/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.18840427]

Anyone have experience cooking food for their cat? I have a full grown male tabby....kinda feel feeding him that dry food all the time. Thinking about making him something like....roasted chicken mixed with rice and maybe a bit of veggies? idk

[Anonymous No.18840451]

it's your pet, not your son.

[Anonymous No.18840455]

>>18840427
Not only is it perfectly safe, your cat would appreciate raw chicken far more than cooked. Hold the rice and veggies.

[Anonymous No.18840460]

>cat """""people"""""""

[Anonymous No.18840462]

>>18840427
like >>18840455 said, feed him raw meat.
this is so that he doesn't grow bigger brain than humans and start controlling them

[Anonymous No.18840470]

>>18840427
https://catinfo.org/making-cat-food/
Read this page thoroughly. You'll learn helpful info and your cat's health will excel with these recipes. The difference it makes in their lives is vast. This is how I feed my boy. It's also cheaper to feed your cat this way in the long run.

[Anonymous No.18840477]

>>18840427
Cats are obligate carnivores, you SHOULD NOT feed them anything that isn't an animal product (i.e. only meat/eggs).

[Anonymous No.18840520]

>>18840427
I dont think cats are into anything besides meat. Ive met a really fat one that would nibble on chips and stuff but thats an exception. Your cat would probably go crazy for a little chunk of raw steak.

[Anonymous No.18840528]

>>18840520
oh he does.... if im ever cooking meat ill toss him a few chunks.
dude...lol that reminded me of my childhood cat, Hobbes, he liked fruit! haha it was awesome. like any fruit he would go crazy for it...miss that guy.

[Anonymous No.18840537]

but yeah...this wont be a everyday kinda thing, i just feel bad for him eating dry food all day everyday, that would really suck. I do give him canned wet food every now and then. but I think real food would make him healthier and happier..idk.
you saw raw? they do eat raw birds...but mostly as a indoor cat idk if it would give him worms or some sort of adverce reaction?

[Anonymous No.18840658]

I would do a braise with a flavourful stock, be sure to clean it well. Not much meat on him, but you can supplement with dumplings cooked in the broth. Good luck and bon appetit.

[Anonymous No.18840673]

>>18840427
At one point I had my cat trained with bits of cheese, if I opened the fridge he would sprint from wherever to come and eat some cheese. Never got that fat but I still stopped eventually, it can't be good for him

[Anonymous No.18841598]

>>18840427
Ive tried. I made something with liver and egg and some other stuff. she didnt eat any of it. even some meat I make for myself, Ill cut her off some and chop it up finely and she wont eat it. cats are fucks

[Anonymous No.18841603]

>>18840427
theres a lot of info online about it. you should check it out so you dont miss any necessary nutrients

[Anonymous No.18841628]

My cats like bonito flakes like this.

[Anonymous No.18841635]

>>18840451
>Living things under your care don't deserve actual food if they walk on 4 legs

[Anonymous No.18841639]

>>18840427
don’t listen to these retarded cunts, DO NOT feed him raw meat ffs. also, do your damn research and don’t ask 4chan for advice

[Anonymous No.18841641]

My cats love canned slop so that's what they get

Sometimes I give them seafood, which is rare bc I never cook it because seafood smells bad and they also go batshit crazy trying to find the source, jumping in the table meow meow meow give me fissshhhh

[Anonymous No.18841650]

>>18841635
>actual food
To you or them? You feel feeding him dry food but it's somehow not actual food. Listen to how stupid you sound lol.

[Anonymous No.18841656]

>>18840427
Throw the cat in the bag, throw it around then let it out
That'll teach the little beast to comply, it'll see who the master of its frisky feasts is.
They're just stupid cats.

[Anonymous No.18841692]

post more Cosmo faggot

[Anonymous No.18841857]

My cat and dog get all the meat trimmings that I cannot eat, as has been their diet for thousands of years.

[Anonymous No.18841859]

>>18840427
caaaaaaaat

[Anonymous No.18841979]

>>18840427
cute cat

[Anonymous No.18841989]

kot

[Anonymous No.18842124]

>>18841650
Drink your soy meal replacement and shit the fuck up

[Anonymous No.18842154]

>>18840528
based hobbes

[Anonymous No.18842161]

liver is cheap, nutritious and cats love it. depending on the cat you don't even have to cook it, mine prefers it raw. also cute kot

[Anonymous No.18842176]

>>18840477

[Anonymous No.18842183]

>>18840470
>https://catinfo.org/making-cat-food/
Tl;Dr? Her writing style is unbearable and the information density per word is dramatically low. It's a shame because finding actual information on the subject is quite a hassle.

[Anonymous No.18842227]

>>18842183
Use your eyes. Cats are made to eat raw bird meat. You don't need a book to tell you this. Yes, wild birds carry the risk of pathogens and parasites. That's why you use store bought clean meat. There's exactly as much likelihood of your cat getting salmonella from a raw chicken breast as there is your cat getting botulism from a can of frisky feast. Cats don't cook nor do they need people. Pet food is 100% modern marketing bullshit.

[Anonymous No.18842238]

Cats in the wild eat skin and organ meat, in addition to muscle meat.

[Anonymous No.18842666]

>>18842183
Yeah she writes pretty insufferably sometimes but she's not wrong. Just read through it, it's worth your time and your cat's time. I feed my cat the recipe presented on this page twice every single day and he is in excellent health.

