Home made cat food question

@PaisleyHeart I'm getting sketchy info online. Just thought I'd check here just in case someone is in the know. I'll probably ask at the pet store. It's so much cheaper making food from scratch.

@PaisleyHeart

...for scientific knowledge?

I have had "real <x> people" push their own brands of nonsense which reflected their biases, not reality.

@SomeMichGuy yeah that's the problem. It's hard to find trustworthy information.

@JonLosAngeles66 I'm sure major veterinary schools have resources to help with this, and your local vet.

The caveat is that even food labels cam be very misleading. A neighbor has had a string of Golden Retrievers, and one particular one, years ago, had a lot of painful walking. One day, he was walking with the neighbor and it was obvioys he was doing MUCH better.

The change? The neighbor went from a Science Diet product to a much cheaper, basic Purina product! I don't know what the food differences were, but the joint pain changed DRAMATICALLY.

You might start by looking at ingredients of better cat foods and seeing how you could replace the crappy "fillers"--<x> meal, etc.--by a better substitute.

I'll bet cats likely need roughage, but I'm not sure how they get it; dogs eat a much wider set of things. I feed my cat one meal of tuna (for people) each day so that he gets something NOT kibble, but meat. He'll also eat some squash (acorn, baked) and some yogurt, so he's had some variety there.

Besides the cat who lived to be 21, I have also had dogs live very long.

@SomeMichGuymy cat seems happy and healthy with what I'm making. He's always had a naturally slim body and he's put on a little healthy weight.

@JonLosAngeles66 Then I'd say you are doing well! 😊😊😊 Congrats on that success!

I'd definitely look into "trace elements" just to make sure your cat has those a few times per week or so.