Kitty Cuisine

Q: What does about 30 pounds of raw cat food look like?
A: That pic is your answer.

Q: What does it involve?
A: Breaking down a bunch of chickens and removing most of the bones (if the bone bits are detectable, Mowgli eats around them and spits them back out, so bonemeal just works easier and ensures that the calcium : phosphorus ratio is correct), grinding the meat, grinding/pureeing chicken liver and heart, making a delicious mix of egg yolks, water, and necessary vitamins and supplements, combining all three (see above) and then running it through the grinder with a smaller plate to make sure the only bones that made it in (wings) are thoroughly ground for Mr. Picky. Then putting it into containers and freezing.

Q: What does mixing that up feel like?
A: Sort of like hand mixing ciabatta...which only the bakers I know can appreciate....at least that is how I went about it to make sure everything was equally dispersed...

 Q: Why are you mixing it in a cooler?
A: Because we didn't have a bowl/pot big enough and because that cooler had been filled with ice to keep everything cold before it got ground, it was nice and chilly to keep the temperature lower. The mix pretty much went in within two minutes of the ice getting dumped after getting wiped out to make sure it was clean.

Q: Does he actually like it?
A: I am going to say yes based on this picture....

Close-up

Q: Have you noticed any changes?
A: Non-stinky poops, excited about eating, more energy, shiny and soft fur (well shinier and softer, it was already shiny and soft), and despite losing weight from vomiting during the first attempt at transition (due to me not realizing that after years of dry food he needed supplemental digestive enzymes and also that he must be allergic to animals with hooves), he actually looks bigger due to more muscle now.

Keeping a close eye on things