How I Make Homemade Raw Cat Food (6 Easy Steps) | The Cat Butler

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  • Опубликовано: 12 янв 2025

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  • @Shria9
    @Shria9 3 месяца назад +26

    My cats were raised on kibble and canned food and I found the only way I was able to get them to eat raw food was to grind it. That's working but I'd like to start moving them to chopped. I think I'll start offering them pieces of the food as I prepare it. Whatever they like, I'll leave in chunks with the rest ground. Hopefully I can gradually move them to all chunks.
    I like the idea of adding bone broth, too. You've given me some great ideas on how I can change things up and make sure my cats are getting the best they can. Thanks!
    Also, I switched to wood pellets instead of cat litter a while ago. You should do a video about what led you to choose them and how you use them. I know I tried a lot of different kinds of litter before settling on them.

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +3

      Glad the video gave you some ideas!

    • @JohannaSarmiento-g7j
      @JohannaSarmiento-g7j 2 месяца назад +1

      Up on the wood pellet litter video. I am using wood pellet right now due to cost efficiency but I am still seeing videos that it is not good with their paws

  • @catsatdusk6710
    @catsatdusk6710 3 месяца назад +19

    Raw bones don't chip cats teeth. They won't get chipped unless you give them super hard bones like turkey legs or turkey wings, aka inappropriate bones for cats. Also, they're missing out on crunching though the bone which helps keep their teeth clean, and gives them the extra mental stimulation.

    • @spidermonkey2362
      @spidermonkey2362 27 дней назад +1

      What bones are the best then, please?

    • @catsatdusk6710
      @catsatdusk6710 26 дней назад +4

      @@spidermonkey2362 all duck bones (except leg and thigh bones), all chicken bones (cornish hen included), all rabbit bones, quail, turkey neck (they'd have to build up jaw muscles first though) and the wingtips. Make sure you include the skin and meat as well (just making sure to mention as there are people who think you have to remove it). I forget if there's more but that's all I can think of atm.

    • @dianeespinoza8647
      @dianeespinoza8647 17 дней назад

      Yes! the mental stimulation, they are hunters.

    • @aniakrysia
      @aniakrysia 13 дней назад +1

      @@spidermonkey2362I give my cat chicken wings, you can also give chicken necks. She eats the whole wing with the bone. No problem with teeth chipping.

  • @julieaskingforafriend
    @julieaskingforafriend 3 месяца назад +61

    Our government thinks it's perfectly healthy to feed people pop and sugar-coated cereal and Twinkies, but raw milk and eggs from a backyard farmer are now considered hazardous. 🙄 Feed your cat real meat, raw meat, and it'll be fine. Feeding it processed cat food is one of the worst things you can do.

    • @Starjumper2000four
      @Starjumper2000four 2 месяца назад +4

      Girl, I saw someone asking 34$ for a gallon raw milk. Like what in the actual faq?

    • @Livskittle
      @Livskittle 25 дней назад +5

      … milk has been pasteurized for centuries for a reason.

    • @mysteretsym
      @mysteretsym 18 дней назад

      @@Livskittlepasteurized dairy is a modern invention. Older civilizations took a different approach to preserving dairy products. They turned it into cheese and yogurt, or rather the milk turned itself into cheese/yogurt. Grapes turned into wine. So on and so forth. Natural fermentation. It turns foods into a different product. Sometimes, if milk is infected with e coli or something, it will spoil and become dangerous to eat, but not generally. Thats why milk is pasteruzied though, not because raw milk is dangerous to consume, but because raw milk turns into something that isnt milk quicker than pasteurized milk. Theres nothing wrong with raw milk if it isnt full of infected pus from a sick cow.

    • @Lemmelly
      @Lemmelly 15 дней назад +1

      Raw milk is so dangerous lol

  • @faithcrisis2138
    @faithcrisis2138 3 месяца назад +10

    I loved giving my boy beef tongue or heart for his taurine needs, he was my baby and he was treated like the prince he was.