[Anonymous No.18842685]

>>18842238
OP here...this actually reminds me of a story.
well experience...So one time I came home super late and kinda drunk, I saw Hobbes, my childhood cat in the yard...walked over to him and noticed he caught something. It was...well not a baby rabbit. I let him know i was just chilling out, he was the coolest cat ever didnt even growl when i petted him when he was eating it. I just sat down and observed him eat this thing.
What i remember most is he actually ripped out the innards/entrails and threw them to the side...all the guts, liver yadda yadda....then just ate the whole fucking thing, fur skin and all...i remember also when it bit into its skull the crunching noise....man...i miss that guy, he was the best. but yeah after he ate the whole rabbit i scooped him up and brought him inside and he slept like a baby

[Anonymous No.18842687]

>>18840460
So true.

[Anonymous No.18842695]

>>18841628
ha...hmm i mean it makes sense.

[Anonymous No.18842712]

>>18842685
Had one cat that I witnessed go full psychopath on a mouse. Never once bit or hissed at anyone and was always friendly to strangers. But when I saw him catch a mouse it was fucking insane. He had it dead to rights caught in his paws, bit off its tail and let it go. Mouse freaking the fuck out blood going everywhere, gets about 3 feet and gets caught again and biffed across the kitchen floor. He grabs it again, bites off one of his fucking legs and let's it to again. Repeated this twice more until the mouse had only his left front leg left and then fucking sat and watched it bleed to death in the corner before eating it.

[Anonymous No.18842719]

i hate cats

[Anonymous No.18842720]

>>18842712
hahaha dude, thats a great story...yeah man...cats are weird as fuck.
my buddy here that i asked advice on cooking for isnt that big...really sweet...but one time I had my parents watch him for a week or so when i was moving. He went total apeshit on full grown dogs ...one a lab that could totally fuck him up. eventually he chilled out though.

[Anonymous No.18842923]

>>18842712
they want to exhaust it so they dont get bit basically

[Anonymous No.18842961]

>>18840427
I recently bought a rabbit and was surprised to find all the organs still inside. Liver, lungs, kidneys and heart. I decided to cut it all up, pan fry it in tallow, and feed it to my cat over the span of a week. He loved hit. Just be careful with organs though, especially liver. You don't want to eat it all at once due to the insane amounts of copper and vitamin A.

[Anonymous No.18842971]

>>18842923
Meanwhile my tiny dog but and lightly shook a mouse once and it layed there twitching unable to do anything
Cats are just assholes

[Anonymous No.18842973]

>>18842971
Bit*

[Anonymous No.18842980]

>>18842971
Cats, and dogs, have no concept of being an asshole.

[Anonymous No.18842987]

>>18842980
Yes they do

[Anonymous No.18843002]

>>18840427
Cat's like fish

[Anonymous No.18843005]

>>18842971
Was it a terrier? They're basically bred for murdering vermin very rapidly. Can't really compare to other animals really.

[Anonymous No.18843026]

>>18843005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrier
>The gameness of the early hunting terriers was exploited by using them in sporting contests. Initially, terriers competed in events such as clearing a pit of rats. The dog that was fastest in killing all the rats won.

As usual, another unnatural breed of dog born from minmax'ing tryhards.

[Anonymous No.18843028]

>>18843026
>another unnatural breed of dog
All domestic dogs are unnatural breeds.

[Anonymous No.18843048]

>>18840460
Switch from clay litter to pelletized bedding and you'll never go back. So much better than vacuuming up tiny litter grains. It is a superior forestry product.

[Anonymous No.18843051]

>>18840427
You have a tabby cat you should be feeding him lasagna.

[Anonymous No.18843409]

>>18840427
how do I cook a cat? My neighbor has an annoying bastard of an animal and I hadn't had a proper meat dinner for weeks

[Anonymous No.18843429]

>>18840427
>kinda feel feeding him that dry food all the time
You may want to switch to wet food anyway, dry food is hard on their kidneys and wet food fed cats tend to live much longer.

[Anonymous No.18843432]

>>18843048
Id rather just not have a nasty ass cat stinking up my house

[Anonymous No.18844540]

>>18840427
Dont feed your cat dry food. Switch to wet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cvxA1CMbMQ

[Anonymous No.18844552]

>>18840427
Canned tuna

[Anonymous No.18844575]

>>18840427
Try anti freeze and powdered glass

[Anonymous No.18844594]

>>18840427
I feed my pit bull only raw meat and occasionally a piece of vegetable or a berry. She's gotten really healthy, higher energy, nice shiny coat. She really likes her food and looks forward to having a nice meal. I'll slice her up some steak real think, crack an egg in it and put a blackberry as a garnish. She loves it.

You should nix the fruit and veggies for a kitty though.

Just eggs, meat, fish, milk and cheese.
You can get some offal type meat from bugman type asian groceries. Pork liver, kidneys, brain. Kitties love it.

[Anonymous No.18844627]

My super picky cat ate some of the turkey I made last week, even the pieces I fried cus they came out a bit pink. Some anon posted recently they cooked tuna, chicken, and other stuff for their cat regularly so I guess it’s doable.

