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Cats: Natural Dietary Supplement for Cats

Source of Recipe


Dr. Michael Fox



List of Ingredients



• ½ cup uncooked whole-grain rice or barley
  
• ½ cup peas, chickpeas or lentils
  
• Pinch of salt
  
• 1 Tbsp vegetable oil (flax seed oil* or safflower oil)
  
• 1 Tbsp wheat germ
  
• 1 Tbsp cider vinegar
  
• 1 Tbsp chopped clams in juice
  
• 1 tsp brewer's yeast
  
• 1 tsp dried kelp
  
• 1 tsp bone meal or calcium carbonate
  
• 1 whole chicken, cut in pieces (or 1 pound hamburger --not too lean-- or ground lamb or turkey)
  






Instructions



1. Combine all above ingredients. Add water to cover all ingredients, simmer and stir, and add more water as needed until cooked and thickened. Stew should be thickened enough to be molded into medium-sized or muffin-sized patties (add oatmeal or bran to thicken, if needed). Also add an egg or cup of cottage cheese.
   
   
2. Immediately after cooking and cooling, de-bone and discard bones (cats should not be given cooked bones to eat since they can splinter and cause internal damage).
   
   
3. This stew can be served as: ½ cup for a cat with the rest of his or her rations. Freeze the rest of the stew as patties, or in muffin trays, and thaw out as needed. Serve one patty to a cat about 3 times per week with regular rations. (In addition, give 4 to 6 drops of fish oil once a day.)
   
   * Note:
   Add flax seed oil after the cooked food has cooled to room temperature.
   
   






Final Comments


The above recipe can also be fed as a complete meal, rather than a supplement. Mix increasing amounts of your cat's new food with decreasing amounts of the old food over a 7-day period to avoid possible digestive upset.

It is advisable to vary the basic ingredients to provide variety and to avoid possible nutritional imbalances.