We'll start with a common, and not-too-serious condition.
Stool Softener Treat¹
This recipe is to be given after one day of the cat's failure to pass a stool. Serve up to twice a day; you may sprinkle the mixture with brewer's yeast, if your cat likes the flavor.
Ingredients:
- 1 Tbsp. baby food vegetables and meat (no onions!)
1/2 tsp. melted butter
1/8 tsp. ground psyllium husks (available at health food stores
1/8 tsp. powdered or fine bran
2 Tbsp. water - adjust for desired consistency.
Diabetes Diet I¹
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup raw ground organic chicken
1/2 cup raw chicken liver
1/2 cup cooked grain (brown rice or oatmeal)
1/4 cup finely grated raw zucchini, or carrots, or cooked green beans, or winter squash
vegetable broth to moisten.
Note: I have omitted the garlic condiment in the original recipe, for reasons stated previously.
Diet for CRF Management²
This diet is low-protein, low-phosphorus, normal potassium, and normal sodium. It provides 55 grams of protein and 1000 kilocalories* as mixed.
Chicken and Rice Diet
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup cooked chicken breast
1/2 ounce clams, chopped in juice (canned)
1/2 cup rice, long-grain, cooked
1 Tbsp. chicken fat
1/8 teaspoon salt substitute (potassium chloride)
1/4 multiple vitamin-mineral tablet
1/10 B complex vitamin-trace mineral tablet (Give it your best shot.)
Allergy Diet #1³
This diet is a "test" diet. It omits commonly-known food allergens, including beef, wheat, milk, cheese, eggs, nuts, fruits, tomatoes, carrots, and yeasts. If your cat's allergy symptoms disappear while on this diet, but return when he goes back to his regular diet, it's a fairly safe assumption that one of more ingredients in his regular diet is causing the allergy.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups brown rice
2 pounds lean lamb or mutton, ground
4 tsp. bonemeal OR 2,400 milligrams calcium OR 1 1/3 tsp. powdered eggshell
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
Cook the rice in 4 cups of filtered or spring water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes. When the rice is done, add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Freeze about 2/3 of the mixture. This recipe will feed an average cat for eight to ten days.
Supplements to be added fresh, to each day's meal::
- A complete vitamin-mineral supplement for cats, made without yeast
- Vitamin C (sodium ascorbate powder) 200-400 mg. daily.
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¹Adapted from "The New Natural Cat," by Anitra Frazier. Click here to read my review of this book. ²Adapted from "Home Prepared Dog and Cat Diets," by Donald R. Strombeck, DVM, PhD. Click here for my review of this book.
³Adapted from "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, by Richard H. Pitcairn, D.V.M, Ph.D. and Susan Hubble Pitcairn.
*About three days' caloric requirements for a 9-10 pound cat.
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