[Anonymous No.18844637]

>>18842719
That just means you’ve never had a cat so are naturally afraid of them

[Anonymous No.18844647]

>>18840427
homo

[Anonymous No.18844655]

>>18843432
You can literally bathe them. Use the same shampoo that you use on your grandpa.

[Anonymous No.18844673]

>>18844655
No, use cat specific shampoo. They need a different ph shampoo so dog and human shampoo no good.

[Anonymous No.18845213]

>>18840427
Fuck !
That's a really good kitty!

[Anonymous No.18845248]

>>18844540
good post
I've converted several cats over to wet food, and they all benefited
Two cats had serious digestive problems that got much better switching away from dry

[Anonymous No.18845271]

>>18840427
wtf that looks just like my cat, did you steal my cat? same white feet and everything

[Anonymous No.18845277]

>>18840427
Buy a small eye fillet steak and chop it up into kot size pieces. I always buy a steak for my cat when I buy one for myself

[Anonymous No.18845367]

>>18840427
feeding your cat human food is fine, occasionally, but they need taurine, which they aren't going to get a lot of in human food. don't bother with the rice or veggies either, just give them the meat. also, stop feeding your cat dry food. it is bad for him

[Anonymous No.18845542]

>>18841639
>Do NOT feed your cat it's natural diet. Keep feeding it grain-based garbage with 20+ ingredients.

You absolute mongoloid

[Anonymous No.18845564]

>>18844594
she looks forward to eating her own shit too. waste of money

[Anonymous No.18845581]

I would not do it everyday, cat feeding is really difficult. As a treat it is ok. If you want to make your own food i would look up a guide.

Also you can feed your cats some fruits like melons for hydration. Big cats eat melons in the wild.

[Anonymous No.18845911]

Doesn't wet cat food end up costing more? It seems easier to just ship the big-ass bag of food to my house. Plus the wet cat food always smells awful and gets everywhere.

[Anonymous No.18845954]

Take a chicken carcass, mince it with a cleaver, innards and all. Separate into portions, feed the cat one, freeze the rest.
Small shitty fishes are also good.

[Anonymous No.18845991]

>>18845542
uh yes. I happen to trust the experts, and who would happen to be the experts in food for cats? uhhhh cat food companies

[Anonymous No.18846041]

My little cat passed away on friday at 19. She loved hawaiian pizzza and lived for some years just eating my leftovers which was often dumplings and spam pasta.
feed your cat chicken, or get wet food. Feed it a daily sachet or spoonful of wet food.

[Anonymous No.18846073]

>>18840427
Get him some raw feed like this. My cat goes absolutely nuts for this whenever its feeding time.

[Anonymous No.18846077]

>>18842161
Why are Tortoiseshells so fucking cute and comfy?

[Anonymous No.18846078]

>>18840427
>>18841989
>>18842161
>>18843002
>>18844594
>>18844627
>>18846041
good kittys :D

[Anonymous No.18846087]

cats like pumpkin purree

[Anonymous No.18846090]

why do whyteboys care about their cats more than their family?

[Anonymous No.18846099]

>>18845911
dry food gives cats kidney and urinary problems
giving your cat kibble is not good for them

[Anonymous No.18846115]

>>18840427
In addition to the very few bits of useful advice here -- namely consult anywhere on the internet besides 4chan (hopefully a guide on feeding your cat that's overseen by a vet) -- be aware that for all nonhumans there's a bunch of seemingly mundane things we eat -- say garlic and onions -- that are LETHAL to cats. Just basic shit like oil, vinegar/lemon juice, salt, and pepper may have a completely different balance requirement for a cat or dog or whatever, which is why you need to make sure any info you get online has been fact-checked b a vet.

[Anonymous No.18846120]

>>18840427

Do not cook food especially for animals. "Caring" Idiots like you are a burden to an animal's health.

[Anonymous No.18846125]

>>18840673
Pretty sure cheese is fine in moderation since it's mostly animal fat

[Anonymous No.18846130]

>>18846115
Lmao at this fragile retard. I had cats steal onion from barbecue, eat it and be fine. I had a lab eat a bunch of grapes and be fine. Yes they shouldn't be given tons of those, but they also shouldn't be given tons of kibble that's made from a bunch of grains and bone meal, plus some micronutrients that probably get destroyed when the kibble is formed. Cats are happy and healthy on a diet of raw tripe. Cat/dog food is a grift for cunts who can't be assed to feed their pets properly and cover it up with WELL ITS SPECIALLY FORMULATED guess what retard McDonalds is also specially formulated.

[Anonymous No.18846517]

If I fed my cat nothing but raw minced beef/pork and raw chicken breast/thigh meat, would he be fine?

I'm asking, because it's basically the stuff that I eat so it'd be very easy to feed him that way.

[Anonymous No.18846529]

>>18846041
I'm sorry to hear your kitty left you.

[Anonymous No.18846536]

>>18846517
He need some offal too.

[Anonymous No.18846537]

>>18846517
yeah raw beef/pork is fine, I wouldn't feed them too much raw chicken simply because of bacterial reasons (they clean themselves with their mouths and you touch them) but they can eat it.

[Anonymous No.18846727]

My cat had trouble eating as she got older, so I started cooking her meat to eat.

