This book, The New Natural Cat by Anitra Frazier, has been an important resource guide for many cat parents, especially those who are open to an alternative approach to caring for their companion. The updated version discusses all aspects of caring for a cat including feeding a natural or holistic cat food.
Anitra Frazier has drawn from her experience as a nutritionist and a pet groomer in developing her holistic approach to caring for cats and cat health care.
Years ago Frazier worked for a vet who sent her to homes to groom cats. While she was grooming she noticed
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If you’re looking into natural health care for your pets you’ll definitely want to take a look at Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs & Cats. The latest version of this book is considered by many to be the definitive guide on a natural lifestyle for pets. It’s a must have for anyone interested in feeding their cats natural or organic cat food.
The book is written by Dr. Richard Pitcairn D.V.M and his wife Dr. Susan Hubble Pitcairn M.S. who both specialize in natural healing for pets and feeding pets a natural diet.
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There are multiple isles with multiple shelves containing multiple varieties and brands of cat food. How do you know which one is truly a health cat food? Is natural cat food best, or is organic cat food best? You might try to read the labels and the packaging, but if you don’t know what you’re looking for you may still feel pretty confused about what’s truly the best for your cat’s health. That’s the way I felt anyway, so I started doing more intensive research on natural cat food.
Here are some ingredients to look for and to avoid when you are shopping for a healthy or natural cat food:
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More people are looking into raw food diets for cats as they start to think more seriously about what their cats are eating and what they feel they should be eating. Our pets are part of the family and with a combination of concerns about ingredients used in commercial pet foods and thoughts of a more species appropriate diet it makes sense that more people are considering this type of cat food.
You can either choose to use homemade cat food recipes and make the food yourself or you can buy it premade from pet food companies that specialize in this. A raw food diet isn’t as simple as giving your cat a raw chicken breast; cats need other nutrients as well so it is best to follow an approved recipe or to buy already prepared raw cat food. The benefit of making it yourself is that you can control the ingredients and make your own organic cat food if you want, or you can add specific ingredients to improve your cat’s health.
Proponents of this type of diet feel it is more natural than feeding your cat processed dry kibble. Of course there are concerns about salmonella in raw food, but the concerns may be more valid for the way you handle the food than for your cat.
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If you have decided you want to start making your own homemade organic cat food keep in mind cats need a balance of very specific nutrients in order to keep their systems running properly. If they are deficient in specific nutrients it can cause health problems. Using cat food recipes from sources you trust and adding a supplement to the food can help ensure you are feeding your cat a balanced diet and meeting all of her nutritional requirements.
One benefit of making homemade cat food is that you can find recipes to fit specific needs, for example diabetic cat food recipes or recipes to help cats with kidney problems. Making a batch of food and freezing small portions until they are needed makes this easier than it may initially sound and it can provide your cat with a nutritional whole food diet that doesn’t contain the junk that some of the conventional cat foods contain.
You can choose to make either raw cat foods or cooked foods for your cat. Here are a few recipes to get you started:
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Many people are making the switch to natural or organic cat food or even homemade cat food. There a few different reasons why people are making the change including uncertainty about what is in conventional foods, wanting to find the healthiest food possible and to leave a smaller footprint on the environment.
Organic cat food is made from whole ingredients, but this type of pet food also adheres to strict requirements concerning how the ingredients are grown or raised.
Organic cat foods don’t contain antibiotics, synthetic hormones, fertilizers or toxic pesticides. They typically use more whole food ingredients and they aren’t as heavily processed or irradiated. They also don’t contain chemical additives or preservatives. Organic pet food companies use more natural and biological farming methods including the use of mulch and compost instead of chemical fertilizers. They also tend to add things like probiotics and enzymes to enhance the nutritional value and assimilation of the food.
If you want to make sure the cat food you are buying is organic there is an easy way to tell. This industry is pretty heavily regulated and certain standards have to be met to qualify it as organic.
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