Cost of basic Raw Recipe for Cats

[kaffe]

I thought I should share how much my basic home prepared raw cat food costs.

Supplements:

1.   Immuno-Gland Plex - Organic Glandular (Hypoallergenic), Allergy
                Research Group / Nutricology, 60 Caps
   $10. 11 (at herbalremedies.com)
   < $0.17 per capsule

2.             Kelp Seaweed ( Norwegian ) ( Laminaria digitata ) Powder - 4 oz. Bulk,
                Alternative Health and Herb Remedies
   $2.95 (at herbalremedies.com)
   contains 24 teaspoons or 96 x ¼ teaspoons
            > $0.03 per ¼ teaspoon

3.   Dulse ( Rhodymenia palmata ) C/S Powder - 4 oz. Bulk, Alternative
                Health and Herb Remedies
   $7.99 (at herbalremedies.com)
   contains 24 teaspoons or 96 x ¼ teaspoons
   > $0.08 per ¼ teaspoon

4.   Vitamin B-50® (Vitamin B Complex) 100 Tablets, Puritan’s Pride
   $4.89 (at puritanspride.com)
   < $ 0.05 per tab

5.    Omega 3 Fish Oil 1200 mg., 100 Softgels, Puritan’s Pride
   $4.99 (at puritanspride.com)
   < $0.05 per softgel

6.   Vitamin E-400IU, 100 Softgels, Puritan’s Pride
   $3.17 (at puritanspride.com)
   > $0.03 per softgel

7.   Taurine Powder, NOW Foods 8 oz (227 g)
   $6.70 (at iherb.com)
   ¼ tsp = 1000mg taurine
   contains 48 teaspoons or 192 x  ¼ teaspoons
      < $0.04 per ¼ teaspoon


Ingredients:

1.   2 kilos whole chicken thighs (organic costs almost double)
   Foster Farms
   +/- $4.90

2.   400 grams   Chicken hearts
   Tyson Chickens or Foster Farms
   +/- $2.00

3.   200 grams   Chicken Liver
   Tyson Chickens or Foster Farms
   +/- $0.75

4.   4  Egg yolks
   Organic eggs  $3.60 per dozen
   $0.30 per egg =
   $1.20

5.   2 Cups   Mixed organic vegetables (grated raw carrot; squash; zuccini)
   roughly $1.50

6.   2 Cups      Spring  Water
            roughly $0.50


      Cost
Chicken thighs   2 kilos   $4.90
Chicken hearts   400 g   $2.00
Chicken liver   200 g   $0.75
Egg yolk   4   $1.20
Mixed veggies   2 cups   $1.50
Spring water   2 cups   $0.50
Organic Glandular   4 caps   $0.68
Kelp   ¼ tsp   $0.03
Dulse   ¼ tsp   $0.08
Vitamin B-50   4 tabs   $0.20
Vitamin E 400IU   2 softgels   $0.06
Fish Oil 1200mg   4 softgels   $0.20
Taurine   ½ tsp   $0.08
TOTAL:        $12.18


This recipe yields around 12 heaping cups or 14 loosely packed cups = roughly weeks of food for 1 adult cat fed 6oz/day

[Bonkers]

  Kaffe, Exactly what types of vegetables do you use and how many weeks of food does this make for Cato?

[kaffe]

ooops... I thought I wrote 3 weeks of food - 4 weeks when I feed Cato some kibble too (I tried to take kibble off the menu, but the little boy loves it so much and I'm not tough enough to deny him this simple pleassure).

Veggies?  OK:   I use any 3 of these:  broccoli; carrots; pumpkin; squash; yam; cauliflower; cabbage; peas; red beans; artichoke.  All are steamed-cooked except carrot, which I grate finely.