I'd roast her chicken breasts, beef, and occasionally some lamb. She loved it, and would refuse ordinary cat food after I starting cooking for her. Avoid using seasoning, even salt. Just cook stuff with a little butter or lard, and only cook enough for three days at most, since cats seem pretty sensitive to how old their meat is.

Treat your cat like you would want to be treated.

[Anonymous No.18846737]

>>18846727
pedo

[Anonymous No.18846746]

Is catfaggotry a cause or a symptom of our sick society?

[Anonymous No.18846765]

>>18846746
you're right, cats have only existed for 30-50 years

[Anonymous No.18846771]

>>18846099
I use this shit for my cats

[Anonymous No.18846778]

>>18841639
A simple google search, "best food to feed cat".

"Cats are meat eaters, plain and simple. They have to have protein from meat for a strong heart, good vision, and a healthy reproductive system. Cooked beef, chicken, turkey, and small amounts of lean deli meats are a great way to give them that. Raw or spoiled meat could make your cat sick."

I appreciate you anon, preventing OP from unknowingly poisoning his cat. God bless you.

[Anonymous No.18846779]

>>18846765
Cats were burned in the street a couple centuries ago
Modern medicine is the only reason people can keep them inside their home

[Anonymous No.18846947]

>>18840427
>feeding him that dry food all the time
if you feed him exclusively dry food he's going to get kidney failure within a decade

[Anonymous No.18847115]

>>18846099
Poor Kot, reminds me of that monkey-brain scene in "Faces of Death".

[Anonymous No.18847185]

>>18840427
Just feed em table scraps. The oldest cat to ever live spent its entire life eating nothing but bacon, eggs, and asparagus.

[Anonymous No.18847197]

>>18842227
The purpose of pet food is the convenience. You can buy a month’s supply for $5, and leave it unrefrigerated without it going bad.

[Anonymous No.18847225]

>>18846130
Mcdicks is healthy, people get fat on it because they eat four big macs and a bucket of coke a day

[Anonymous No.18847849]

If we have chicken bone with bits of meat on it we will boil it to make a broth and my cat, pic related, enjoys it very much.

[Anonymous No.18847923]

>>18840477
Pumpkin is good for their kidneys

[Anonymous No.18848015]

>>18846947
ill usually give him a can of wet food once a week or so.
but yeah I think im just going to throw a bunch of chicken breasts in a crock pot ith some chicken or beef broth and slow cook that, then shred it up and feed him that a few days throughout the week.

[Anonymous No.18848037]

>>18846947
>>18848015
Ok. Or actually talk to a vet.about what to give your vet (and how to monitor consumption of food and water) instead of listening to 4chan. You may find much more effectiveness with premium dry food + fish oil supplements + premium treats (the latter of which may indeed be cooked meat).

[Anonymous No.18848070]

Just give him pumpkin and maybe tuna.

[Anonymous No.18848120]

>>18840427
Anon a cat is not a dog, give him good meats/fish. Cats are carnivores not omnivores like dogs (who eat almost everything).

[Anonymous No.18848124]

>>18840537
male neutered cats are particularly prone to diabetes if you feed them nothing but dry food. if you can't take him off the dry food entirely, just switching one of his daily meals to canned or cooked/raw is a big improvement. you'll probably end up saving money and trouble in the long run.

[Anonymous No.18848136]

>>18844673
> implying my chad grandpa doesn't bathe in pussy

[Anonymous No.18848444]

>>18848124
>prone to diabetes if you feed them nothing but dry food.
That's utterly moronic -- it's not that the food is dry, it's that cheap food is primarily grain and rich in carbs (and this applies to cheap foods both canned and dry). If you get any kind of premium food that's primarily meat-based, regardless of whether it's dry or canned, it's no longer a correlation (unless you have overconsumption or a number of other possible health problems).

Also, it's perfectly acceptable -- even specified on the bag -- to hydrate dry food before giving it to your cat. If you haven't tried it, see if your cat prefers it.

Also, if you're thinking about the best possible life for your cat, and you only have one, then the best thing you can do is get a second cat. That's far more beneficial for their mental and physical health than cooking meat for them in any of the proposals here, and is less expensive (including extra food and vet visits) too, depending on which meat plan you intend to follow.

[Anonymous No.18848784]

>>18840427
Anyone have experience cooking cat for their food? I have a full grown male tabby....kinda tasteless feeding him that dry food all the time. Thinking about cooking him in something like....roasted cat mixed with rice and maybe a bit of veggies? idk

[Anonymous No.18848802]

>>18848784
Fuck off chang

[Anonymous No.18849138]

>>18840427
>Anyone have experience cooking food for their cat?
My cat adores chicken. Raw, cooked, whatever. Doesn't have to be much meat either; he likes the gristle and fat. Not much waste from a chicken carcass around here.
The only important thing is to never give a cat cooked chicken bones, as they can splinter and damage the cat's gut. Raw bones are fine.

[Anonymous No.18849163]

>>18842161
>liver is cheap, nutritious and cats love it
Some do, some don't. Cats have their food preferences.

[Anonymous No.18849186]

>>18842183
>rinsing chicken/turkey thighs with water before cooking them
Lost me there. If you can't maintain basic culinary hygiene, I can't take your opinions about anything culinary seriously.