  • @meeway99
    @meeway99 3 месяца назад +11

    Awesome Video, thank you! We need more videos like this to spread the word that this is the most healthy and natural way for our cats to eat. I have 4 Ragdoll Cats, the first was suffering from diarrhea every day and vomited every few days - non stop. We were lost: No vet here in Switzerland (!) could help (they tried all they could -in their way...) but after one year he was getting sicker and sicker, so them I stumbled on a youtube video that talked about this and I thought why not try (I know that it was healthy for dogs so why not for cats?) I made an online course to prepare. And we changed to Raw Food, literally the next day (really) the diarrhea and vomiting stopped. He was getting very healthy again! He is now 9 years old and his blood test and health is amazing, they say, not one little thing, nothing. One of the others also had diarrhea when we got him as kitten (but not as bad), so we immediately change to Raw Food and voilà it also stopped a few days later.
    ...Those saying this is dangerous are just not informed enough and I hope videos like yours are helping. So thank you :) Cheers from Switzerland

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +5

      Hey thank you for sharing your story! I am so happy your cats were able to get better with raw food. At least in America a lot of the hate on raw food is coming from vets. And the reason for that is the big pet food companies have been buying all of the vet clinics. So when you go to the vet they discourage it.

    • @meeway99
      @meeway99 3 месяца назад +1

      @@TheCatButler Thank you :) Exactly.... It's sad but it's true. In Switzerland, some vets we know have come around and most of the other vets at least are very tolerant when I say I raw feed them.. I really hope it will change soon, for the animals sake.

  • @anitasenta
    @anitasenta День назад +1

    Awesome tutorial! I've recently transitioned my cats to a raw diet, but for now, I'm opting for a little less prep by using Viva Raw. :) I'm trying to find the perfect balance when it comes to thawing and serving. What's the longest your thawing container stays out of the freezer before your cats completely finish it? I've been trying to stick to 24 hours max...
    I have three cats and am prepping each container to hold enough for a single meal for all three. I feed them twice per day. My idea is to keep two containers in the fridge at a time----once one is eaten, I’d take the next out of the freezer. How do you manage this process?

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  18 часов назад +1

      I think its around 24 hour max. I have three containers at a time. One that is ready, one that is half way thawed, and one completely frozen. Usually the one that is ready is half eaten already. Hope that helps!

  • @grumpledum
    @grumpledum 3 месяца назад +4

    Thank you so much for your guide (: may I ask what temperature your cats eat the thawed meat at? I imagine that some planning is required on what time to take them from the freezer into the fridge to thaw, and also when to take it out of fridge to warm up. Can you just microwave it slightly to warm it up? As I imagine warm food imitates fresh meat better!

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +4

      Glad the video is helpful! Usually the temperature is room temperature after I take it out from my fridge. The cats wait a bit for it to warm a bit. I do time it. Sometimes it’s frozen or a little cold and I do microwave it and the cats do eat it. So microwaving is an option! Hope that helps

  • @KikisDogInSF
    @KikisDogInSF 3 месяца назад +12

    I thought cats like fish more than meat… that’s a wonderful and well explained video!

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +3

      Thank you!

    • @RashadWill
      @RashadWill 3 месяца назад

      ​​@@TheCatButlerThank you so much for this! Did you name the brand that you use??
      Edit: By brand, I mean like the meat brand, white powder thing, and the green powder thing
      Sorry I'm terrible at names 😢

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +2

      Oh I tagged it in the product section and linked the powder in the description. Meat I’m not sure if you’re close. Meat is very regional. But Whole Foods sell good meat. I buy most of my organ from a local farm

    • @RashadWill
      @RashadWill 3 месяца назад

      @@TheCatButler Thanks 😊 🙏🏾

    • @eternalhellfortyrants8561
      @eternalhellfortyrants8561 Месяц назад

      Think what cats eat in the 'wild.' Mice, birds, etc. Not fish. A diet of fish can cause vitamin deficiencies and allergies.

  • @DrElsarrag
    @DrElsarrag 3 месяца назад +1

    thx for the info i have learnt soo much i might also get a ragdoll cat so i am learning from you ❤😊😊😊

  • @Laserdum
    @Laserdum 3 месяца назад +5

    I would recommend supplementing with iron, if you're not feeding iron rich meat like spleen, lung or tripe

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +2

      Good point!

    • @faithcrisis2138
      @faithcrisis2138 3 месяца назад +2

      I was so lucky my cat loved beef and lamb, helped boost his iron level

    • @catsatdusk6710
      @catsatdusk6710 26 дней назад +2

      Red meats, beef liver and beef kidney have plenty of iron stores. No need for supplementation, too much is also not good.

    • @aniakrysia
      @aniakrysia 13 дней назад

      where can I find spleen, lung and tripe? My cat won’t touch kidneys or liver. But she loves pork loin, beef, chicken wings (bone in), hearts and gizzards. She also loves raw salmon, but won’t touch salmon oil. I also give her occasionally raw shrimp and sea scallops. All my seafood is wild. Salmon is sockeye from Alaska. Shrimp and sea scallops are from Gulf of Florida. I hope that salmon good enough for oil substitution?

