Homemade cat food

I make my cat's own cat food.  The store bought stuff is so bad for them, with all the corn product and meat by-products, etc. All the cat food from China that kills your pets also.   Not to mention how expensive it can get with six cats and I can't afford the organic, healthy stuff.  The best diet for them is raw meat, but that is not convenient at all, and I only have two cats who will eat raw meat.

Squeeky is my loner, but Pippi is the only one allowed to sleep by her.
Pippi loves everyone and thinks everyone should love her too.

So for the cat food, I don't do any measurements.  I boil a whole chicken on low for about 1 1/2 hours, take it out and let it cool so I can de-bone it.  (A crock pot would probably work too.)
While it is cooling I throw 1-2 pounds of hamburger meat in the boiling water. I would also recommend some livers too, if you are using frozen fish, add it now too, just remember that all fish to be cooked has to be de-boned because cooked bones will choke them.
It takes between 15-20 minutes for the hamburger to cook.  I use a potato masher to separate the meat.  I throw in 2-4 cups of oatmeal as a binding agent, depends on how much water is in there.  You don't want too much oatmeal, but just enough to hold it together.  Do NOT use rice, they poop it out without digesting it.  (sorry kind of gross)  Cook for about another 5-10 minutes.  It will thicken in the fridge too.  De-bone chicken and cut it up and add to the food.
After letting it cool down at room temp., I add canned fish instead of frozen.  Sardines and salmon are both full of nutrients a cat needs.  Sometimes I add canned mackerel if money is tight.  I wait for it to cool down so the bones don't cook and become brittle.
Sometimes I add yogurt for the probiotics, and finely chopped broccoli will give an indoor cat needed nutrients, sometimes I will also add half a can of pumpkin which is a super food.

Tiger, Pippi and Muffin

Some of them would not eat it at first, but now they all eat it.  I try to have poultry, red meat, and fish in each batch.  Just use whatever is the cheapest meat you can find.  This will last my 6 cats 1-2 weeks.
Disclaimer - I do keep cans of cat food in stock in case I run out, and dry food for days I will be gone all day.  Since this is fresh food, you can't leave it out all day.  If you have less cats, go ahead and put some in the freezer.  Muffin and Pippi love to eat salad, weird I know!

See, everyone loves Pippi!

Precious, Muffin and Pippi

Pippi does not like to share her basket, so if she can't get Muffin to move to the almost too small for him purple bed, she will just lay on top of him.  It's a hoot to watch!
If you make your own cat food, please share!
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The crazy cat lady,
Missy!