[Anonymous No.18849216]

>>18840427

My dog gets a bit of steak or BBQ as a treat, he's an old dog and he's getting old, the cats try to eat everything but they only eat meat, sometimes they get a bit of BBQ as a treat because they are good

When I didn't have food for them, just shared meat, he tried to bring me a mouse to eat but it probably had worms, he even brought me a mouse and killed it in front of me because I was so proud of him the first time, it was weird but I think he was just proud of it

[Anonymous No.18849465]

>>18848444
>it's not that the food is dry,
yes it is, Mr. Trips
as obligate carnivores, they are supposed to be eating other animals, not baked goods
other animals are 70% water. if they don't eat meat they don't get enough water and it fucks them up
and have fun trying to hydrate kibble that's been baked. some brands can take hours. and kibble is still full of carbs

[Anonymous No.18849532]

>>18849465
This has zero relevance to what I said. This has zero relevance to anything. There exists dry food that is not grain or carb based, which is what I said. You're assuming one thing represents everything, like a small child.

[Anonymous No.18849660]

>>18847185
>and asparagus.
Ponder the whiff of his litterbox.

[Anonymous No.18849665]

>>18847849
>Oh lawd praises JAYSUS!

[Anonymous No.18849729]

>>18849532
>it's not that the food is dry
>yes it is...they don't get enough water
relevant

[Anonymous No.18850455]

>>18841650
Dry food contains carbohydrates which are unsuitable for cats and gradually cause kidney damage. Any wet food is better.

[Anonymous No.18850758]

>>18841650
>feeding him dry food
When did I say that I do this?

[Anonymous No.18850831]

>>18849138
>important thing is to never give a cat cooked chicken bones, as they can splinter and damage the cat's gut
Truth
>>18849216
The mouse was a gift for you

[Anonymous No.18850934]

>>18846737
Thanks.

[Anonymous No.18851202]

>>18850455
Not all dry food is grain-based. Get that through your head you fucking child.

[Anonymous No.18851225]

>>18850455
Also plenty of wet food contains shitloads or even primarily grain. Look at the ingredients some time you fucking dumbass.

>>18849729
That's why you give them water and monitor their hydration. Cats will drink water if given to them.

[Anonymous No.18851238]

My catigger.

[Anonymous No.18851550]

>>18851225
>That's why you give them water
they don't always drink it
>monitor their hydration
how?
>Cats will drink water if given to them.
not unless they are already dehydrated
cats don't drink enough water. you can give it to them, but they wont drink enough because they are not programmed to do so

[Anonymous No.18851859]

>>18851202
>Not all dry food is grain-based
Oh yes? Name one.
>>18851225
>Look at the ingredients some time you fucking dumbass.
Ok, let's see the ingredients of a dry food you consider good.

[Anonymous No.18851925]

>>18840427
>roasted chicken mixed with rice and maybe a bit of veggies?
cats are obligate carnivores which means they must eat meat. they can eat certain vegetables but some common ones can make them sick or kill them. they don't get much nutrition from vegetables.

[Anonymous No.18851934]

>>18840673
cats are lactose intolerant (contrary to popular belief) they should never have milk.

[Anonymous No.18851944]

>>18841639
I watched a stray cat eat a small trout I threw in the back yard. started at the head and ate every bit of it.

they eat birds raw all the time. raw meat is perfectly ok for cats idiot.

[Anonymous No.18851954]

>>18842685
I had mice as pets. one day I dropped one on the ground and it ran off, the cat chased it and caught it. before I could stop her she swallowed the thing whole and alive in a few gulps.

[Anonymous No.18852048]

>>18851934
Lactose-free dairy is not hard to find. Cats adore lactose-free cream.

>>18840427
Don't feed them raw meat. Cook the meat.
Properly poached chicken is easy and works well.
Do bear in mind that basically every aromatic is poison to cats. Lemon, bay, garlic, onion...
They're fine with ginger, but they're not all fond of the taste.

[Anonymous No.18852055]

>>18851944
Those cats are full of parasites.
Do not fill your cat full of parasites.

[Anonymous No.18852605]

>>18851859
First ingredients on the Blue Buffalo dry food I'm currently using: "Deboned chicken, dried egg, chicken fat, preservatives, natural flavors, fish oil, ..."
First ingredients on the cheapo Purina canned food a roommate left behind: "Water, chicken by-product, wheat gluten, soy flour"

[Anonymous No.18852833]

>>18852605
>Blue Buffalo dry food
>20% carbs
dropped. grain free doesn't always mean low carb
also
>2007 Blue Buffalo was involved in the nationwide melamine recalls.
>2010 Blue Buffalo recalled several products with excess levels of vitamin D.
>2015 The first recall involved a limited number of Blue Kitty Yums cat treats found to contain propylene glycol. In autumn of 2015, the company recalled a single lot of chewing bones due to potential salmonella contamination.
>2016 Blue Buffalo announced a limited recall of dog food due to excessive moisture levels and the consequent potential for mold contamination.
>2017 Blue recalled several cans of Homestyle Recipe dog food due to possible aluminum contamination. In March of 2017, Blue Buffalo dog food was recalled due to potentially high levels of beef thyroid hormone.

[Anonymous No.18852870]

>>18840427
Just buy canned wet food you fucking no good dirty rotten catchild having subhuman dickhead.

