RAW Feeding

BareMews

Bald and Beautiful Sphynx Cats

MEAT GRINDER & PREP
The meat grinder we use was purchased from Cabelas. It’s a heavy duty 1 hp comercial grinder that was over $500. You can
purchase a inexpensive grinder from any store that sells kitchen electronics though. We bought our first grinder from Linens n
Things for around $100. Although that grinder worked well for us for 1 or 2 cats in the beginning, with as much meat as I
process each month now, I got tired of having to completely chop up (with a meat cleaver) the larger leg bones before grinding.
Whichever grinder you choose, use the coarse size cutting plate that comes with your grinder. Grind and thoroughly mix
together the meats. I’ve found that it works best to start putting a couple pieces of chicken in the grinder, then add the heart
and liver pieces, then complete the group grinding with the remaining pieces of chicken. The pieces of chicken that follow the
heart and liver helps to push the heart and liver through the grinder. You obviously don’t need to grind the ground beef, so add
the ground beef to the just completed group of ground meat and mix it all together thoroughly in a large mixing bowl, using
either your clean hand, or a large kitchen spoon. Then spoon the mixture into quart sized ZipLoc bags or deli cups and stack
them in your freezer. Don't overfill the containers. The food expands when frozen and you don't want lids popping off. Thaw as
you go. The food shouldn't be left thawed in the refrigerator more than 48 hours before serving. To serve, warm under
hot/warm water in the sink. NEVER microwave the food as it would cause the bones to harden.
NOTE: If you will not be using the food immediately and freezing for more than a week or two, toss in 4000 mg of additional
Taurine per 10 lbs of meat, to make up for what may get lost during storage. It is also not a bad idea to sprinkle extra Taurine
from a capsule on the food as you're serving it two or three times a week, just to be certain your cat is getting plenty of this
critical amino acid. Every two or three days, I suggest sprinkling a few drops of fresh salmon oil from a newly-opened capsule
on to the cats' food. The Essential Fatty Acids in salmon oil are extremely fragile, and since we do not know exactly how much
gets lost during freezing, I think it's wise to use a bit of fresh salmon oil directly on the food a few times a week. Most cats love
the flavor. Taurine and Salmon Oil can be found at GNC or similar vitamin shops.

WHY FEED RAW?
First and foremost, it is a species appropriate diet for felines. Think logically about what they would eat naturally. Mice and
birds! Cats are obligate carnivores so they need to eat meat. Unlike dogs or humans, they do not need vegetables of any sort.
Once you feed raw, your cat will look better, be in good weight, be healthier and their stools will be less. The cost is so much
less than any commercial diet as well. Commercial diets are riddled with problems, recalls and inappropriate content such as
wheat gluten, corn and other unnecessary fillers that can cause health problems, allergies and stinky loose stools.

NOTES ON SAFETY

I clean and disinfect the kitchen counters and every piece of equipment with bleach BEFORE and AFTER I grind.
I use disposable gloves while grinding and change them frequently.
I do my grinding in small batches so the meat is out at room temperature as little as possible, no more than 10 minutes.
When feeding, the meal should not be left out for more than 20 minutes.
Area around where the cats eat raw must be disinfected after eating. I use bleach and water.
I do a lot of dishes from this, if I am short on time, I use paper plates to feed so I can maintain sanitary conditions.

Getting Ready. Gathering Supplies

Grinder

Chicken leg Quarters

23% fat Ground Beef

Chicken Hearts w Gizzards & Livers

Chop Chicken into managable pieces for your grinder

Divide Meat and Parts into equal batches (In this case batches of 3). Refrigerate all but 1 batch

Grind some Chicken Leg Quarters, then Hearts/Livers, then the rest of the Chicken Leg Quarters

Add Ground Beef and mix throughly. Pack into containers, store in Freezer and repeat for other batches

Chicken livers

Chicken Hearts w Gizzards

Chopped into 3 pieces

Here's a picture tutorial of the step by step process of making RAW.
These pictures were taken just for this tutorial as I usually do 3 to 4 times this batch per month.

For further information and rescources on RAW feeding please see my LINKS page

There is so much information out there about the benefits of feeding cats a RAW diet and lots of recipes as well. The
following is some basic information of why I feed RAW, some of the supplies I use, the recipe I use and how I prepare it.
This is just what I do with my cats and what I recommend to my kitten parents. It is up to each individual to decide what
is appropriate for their pet and to do their own research for a balanced diet. Ideally, whole prey model would be best, but
cats tend to drag food off to eat it or even hide it. For sanitary reasons, we choose to feed ground up meat and bone.

FEEDING RAW

GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
The good news is your cats will have the purest and healthiest diet possible, and it will cost less than a premium commercial
food. The bad news is that there is an initial outlay of money for a meat grinder. It will cost about $100 for a grinder that will
handle chicken necks, wings, or chopped up legs.

THE MEAT
75% chicken leg/thigh quarters - darker meats are better because they have higher amounts of taurine and fat.
15% ground beef - use less expensive ground beef because you need the higher fat content.
10% consisting of a combination of beef liver, beef heart, and chicken liver. Make sure to use the blood that may be in the beef
heart package because it contains a high concentration of the taurine that cats require in their diet.
An easy way to calculate the percentages for this recipe is to use 7 ½ lbs chicken, 1 ½ lbs ground beef and 1 lb of the organ
meats for every10 lbs of RAW to be made. Monthly Preparation (takes about 1 to 2 hours).

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