    • @catsatdusk6710
      @catsatdusk6710 12 дней назад

      @@aniakrysia All your seafood should be cooked due to risk of freeze resistant parasites. Liver also needs to be half of your secreting organs so you would need to either hide it in meals or experiment with different animals like chicken (it's milder), but liver is absolutely needed. Lung and tripe are also muscular organs and are considered meats in raw feeding.

  • @deathsalomon795
    @deathsalomon795 Месяц назад +1

    I will use up my leftover wet food (it's a good brand apparently, more than 70% meat in the can) but I think it might be better to raw feed again. My previous cat really like it ☺️

  • @thelostivy
    @thelostivy 3 месяца назад +2

    Please can anyone give advice, lost for what to do 😢 I've got a 12yr old cat that I've had for 11 years. 6 months ago I adopted a second 11yr old cat. We started by slowly introducing them, getting them to eat next to each other etc. They're at a point where they're fine in large spaces, and recognise each other, will eat together and occasionally sleep on same bed if I'm sleeping there (but the 12yr old will hiss a bit). However, whenever they're sat waiting for food (they both are food obsessive), the 12yr cat growls and sometimes hits her. The 11yr old is respectful of her space and keeps her distance. What can we do to stop this happening and it escalating?

  • @SUPREMEEDITZ-4477
    @SUPREMEEDITZ-4477 3 месяца назад +4

    Hi, I’m getting 2 kittens this week. Any tips

    • @gyomen
      @gyomen 3 месяца назад

      GL xD

    • @eternalhellfortyrants8561
      @eternalhellfortyrants8561 Месяц назад

      Get them on a fresh, clean raw meat diet IMMEDIATELY! No kibble. No vaxxes - do titers. No chemical flea garbage, etc. Your fur babies will be stay healthy and vibrant.

    • @williamkinnen3275
      @williamkinnen3275 18 дней назад

      Dod you get them? And what have you learnt from them so far apart from sleepless nights lol

  • @woodstream6137
    @woodstream6137 11 дней назад +1

    Need recipes for a toothless rescue

    • @c.marshall4879
      @c.marshall4879 3 дня назад +1

      I would just combine it all together and grind it. Not sure if it's safe to do that with the bones but you might be able to use a supplement to replace the bones. At least you get could get the consistency to ground meat . I'm sure you could puree it in a blender further if needed. I don't have any facts but it just makes sense to me in my head. Maybe someone else can elaborate 😂

    • @c.marshall4879
      @c.marshall4879 3 дня назад

      And I just assumed you asked for recipes for that reason.. I'll just delete my comments if you were asking for another reason LOL

  • @ladyt3701
    @ladyt3701 20 дней назад

    My cat Jimmy is 11years and 10 months. He was diagnosed with diabetes this past June. I have him on both wet and dry food. If I begin to put him on raw food over time,could this reverse his diabetes?

  • @pilarq7886
    @pilarq7886 27 дней назад

    what's the vitamin E for

  • @j.d.youtube6557
    @j.d.youtube6557 2 дня назад +1

    Keep bird flu in mind. It is in season and identified in our meat right now (US/Canada) January 2025.

  • @aniakrysia
    @aniakrysia 13 дней назад

    My Ragdoll won’t eat lamb kidneys, beef or chicken liver- raw or freeze dried. I think it’s the slimy texture. What should I do to substitute? She loves chicken hearts, chicken gizzards, pork loins, chicken wings.
    I’m also curious, what size litter box are you using? Unless you have robot. Mine is 30x17, I like it as big as possible to put 2 bags of pine pellets so she can dig and have plenty of room. I see people have much smaller ones.

    • @ktloz2246
      @ktloz2246 13 дней назад +1

      Just give them bread and rice or better yet French fries or maybe Coke to drink

    • @aniakrysia
      @aniakrysia 13 дней назад

      @@ktloz2246 nah, I’m smart and I actually care about my cat eating healthy and not causing them discomfort and giving them explosive diarrhea.

  • @dianeespinoza8647
    @dianeespinoza8647 17 дней назад +2

    I found it a little bit funny that said, you are worried about your cats chipping their teeth on bone after you claimed the raw food diet makes their teeth healthier? 😂 You cats are huge they can handle bone and pre frozen meat.