[Anonymous No.18853041]

>>18852833
>grain free doesn't always mean low carb
No shit. There is a bare minimum carb requirement for metabolic function btw, that believe it or not is actually met in a wild carnivorous diet (the glucose present in muscle meat is removed in the processing that happens after slaughter for commercial use, but is present when animals are killed and eaten on site in the wild. It's still a relatively small amount, but it's not zero.)

Maybe you'd be interested in more background on what's known and not known on domestic cat diets and heatlh: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753635/

Regarding any particular food company and recalls, I don't know what to tell you -- it happens. I guess when you hunt a deer in the forest you don't have to worry about USDA inspections or recalls, but I suppose you do have to inspect for and take all precautions against parasites and observe their behavior prior for CWD evidence and the like yourself.

[Anonymous No.18853052]

Tuna in water. Cats love this shit.

[Anonymous No.18853309]

>>18840470
This in unreadable, genuinely infuriating “writing”

[Anonymous No.18853356]

>>18846041
my condolences bro

[Anonymous No.18853364]

>>18846041
>cat eating kitkat
kannibal

[Anonymous No.18853426]

>>18840427
Cannot imagine living in an impoverished country, struggling to feed yourself every week and keep your family alive. Go online, this guy is feeding his cat chicken.

[Anonymous No.18853509]

>>18853041
>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753635/
>cat's don't have glucokinase
good paper, thanks
I wasn't the previous anon, and I think we agree on carbs, but the reason not to give cats dry food is the water. Cats don't drink enough and get kidney, bladder, and urinary problems.

[Anonymous No.18853524]

>>18853309
it's grade school level. pay more attention in school

[Anonymous No.18853531]

>>18853509
>Cats don't drink enough and get kidney, bladder, and urinary problems.
You have to actually give them water. A fountain helps. The typical house cat will get enough fluids. If you don't maintain a clean bowl or there are other health concerns (UTIs for example are common) then your cat will have problems. Dehydration is one of the first things vets check for every time you come in -- this isn't some kind of unknown conspiratorial problem that they won't warn you about.

As for kidney disease, that is a common occurrence in elderly cats which also has early indicators, easy diagnosis, and preventative care. Either that or cancer however will most likely kill them in the end -- just like with humans, don't ever listen to people who say things like "my cat lived to be 22 on this diet and didn't get cancer so you should do this diet too." That's not how healthcare works.

[Anonymous No.18853583]

>>18853509

[Anonymous No.18853593]

>>18840427
>Anyone have experience cooking food for their cat

No, I'm not autistic.

Anyways, there isn't a single thread about cooking on this board's page one. Two on booze, two on believing whatever this week's "chemical in such and such causes such and such" and the ones with food are mass produced, precooked lower middle-class fair.

>Good job!

[Anonymous No.18853594]

>>18853583
I like talking shit about third worlders like most, but being shanghaied would honestly be one of the worst things imaginable. Just wake up one day on a ship in the middle of the ocean with your only options to be a fucking slave or drown. God damn that would suck.

[Anonymous No.18853617]

>>18853531
>You have to actually give them water.
and a lot of cats wont drink it because cats get their water from their food and are not prone to drink water
they have a low thirst drive. their desire to drink water is not as strong as an omnivore's. so when you give them dry food you rob them of water and they get things like crystals in their bladder
I know there is a huge industry that sells dry food, including vets, and many pet owners that use it, so the idea is entrenched. I used it for 35 years because it was convenient, but if I had to do it over, I'd do it differently
sorry cats :(

[Anonymous No.18853632]

>>18853583
I'd much rather see a white blonde blue eyed lady sucking on a prawn covered in some red spicy sauce that will make her little sexy pink anus puckle when she shits out the prawn.

[Anonymous No.18853963]

>>18853617
Yes, dry food is a vet and industry conspiracy, and doctors are stupid and cats are all dehydrated with the vets not knowing what to do.

Keep clean bowls, and better still get a fountain. Monitor hydration by marking a fill line and seeing how low the level drops every two days (same way to monitor feeding on an open feeder). You don't have to keep obsessive logs, but just occasionally take the extra data for your vet. Just like how you might count calories and exercise for a week for your doctor. It's not fucking rocket science.

[Anonymous No.18853973]

>>18843409
>I hadn't had a proper meat dinner for weeks
picrel would be (You) "enjoying" your dinner
spite is the spice that elevates any dish

[Anonymous No.18853992]

>>18840470
>make a meal for your cat
>freeze it
what's the fucking point? Where's the love? the cookery?

[Anonymous No.18854222]

>>18840427
>Anyone have experience cooking food for their cat?

