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    Kitty Grub: Cooking Made Easy for Your Cat
    Kitty Grub: Cooking Made Easy for Your Cat
    Kitty Grub: Cooking Made Easy for Your Cat
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    Kitty Grub: Cooking Made Easy for Your Cat

    By Rudy Edalati

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    In todays world, cats have become obese; they have so many health issues, weve veered off course and forgotten that cats are carnivores. So we provide dehydrated, processed pebbles that do not even resemble anything edible. Many cats have become obese zombies, eating out of habit rather than hunger.

    We are all animals. Some of us walk on four legs, and some walk on two legs. For mind and body to achieve their fullest potential, wholesome nutrition is required.

    People are confused about food in general but especially about pet food. This book simplifies what pet food is and what it should be.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateApr 15, 2015
    ISBN9781452598963
    Kitty Grub: Cooking Made Easy for Your Cat
    Author

    Rudy Edalati

    Rudy Edalati, a pet chef, lives and works on her little farm in Maryland called Barking Holler, where she has her catering company, Barkers Grub. Rudy’s passion goes beyond food: It extends to rescue and rehabilitation of many different animals.

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      Kitty Grub - Rudy Edalati

      Copyright © 2015 Rudy Edalati.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

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      The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-9895-6 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-9897-0 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4525-9896-3 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2014920549

      Balboa Press rev. date: 2/5/2015

      Contents

      Introduction

      Chapter 1 The Cat Connection: Diet and Health

      Chapter 2 Cat Nutrition 101

      Chapter 3 Guidelines for Cooking for and Feeding Your Cat

      Chapter 4 Health Issues in Cats

      Chapter 5 Neurotic Cats and Neurotic Cat Owners

      Chapter 6 Implications for a Bored Cat

      Chapter 7 Purebred Cats and the Reality of Inbreeding

      Chapter 8 To Vaccinate or not to Vaccinate

      Chapter 9 Feeding and Cooking Methods—Raw Feeding

      Chapter 10 Case Studies—Home-Cooked Diet Success Stories

      Chapter 11 Kitty Grub Recipes

      Basic Recipes

      Healing Recipes

      Resources

      Recommended Reading

      This book is

      dedicated to

      The cat that keeps their human protected against vermin and the threat of disease

      The dog that has always protected their human from harm and loneliness

      The horse that has carried and fought in battle alongside their human

      And to my Mamazoid

      And my Princess Pooty, RIP

      Introduction

      I t is common today to see cats living as companion animals with people all over the world. However, it is only recently that the animal we now know as the domesticated cat first came to live side by side with human beings. On the grander scale of evolution, it may be fair to say that cats are barely domesticated, so similar are they to their wild feline cousins. Their nutritional needs have certainly not strayed from their carnivorous roots.

      I have many cats myself, and I often foster cats that are ill. I have had many cats come through my door over the years, healthy and frail, young and old. Despite their background, one thing I know for certain is that cats thrive on stimulation, good food, and loads of love and affection.

      The one very special cat I have is Pooty. She is a very old puss and has been with me for over nineteen years. As she was already an adult cat when I met her, my guess is that she is in her early twenties. Yet a retired old puss she is not; she is as sprightly as ever, enjoying life by eating well and sleeping ninety percent of her days. I believe the success of her longevity may be attributed to the fact that I have never fed her commercial cat food. Her favorite food has always been chicken.

      Pooty has been my guinea pig since the beginning of my pet food business. She is pretty finicky about what she likes, so she has been the perfect little cat food taster and head of my recipe approval committee. If Pooty will eat it, I know it must be good.

      When it comes to cats, the most important thing to remember is that by nature they are desert animals. Having originated from desert climates, cats should rarely drink water in excess. Most of the fluid they consume should come from the food they’re ingesting. Commercial cat foods are typically very dry, containing surplus salt and minerals. This, in turn, makes animals on this type of diet go against their nature and drink water in large amounts.

      In its natural environment a cat in the wild would kill its prey, then eat its stomach, organs, and bodily fluids. A veritable one-stop nutrition shop. I have seen my own cats killing small mammals such as rabbits and squirrels. I have observed that the cats seek first to eat the head of their prey, filling up on the goodness that this body part provides.

      Often, a headless carcass tells me that the cat has had its fill of nutrition and has no interest in finishing the remainder of its prey, regardless of how bountiful a meal it may still be. Cats also like to eat a variety of bugs, which, in my opinion, are some of the best sources of protein a cat can get. As unappealing as it may sound to us, for a cat a nice juicy creepy crawly is just the ticket for a fill of protein.

      Let’s allow cats to get back to some nutritional nature basics. Cooking for cats is very easy and rewarding —both economically for you and nutritionally for your pet, as you are in complete control of what your cat is ingesting. Many health issues can be effectively controlled with an informed and proper diet. Good food for your cat equals good health. I don’t believe any medical therapy can achieve optimum benefits without an adjustment of the patient’s diet to aid in the goal.

      On my property in rural Maryland, I have an abundance of animals: nine dogs, eight cats, three horses, and a variety of geese, ducks, and chickens. I share my thirty acres with them readily, knowing that they are stimulated, exercised, and able to experience the joy of living as close as possible to what Mother Nature intended for them.

      I cook for all my dogs and cats. My beloved animal companions are a testament to what good wholesome nutrition can do. Let’s consider my cats: Pooty, as I have already mentioned, is the eldest and at least twenty-three. Then comes the rest of the brood (many of whom you’ll read about later in this book), including Kat Ashley at the ripe old age of fourteen. Following her is Edgar, at thirteen and a half, and then Cheeba, six months younger, at thirteen. Amber follows at the age of twelve, with Honey is at least nine and Cagney is not far behind, at around eight years of age. Spider, my youngest puss, comes in at about a year old.

      As you can see, my cats are living long and living large! I absolutely believe that my home-cooked food has helped promote their generous life spans. I also know that with continued quality nutrition they’ll thrive for years to come, enriching my life with their loving companionship and unconditional loyalty and affection.

      My goal in this book is to simplify the subject of cat nutrition and make feeding your feline companions an occasion of daily joy and satisfaction.

      Historically, people almost everywhere have fed their cats home-cooked food, whether specifically intended for them or offered as discarded leftovers from the dweller’s own meals. Cats have come this far alongside humans in the evolutionary process. Let’s see how much further into the future they will come with us if we use our common sense and well-informed nutrition and cooking practices. I

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