Homecooking for Cats

[werecatrising]

Where do you find taurine capsules? I've never seen any.

You can get them at healt food stores. I tink next time I get some I'll buy from Amazon.com

[Paws&Tails]

Where do you find taurine capsules? I've never seen any.

You can get it at Wal-Mart, iHerb, Vitacost, Amazon and vitamin/supplement shops etc. and probably Target. You just need to look in the vitamin/supplement area. Make sure there isn't a bunch of crap added to it. I got the now brand from Wal-Mart. Next time I need some I'm buying it from Vitacost though. Much cheaper prices (and $5 shipping no matter what size order) quality products and quality service. I order things regularly from there anyways.

[RachelsaurusRexU]

I have a couple questions and figured I'd just add onto this topic.

My cats are currently eating canned food (95% meat EVO and By Nature) with some raw meals and canned fish. Im not too keen on the way one of my cats looks. She's overweight, her coat sometimes looks greasy and dull and her skin is dry. Unfortunately I found it nearly impossible to transition all of them to 100% raw. I tried for months and some won't eat bone, some won't eat organ, some would only eat one or two proteins and snuff the rest. I'm ordering supplements and trying home cooked. I'm pretty sure they'll eat it and I'm hoping they'll do really well on it.

My first question is about calcium supplementation. Between bone meal (human grade) and calcium carbonate, which is superior? In the recipe posted by Paws&Tails, if I were to substitute pure calcium carbonate powder for the crushed eggshell powder, would I use the same amount? If I used bone meal how much would I use?

Also, what is the purpose of the Bertes Green Blend and is it really necessary?

[Paws&Tails]

I have a couple questions and figured I'd just add onto this topic.

My cats are currently eating canned food (95% meat EVO and By Nature) with some raw meals and canned fish. Im not too keen on the way one of my cats looks. She's overweight, her coat sometimes looks greasy and dull and her skin is dry. Unfortunately I found it nearly impossible to transition all of them to 100% raw. I tried for months and some won't eat bone, some won't eat organ, some would only eat one or two proteins and snuff the rest. I'm ordering supplements and trying home cooked. I'm pretty sure they'll eat it and I'm hoping they'll do really well on it.

My first question is about calcium supplementation. Between bone meal (human grade) and calcium carbonate, which is superior? In the recipe posted by Paws&Tails, if I were to substitute pure calcium carbonate powder for the crushed eggshell powder, would I use the same amount? If I used bone meal how much would I use?

Also, what is the purpose of the Bertes Green Blend and is it really necessary?

As for calcium supplementation, all that's needed is 1,600mg per pound of food. One teaspoon of eggshell powder gives roughly that amount, plus some other nutrients. I chose to use eggshell powder because I can control the source and quality by making my own using eggshells from local, free ranging chickens eggs.

I'm not sure about the bone meal or calcium carbonate. Let me get back to you on that one after I've done some searching.

The purpose of Berte's Green Blend is to provide trace minerals.