[Anonymous No.18854267]

>>18853426
Yes because not all areas of the world experience prosperity no one should. Fucking retard go back to pleddit

[Anonymous No.18854895]

>>18853963
>Yes, dry food is a vet and industry conspiracy
when vets recommend and sell dry food, it is
>and doctors are stupid
most people are, regardless of profession, myself included. and if vets are so great, why do they still remove the uterus when spaying cats instead of just the ovaries?
>cats are all dehydrated
just the ones eating dry food
and monitoring fill levels on a fountain is silly without first figuring out how much would be lost to evaporation

[Anonymous No.18855031]

>>18854895
>figuring out how much would be lost to evaporation
You can calculate itself with formulas available online as the top result in a search, or you can put out a control bowl of water as well..Regardless from my estimate you can expect maybe 2 ml to evaporate per hour from a water bowl indoors. That's 48 ml, or about 3 tablespoons, per day.
https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/evaporation-water-surface-d_690.html

>why do they still remove the uterus when spaying cats
Net health benefits. A five-second google search dude. Do your own fucking homework next time. Do you expect other people to tie your shoes for you too? https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/spaying-in-cats

[Anonymous No.18855175]

>>18840470
If I followed this my cat would be eating better than me. it's so much effort

[Anonymous No.18855446]

I give my elderly cat a fuckton of deenz. degreased of course. i also give her both raw and cooked chicken, canned tuna too. just gotta watch the salt content in any human you give to your kitty

catfood occasionally is a must though, it contains essential nutrients that they won't get from human food

[Anonymous No.18855498]

>>18844575
>>18840460
>>18842719
>>18843432
>>18844647
>>18846090
>>18846746
Have fun being emotionally defeated by a harmless animal, niggers

[Anonymous No.18855530]

>>18855031
Don't reply to these types please, they just keep shitting up the board with antivaxx, flat earth and plant "milk"..

[Anonymous No.18855560]

Don't cook it unless you're adding taurine to it or else you're killing your cat

[Anonymous No.18855895]

>>18855031
the only way to figure out water loss due to evaporation in changing conditions is to continuously run a parallel fountain that the cat cannot drink from
you also need one fountain/cat to make this work
this plan is silly. it is much easier just to not give your cats dry food
>Net health benefits
>larger incision and more likelihood of post operative infection
choose one. vets in other countries don't remove the uterus when spaying, and recent vet school grads in the US don't either
also, your link doesn't say why the uterus also needs to be removed
maybe we have moved beyond what you learned in your animal science degree
in your hubris, you seem to think that veterinary medicine is solved, and will never get any better
smug people 100 years ago thought the same thing

[Anonymous No.18855925]

>>18840427
i love cats as much as the next guy, but using perfectly good human food for your pets instead of yourself is absolutely absurd to me

[Anonymous No.18855935]

>>18840460
>rich people

[Anonymous No.18855945]

>cook steak
>let cat lick my plate afterwards

[Anonymous No.18855962]

>>18855945
this is a very nice picture, please pet the cat

[Anonymous No.18856004]

>>18855925
my patterdale (black jack russlle) lived 26 years because we fed him "people food" which was actually cheaper then dog food in the long run
those dogs don't typically live past 15 years

[Anonymous No.18856078]

>>18840427
I gave a cat some piri piri chicken once. It seemed to like it a lot.

[Anonymous No.18856344]

>>18856004
how do you know it was the people food and not something else?

[Anonymous No.18856700]

>>18840460
what is the problem here?
>toxoplasmois
only outdoor cats have it

[Anonymous No.18856972]

>>18856344
well none of his litter mates lived that long ad they were fed normal dog food

[Anonymous No.18856980]

>>18856700
the problem is cats shitting and pissing right underneath their food

[Anonymous No.18856989]

>>18841628
mine do too!!!! they go nuts this stuff is the bomb
stg it's like my dashi is an afterthought these days they are obsessed w this stuff but it's too salty to feed them tons :<

[Anonymous No.18857271]

>>18840427
Rice is bad for cats, they can only process the fiber

[Anonymous No.18857583]

>>18840477
this is almost true. 5% of a cats diet would consist of the plant matter in the animal they are eating. Giving just a smigde of alfalfa powder or cat grass is beneficial to their guts. What you avoid is cat food that is largely meat flavored corn/grains

I feed my own cats Dr. Elsey's dry alongside Fancy Feast cans(Classic only). If I dont top up their cat grass, they demolish my house plants

[Anonymous No.18857599]

>>18852605
poor people deserve pets too, i for one applaud you for displaying your cats terrible diet; not everyone can afford wet food!

[Anonymous No.18857605]

>>18846771
>I pop an Imodium every meal because the food I eat gives me the shits

IIRC cranberry juice works for struvite crystals but might actually encourage the formation of bladder stones. Just get canned food bruh

[Anonymous No.18857607]

>>18851859
>Oh yes? Name one.
Wysong Epigen,Epigen 90 and Uretic
Dr Elsey's Clean Protein

>>18851859
>Ok, let's see the ingredients of a dry food you consider good.

[Anonymous No.18857630]

>>18840427
Older cats are in general more open to trying and enjoying new things. For example, my cat likes plain greek yougurt, unsalted butter, whatever chicken chunks are strained out when making stock, turkey breast deli meat rinsed of excess salt and torn into strips, and other stupid shit I'm forgetting rn.

The real question is: for example, if you give your cat a tbs of unsalted butter in her food, does she puke later? They might like things they cannot stomach right away. So understand what doggo likes to eat and how well he can stomach it absolutely first. For example my cat likes steak but always pukes it out. So no steak.

If you look at it this way, just save up odds and ends in a tupperware jar in the fridge that are candidates for enhanching the dry food.