    • @aniakrysia
      @aniakrysia 13 дней назад +1

      My Ragdoll eats and entire chicken wing, no problem.

  • @Esme-ge2ld
    @Esme-ge2ld 3 месяца назад

    what do you think about vivaraw?

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +3

      They recently had a recall where a pet died. So I don’t recommend

    • @amandajackson668
      @amandajackson668 2 месяца назад

      ⁠the dog did not die from their food according to U.C Davis the dog had a underlying condition. They also recalled their food to test it all and found nothing it, the owners food was the only food contaminated and that could of happened in any number of ways.

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  2 месяца назад +3

      @@amandajackson668 Can you share the source from UC Davis? Because from what I am seeing the FDA confirmed that lot was indeed contaminated. FDA Annoucement - www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/viva-raw-issues-voluntary-recall-dog-and-cat-food-including-select-viva-turkey-recipes-lot-21244-due

    • @amandajackson668
      @amandajackson668 2 месяца назад

      @@TheCatButler it says potential listeria they had them recall just to be safe. I'll try to find it but I'm not sure I can I'll ask in the raw feeding groups I'm apart of if anyone saved it.

    • @amandajackson668
      @amandajackson668 2 месяца назад

      @@TheCatButler if I'm remembering correctly the turkey was the second recall and the duck was the one that people thought lead to a death but it didn't. The turkey was a actual recall that they have now added probiotics to kill bacteria to prevent any further recalls.

  • @Gabriela-j6t8e
    @Gabriela-j6t8e Месяц назад

    is this recipe ok to give to a kitten

  • @Onykthecat
    @Onykthecat 2 дня назад

    Wait was that Gaia

  • @ArtTasticCreations
    @ArtTasticCreations Месяц назад +2

    What about taurine? Cats need taurine in their diets to stay healthy.

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  Месяц назад +2

      Good question! Heart has a lot of taurine. And all the meat has taurine as well.

    • @ArtTasticCreations
      @ArtTasticCreations Месяц назад

      @TheCatButler Ah okay, that makes sense. Do you have a place where you've written this recipe down with measurements and such? I've found some cat food recipes online but a lot include eggs which I'm not sure are the best for cats. Your recipe seems like one of the better ones I've seen.

    • @snackie1359
      @snackie1359 Месяц назад

      ​@@ArtTasticCreationssurely cats are eating eggs in the wild

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  Месяц назад

      @@ArtTasticCreations Hey sorry for the late reply I just saw this! I didn't write it down, but you can use this to calculate: perfectlyrawsome.com/pmr-barf-dog-cat-raw-feeding-calculators/
      Eggs are okay if you remove the outside layer and keep the yolk. But its ok not having egg. I usually don't feed my cats egg often.

  • @OceanView420
    @OceanView420 3 месяца назад +1

    I don't understand feeding cats beef since that's not what they would eat on their own. I feed my cats chicken, quail, and rabbit.

    • @catsatdusk6710
      @catsatdusk6710 3 месяца назад +7

      Beef helps in giving them certain nutrients that isn't in higher quantities in other meats like poultry. Beef provides them with b-vitamins, zinc, copper, iron, etc.

    • @aniakrysia
      @aniakrysia 13 дней назад +1

      My cat won’t touch rabbit meat, but she loves beef, pork and chicken.

  • @willowraine5514
    @willowraine5514 7 дней назад

    Raw food is now unfortunately dangerous due to Avian Influenza which is a devastating illness for cats. Food must now be cooked to an internal temp of 165 F.

  • @Onykthecat
    @Onykthecat 2 дня назад

    No tail gang
    👇

  • @llrx4858
    @llrx4858 3 месяца назад +3

    My sister is a true believer in the raw food diet. Her 2 cats are around 13 years old, but now they're diagnosed with stomach cancer. Is the cancer related to this particular diet? 🤔

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +4

      Do you know if her meat was sourced from a particular farm or area!

    • @messagegoeshere741
      @messagegoeshere741 2 месяца назад +2

      Their water could also be a problem

    • @bieglas
      @bieglas 2 месяца назад

      Human often get stomic cancer from H.pylori, a gut bacteria. Is there a bacteria that causes cat stomic cancer ?

    • @llrx4858
      @llrx4858 2 месяца назад +1

      @TheCatButler I believe she orders the meat from somewhere in Virginia. And she only gives her cats bottled water.

  • @ktloz2246
    @ktloz2246 Месяц назад +3

    The water i drain off after boiling pasta or potatoes seems to be great for cats. My cats seem to love it.

