I decided to start cooking my cat's food because I don't like tinned. I used frozen fish and cooked meats like pork, rabbit, chicken etc we are also starting to give them organs too. They also drink cat milk, eat cat grass and eat high quality cat biscuits. Can you tell if this is a good healthy diet? Should I cook my meat all the way through?? Thank you

Updated On April 23rd, 2017

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Male | unneutered | 2 years and 4 months old

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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The problem with giving cats homemade diets is that it is extremely difficult to get the correct balance of nutrients needed for them to be healthy. Cats have very specific dietary needs and because they can convert amino acids into essential ones they need, these essential amino acids have to be supplied in the diet. If it's not, there will be severe detrimental effects on their health. I will give you links to two websites that have recipes for homemade diets for cats, and I recommend using recipes from there to make sure Moggie and Dobby are getting the balanced and nutritious diets they need. And I would recommend cooking the meat all the way through. I hope this helps :-) https://secure.balanceit.com https://www.petdiets.com

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