>Hey buddy, got your dry food today with some chicken stock meat tidbits, 1/2 tbs butter, and the scrapings from the empty sour cream container from taco night. My prior cat could pound probably about 5 pepperoni slices with no problem.
>Hey buddy, here's your usual shit with two diced up pepperonis to sweeten the deal.
Couldn't do that with my current cat, as she dislikes salty things. One other thing you can do is also look into if your cat likes warm "stews". For example, if you heated the last 2tbs of half and half or whipping cream or buttermilk and poured it over the dry food-- glee or no thanks?

The reason I ever started looking into this is my previous cat stole an entire fried chicken drumette from my meal and dragged it off and ate the whole thing. I initially thought the chicken place ripped me off and was pissed, but I noticed new greasy marks on the floor heading under the bed where that bastard was already gnawing on the cartilage, and I thought, well fuck I'd probably do that too, so I started looking into it.

[Anonymous No.18857812]

>>18857630

(Attempt to reasonably reformat)

Older cats are in general more open to trying and enjoying new things. For example, my cat likes plain greek yougurt, unsalted butter, whatever chicken chunks are strained out when making stock, turkey breast deli meat rinsed of excess salt and torn into strips, and other stupid shit I'm forgetting rn.

The real question is: for example, if you give your cat a tbs of unsalted butter in her food, does she puke later? They might like things they cannot stomach right away. So understand what doggo likes to eat and how well he can stomach it absolutely first. For example my cat likes steak but always pukes it out. So no steak.

If you look at it this way, just save up odds and ends in a tupperware jar in the fridge that are candidates for enhanching the dry food.

>Hey buddy, got your dry food today with some chicken stock meat tidbits, 1/2 tbs butter, and the scrapings from the empty sour cream container from taco night.
My prior cat could pound probably about 5 pepperoni slices with no problem.
>Hey buddy, here's your usual shit with two diced up pepperonis to sweeten the deal.
Couldn't do that with my current cat, as she dislikes salty things. One other thing you can do is also look into if your cat likes warm "stews". For example, if you heated the last 2tbs of half and half or whipping cream or buttermilk and poured it over the dry food-- glee or no thanks?

The reason I ever started looking into this is my previous cat stole an entire fried chicken drumette from my meal and dragged it off and ate the whole thing. I initially thought the chicken place ripped me off and was pissed, but I noticed new greasy marks on the floor heading under the bed where that bastard was already gnawing on the cartilage, and I thought, well fuck I'd probably do that too, so I started looking into it.

[Anonymous No.18857872]

>>18842712
As a kid I watched my first cat finish off a small bird under a bush. She looked at me like she was teaching me. The sound was impressive -> *squeak, crack and a short sound of air flushing out*

[Anonymous No.18857879]

>>18856700
>Indoor cats
That's cruel

[Anonymous No.18857881]

>>18855925
That's makes no sense

[Anonymous No.18857882]

>>18854895
>(((vets)))

[Anonymous No.18857884]

>>18840460
Nastassja is Cat People and good at it, it's a good movie if you haven't seen it.

[Anonymous No.18857893]

>>18840460
Music by David Bowie

[Anonymous No.18857908]

Fucking cats, kill them with fire before its too late

[Anonymous No.18857982]

>>18857908
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVBalxt3NEU

[Anonymous No.18857985]

>>18857908
2 3dgy 4 me

[Anonymous No.18858051]

>>18840427

[Anonymous No.18858060]

>>18858051
cute

[Anonymous No.18858077]

>>18856980
that looks comfy and highly efficient

[Anonymous No.18859263]

>>18857879
>That's cruel
how? having outdoor cats that kill birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles is cruel
cats aren't wild animals, they are domesticated and an invasive species

[Anonymous No.18859289]

>>18859263
>cats aren't wild animals
Arguable. They're are, at best, semi-domesticated.

[Anonymous No.18859301]

>>18840427
just give 'em a tin a deenz. eat a tin yourself while at it. happy for everyone

[Anonymous No.18859303]

>>18859263
>having outdoor cats that kill birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles is
pretty cool, they eat the wild rabbits that eat my vegetables and sometimes I toss one on the grill and we eat together and take a nap right after. Have you ever taken a nap on a full stomach with a purring cat on your lap?

[Anonymous No.18859341]

DRY FOOD IS VERY BAD FOR CATS
Look up the raw food diet and switch your cat to that

[Anonymous No.18859703]

>>18840427
My cat eats everything and he drinks coffee too. I don't give him coffee on purpose but he'll jump up onto any table and drink black coffee directly from a mug or carafe. There's no stopping him from doing it. I mean I don't try too hard to stop him, since he likes it so much I figure it if he gets sick it's kinda his problem. But so far he's never gotten sick or anything so it's apparently fine.

[Anonymous No.18859826]

>>18853426
People in poor countries feed their cats chicken too. Dry kibble is literally the cat equivalent of goyslop that's only fed in highly propagandized and lazy nation's such as USA. Or did you think cats didn't exist before 30 years ago when they invented Cat Product?

[Anonymous No.18859833]

>>18859289
they have neotenous behaviors, which are a hallmark of domestication

[Anonymous No.18859847]

>>18840520
My cat enjoys bread, dragonfruit and cauliflower leaves, he's a little fucking weirdo. Can't put a cauliflower on the counter without shutting him in another room first or he's all over it

[Anonymous No.18859862]

>>18842980
Dogs do, more or less.

[Anonymous No.18860090]

>>18859833
as well as the ones that have nonwild coat patterns and colors. another sign of domestication