Time to talk about feeding cats, we always think about the feed or balanced rations that we buy in a supermarket or the pet store, but, as for people, there is more and more talk about natural diets for cats, such as the BARF Raw Food.
Surely many will be surprised that this diet for cats is based on feeding the pet with raw but biologically appropriate products. And while it beats a portion-based diet naturally, the tricky part of the Barf diet is to be able to supply the different foods in the right proportions so that the cat can obtain all the benefits of your food.
Therefore it is advised consult a professional if you plan to change your diet to a Barf diet that you can recommend us the types of food and the right amounts for the age and size of our pet.
Normally the diet consists of 60 to 70% raw meat, and the remaining percentage of vegetables or greens. When we touch supply meat to our cat, we will have to make sure that it is destined for consumption of people (This way we make sure of its hygiene), and place it for a moment in a container of boiling water, but without letting it cook, in order to eliminate any existing microbes. Then, when serving it to your pet, you can accompany it with fish oil which, in addition to making it tastier, will provide your kitten with a good dose of vitamin A and D.
Usually in the Barf diet for cats, the percentage of meat to be supplied is 4% of the entire weight of the animal, and it is convenient to distribute it in three meals a day.
To start with this diet your cat does not need any age or special status, on the contrary, while younger start consuming natural foods, the better the benefits that this diet provides: more lustrous coat, less accumulation of tartar, fresh breath, better muscle development and less accumulation of body fat.
You will also have to consider that once you change the your cat's diet to the barf, I hardly want to consume feed again, so you better think about it very well before doing it, and consult a vet to advise you on the best way to manage this new diet to your pet.
Very interesting, certainly, it guides me on what I would have to supply my cats with in their diet, but I have a question: how are vegetables and fruits added to their diet? my cats are extraordinarily adept at selecting foods on the plate and separating meat from vegetables. Any suggestions to alleviate this point? And could you provide a practical example of a daily menu giving data such as the approximate grams of meat and vegetables and / or fruit on the menu? It would also be interesting to explain how these vegetables-fruits are added to the meat. Thanks for your input.
I think that one way to make them eat some vegetables is in a paste, liver or meat and vegetables mixes and you give it to them as a paste so they will not have a way to choose it and the flavor of the vegetables will be overshadowed by that of the meat
Chop it as finely as you can and mix it well with the meat. My cat has been consuming fresh food for about 5 months and at the beginning he also left the vegetables that he could take aside. Now when he leaves them he even returns for them to eat them. Lucky
Thanks Angelica. I have been giving my cats the barf diet for several weeks and I have observed that if the vegetables are crushed together with sardines, tuna or foigras they eat it, sometimes better than others, but since they hunt birds and rabbits, I suppose that when living in the field they will also eat vegetables when they need it. I have to force them to taste the puree that I make for them, because sometimes when they smell it they no longer want it, but when they have tried it, they continue to eat it. They are a bit special with food and there are times when they don't want raw fish or raw meat, but I'm in the testing phase.
A more accurate percentages would be 80% muscle 10% bone, 5% liver and 5% other viscera. What a cat can eat of vegetables or grain could be similar to what a cat finds in the stomach of a mouse that has just eaten, read a miajiña.
you can give him raw egg for the hairs
Hello rosa.
No it can not be done. It is toxic to them.
Greetings.
4 days ago I changed my cats to a Barf diet and one of them vomited twice, is it related?
Yes it's normal. Your digestive system is adapting. But if you see that it does not pass, take it to the vet.