    • @skelazon
      @skelazon Месяц назад +2

      That doesn’t sound good. Cats don’t need carb water

    • @ktloz2246
      @ktloz2246 Месяц назад +3

      @@skelazon It's not like i eat pasta and potatoes every day. So it's no big deal. I keep my kitties happy. Sometimes i'll feed them a cooked potatoe and they love that as well. I clean the skin off the potatoes in the yard and they don't like the skins of the potato.

    • @mkenobi19
      @mkenobi19 Месяц назад +1

      My cat loves a little potato too once in a while ! ​@@ktloz2246

    • @pilarq7886
      @pilarq7886 27 дней назад +3

      you should learn to listen when given advice especially when it comes to your pets health. don't care how much your cats love it, hate to see you open the door to kidney failure or diabetes with any amount car water. maybe give it diluted pumpkin water. the lot of us know what we're talking about, my cat aced her senior bloodwork panel at 19 years bcuz she ate a balanced raw diet aka species appropriate diet. ck out DR BECKER diet videos

    • @ktloz2246
      @ktloz2246 27 дней назад +1

      @@pilarq7886 Where is ur proof the amount i give them does that? hmm.

  • @ShareBearChelle
    @ShareBearChelle 3 месяца назад +2

    Will this give my kitty worms??

    • @psychedianic
      @psychedianic 3 месяца назад +8

      If you are buying the same quality meat you eat, no one is getting worms.

    • @ShareBearChelle
      @ShareBearChelle 3 месяца назад

      @@psychedianic Ok. Thx.

    • @Scouser_editz786
      @Scouser_editz786 13 дней назад

      @@ShareBearChellei would say it don’t give worms but if u don’t want your cat to get worms blend the meat up with same carrot and pumpkin

  • @mkmclachlan6349
    @mkmclachlan6349 3 месяца назад +3

    Do you worry about salmonella and raw chicken?

    • @elenamitropoulou3213
      @elenamitropoulou3213 3 месяца назад

      That's what I am worried about too. For cats it may not me dangerous but for humans it is. You cannot sanitize properly everything that touches raw meet and even if you do salmonella and other species can be transmitted to you by touching your cat's face. Not to mention that many people kiss their cats.

    • @meeway99
      @meeway99 3 месяца назад +12

      Salmonella is dangerous for us humans, but cats are actually very resistant to them (I didn't know either in the beginning). Most studies and experts agree that cats are relatively immune to Salmonella. There are only rare cases of Salmonella infections in cats, especially if they are severely immunosuppressed. Here in Switzerland, Germany and Austria we have some well-known vets who say Raw Food is the best way to get and keep them healthy and that the biggest health problem for cats is actually the processed junk food. BUT of course it is very important to research thoroughly first (as it is with all things) and to know how much of what to put in the food so that everything is covered... ✌

    • @TheCatButler
      @TheCatButler  3 месяца назад +5

      Meeway couldn’t have said it better!

    • @Shria9
      @Shria9 3 месяца назад +3

      @mkmclachlan6349 I don't really worry about it with my cats but I do sanitize everything with bleach before and after making a batch of raw food for my cats. That's the humans in my household don't get sick. I also have a knife and cutting board that's used exclusively for making cat food.

    • @elenamitropoulou3213
      @elenamitropoulou3213 3 месяца назад

      @@Shria9 do you sanitize the bowls they eat from too?

  • @maxineb9598
    @maxineb9598 3 месяца назад

    Everyone is banging on about dry cat food being bad for cats. Every cat I've owned was brought up on it. And none of those cats had health issues and all lived long and happy lives.

    • @amandajackson668
      @amandajackson668 2 месяца назад +9

      Living is not the same as thriving.

    • @skelazon
      @skelazon Месяц назад +3

      Doesn’t matter. Doesn’t mean kibble is best choice for them. That’s like saying my grandmother smoked her entire life and never got lung cancer. Does not make the act of smoking goof for you.

    • @aniakrysia
      @aniakrysia 13 дней назад +2

      How do you know they were happy? They could have had stomach problems they’re whole lives but cats are very good at hiding pain. You might have just not known that.

    • @ANHTRAN-yy4kh
      @ANHTRAN-yy4kh 8 дней назад

      One of my cats gets digestive issues no matter what dry food brands he eats. He cant even eat dried chicken thighs. He only can handle wet food, cooked cat food (that is not too dry) or raw food.