of meat (other than fish).
He must have been a fishy-vegetarian in his last life, and a staunch one a that!
My dear, first thing in the morning when he is very, very hungry, mash him some (a little only) warm chicken breast meat (don't overcook the chicken, it is very less tasty … rare or medium cooked is best). If he turns up his mighty nose, mash a little (very little) fish in. If he still turns away, mash a little bit more in but don't give him his bowl of kibbles.
Haha! I have a boboy who would only eat his RC chicken kibbles. When I served him a teaspoonful of mashed chicken with his crushed antibiotics, he turned up his nose and refused to eat. I then mixed in a little AD (not too much because the dosage of medication MUST be finished) but still the fish aroma did nothing for him. I did not want to pop the pill into his mouth because of the additional stress on him, so I desperately tried sticking 2 kibbles deeply into the food and continue coaxing him.
Whoala! He sniffed carefully and started eating, kibbles first and then the chicken/AD. Hurray! After that I had no more problems with him and mashed chicken meat.
Keep trying different ways, friend, especially when he is hungry because it is worth preparing him for days when he needed to eat only chicken.
Same goes for getting them comfortable with the cage early because on day, there will be a time when you absolutely need to cage them for a short period and you certainly do not want to stress them additionally during the time they are sick or recuperating from an operation.
Good luck, dear friend!
Thank you, friend. Will definitely try. BTW, he turns his nose up on AD as well!
Here is someone who bakes and sell cookies and such for doggies (not sure about cats)
http://luvthypetstore.blogspot.com/
p.s Dear Anonymous, thanks for the useful tips. Agreed, it is always good to do a double check (internet and book – cross ref) for assurance on food before feeding pets. =)
Just found out that the AAFCO is not realible. It is regulated by the industries, not nutritionists.
Yes, Dr. Chan, FDA is also sometimes guilty of that but much of their recommendations holds, and have some good. 🙂